Example sentences of "were [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were not a subdivision of Judaism , propounding one or another theological position . |
| 2 | The general form relied on the argument that the riots were not a form of protest against the insufferable social conditions of inner-city areas or the actions of the police , but a ‘ criminal act ’ or a ‘ cry for loot ’ . |
| 3 | So all their efforts to create helium from hydrogen hat been fruitless ; the traces of helium that they saw had been absorbed from the environment and were not a product of fusion . |
| 4 | When the Allied Socialists met later in February 1918 MacDonald 's fears were fully realized — the keynote speeches insisted that the War Aims were not a basis for negotiation with German socialists : the latter would have to accept them wholesale before any ‘ Stockholm'-style conference of all belligerent socialist parties could be considered . |
| 5 | He claimed scientific evidence had shown low levels of salmonella in water were not a risk to health . |
| 6 | Soaps , audience research had long shown , were not the kind of programme the public associated with the BBC . |
| 7 | The residents ' associations were not the type of organization that would welcome such an alliance . |
| 8 | " The strings were not the ornament of life but its substance . |
| 9 | The APU fairs even worse with regard to consultation ; for example the six lines of development were not the subject of debate when they were initially proposed . |
| 10 | On Malta two losses were suffered during early May which were not the result of enemy activity . |
| 11 | Consequently most accidents , and there were nearly 500 of them during the 1970s , were not the result of employee thoughtlessness but emerged directly out of the contradictory demands made upon the workforce . |
| 12 | He reminded himself again that he was dealing with premeditated murder and the Glynns were not the sort to resort deliberately to force except in dire circumstances . |
| 13 | Her clothes could not be described as unsuitable for the country , but they were not the sort of thing a country woman would wear . |
| 14 | Well somebody had cleaned all sink cos sink were there were n't a mark on sink when I went today . |
| 15 | Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday . |
| 16 | Were n't a lot of choice was there ? |
| 17 | There were n't a lot of bleach in it . |
| 18 | There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ? |
| 19 | ‘ I respected you and I knew you were n't the kind of girl who slept around . |
| 20 | I knew you were n't the kind of woman I could conveniently disregard , as I 'd disregarded Celeste , and I certainly did n't want to become entangled with my team-mate 's girlfriend — ’ |
| 21 | A High Court judge has ruled that her injuries were n't the result of negligence . |
| 22 | Briefly , she wondered if this were n't the sort of thing the Doctor was after , but decided to continue searching . |