Example sentences of "were [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Koch 's attempt to promote immunity with extracts of the organism ( tuberculins ) were not crowned with therapeutic success . |
| 2 | Er everything depending on the the the the work of the farm would come to a standstill if erm if the horses y if they were not kept in good condition , they would n't be strong enough to keep on going every day . |
| 3 | The schedules proved to be acceptable , Their major drawback was length , perhaps inseparable from comprehensiveness , and the fact that in this exercise they were not integrated with normal agency practice and statutory six-monthly reviews . |
| 4 | The result of our review [ of funding ] , contrary to my expectations was that we were not under-resourced for Mental Illness Services . |
| 5 | A low scan score correctly identified seven patients whose raised Crohn 's Disease Activity Index incorrectly indicated active disease because symptoms used in calculation of the index were not caused by active inflammation . |
| 6 | In each of these patients it was clear that the raised CDAI was caused either by the presence of symptoms which although contributin substantially tot he CDAI were not caused by active inflammation — for example , superimposed symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in three patients and subacute intestinal obstruction from fibrous stricture in two patients , or to symptomatic anaemia ( one case ) . |
| 7 | Few results were expected ‘ from the bombing of these British spa and provincial towns ’ which were not seen as fitting retaliation for the destruction in Germany . |
| 8 | Prior to eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil , Adam and Eve were not troubled by ontological anxiety . |
| 9 | Blood urea nitrogen , heart rate , and respiratory rate were not related to 2-year survival . |
| 10 | ( Contractors ) Ltd [ 1972 ] 3 All ER 557 ( CA ) the question arose whether profits lost in consequence of physical damage were alone recoverable , or whether profits lost which were not related to physical damage were also recoverable . |
| 11 | Finally , Nuadu had found his way to the strange twilight community of the Wolfwood ; the place that gave shelter to the half-breeds : the bastard sons of Royal Houses , the creatures who were not possessed of sufficient Beastblood to be acknowledged at Tara , but yet were not entirely Human . |
| 12 | With all due respect to those who intended to avail themselves of the free offer , the first two appointments were not met with sufficient organization to permit cost-effective equipment testing . |
| 13 | It was evident that both were sexually satisfied within their own needs and that Clive 's worries were not based on unsatisfied propensity for sex . |
| 14 | However , the survey also established that there were some contradictions : the favourable attitudes to wind turbines were not based on firsthand experience of windmills , and to a certain extent their positive response was based on the belief that wind power would be much cheaper than other sources ( since the fuel is free ! ) , a belief which in fact might not be the case at the current stage of development . |
| 15 | Although I have described the events in terms of the DUP 's success in displacing other Unionist groups , the leaders of the DUP were not fixed on personal aggrandizement at any cost . |
| 16 | Farmers had purchased land at quite unrealistic prices at the time of the reform and were not burdened with long-term borrowing . |
| 17 | Fenella saw , with a thrill of horror , that as his hand went through the colours , the robes shivered as if they were not made of plain cloth , but of some living , breathing substance . |
| 18 | The most amusing of these is the suggestion that pikemen worse short buff-coats made from imported buffalo leather from America , while in fact pikemen did not wear buff-coats , and the buff-coats which were worn by cavalry troopers were not made of American buffalo leather but local oxhide . |
| 19 | In return , the non-Muslims , although officially regarded as second-class citizens , were free to practise their religion and most were not conscripted for military service . |
| 20 | The problem was compounded when , on Sept. 19 , the Insurance Companies ' Association said that losses due to the insurrection were not covered by existing insurance policies . |
| 21 | The pattern of welfare benefits which had become established was that of social insurance covering the major causes of loss of income and paying flat-rate benefits at no more than survival level with a residual public assistance scheme for those in desperate need who were not covered by social insurance . |
| 22 | Review of the case notes showed that coeliac disease had not been considered in any of these patients and the diagnoses that had been made were not supported by satisfactory evidence . |
| 23 | During the study period six patients with pain and ultrasound scans strongly suggestive of AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis were not assessed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ; each had a Karnofsky score of less than 40 and had entered the terminal phase of AIDS ( multiple unresponsive opportunistic infections , very low CD4 counts , profound weight loss ) , and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was either contraindicated on respiratory grounds or inappropriate ethically . |
| 24 | The clearest reflection of the way in which the full implications of Marsh 's book were not appreciated in physical geography is shown in the fact that he is not referred to in relation to the history of the study of landforms before Davis ( Chorley , Dunn and Beckinsale , 1964 ) , or in Explanation in Geography ( Harvey , 1969 ) , in Geography Its History and Concepts ( Holt-Jensen , 1981 ) or in Geography and Geographers : Anglo-American Human Geography ( Johnston , 1979 , 1983a ) . |
| 25 | This reinforces what has always been true : the SSAPs were not established with public sector organizations in mind . |
| 26 | Indeed in this group ST depression and poor haemodynamic response were not associated with increased mortality . |
| 27 | Parliament has now recognised that local authorities should be left to judge for themselves what local legislation is desirable , but in a tidying-up process all powers under local Acts in force on 1st April 1974 which were not preserved by subsequent general or local legislation automatically expired at the end of 1984 . |
| 28 | This might include shifting the burden of proof so that defendants have to satisfy the jury that they were sure they were not trading on illicit information . |
| 29 | Therefore platelets were not removed from mononuclear cell suspensions in the subsequent experiments as this process reduced cell yield . |
| 30 | The wealthy farmers were either Church of Ireland in religion or pro-O'Neill in politics and , for either or both of those reasons , were not attracted to Free Presbyterianism . |