Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of our review [ of funding ] , contrary to my expectations was that we were not under-resourced for Mental Illness Services . |
| 2 | These are included for comparison as they were not tested for precise position-independent and copy-number dependent expression . |
| 3 | Theoretically this influence could have been eliminated by including controls ( patients ) who were not scheduled for biliary/ hepatic surgery . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | These provisions were not barter for friendly natives but food for her mammoth journey across Europe , Russia , Siberia and Manchuria . |
| 6 | The systems were not designed for devolved budgets and the rapid proliferation of small self-supporting business units trading in an internal market place . |
| 7 | He can also make policy decisions and give effect to them , as , for instance , was often done when prosecutions were not brought for attempted suicide . |
| 8 | In fact , prior to 1970 , these surveys were not published for public debate — a serious criticism of the PESC . |
| 9 | Which really is n't right cos they were n't meant for young couples . |
| 10 | Culturalists will point out — as C. S. Lewis once did — that much poetry of the past was not written for aesthetic ends , but for religious , political , or other social purposes . |
| 11 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 12 | It is likely that Gorbachev 's Mediterranean initiative was not intended for serious negotiation . |
| 13 | The pastry crust that had topped the pie during its parade through the village was not eaten for hygienic reasons , so 50,000 squares of puff pastry had been baked separately and these were reheated — not too successfully — in a mobile oven in the huge open-sided marquee into which the pie , on its trailer , eventually came to rest . |
| 14 | On the one hand it would be perfectly in order to write the biography of a poet as long as it is understood that it would be ‘ on a par with biographies of generals and inventors ’ ( Tomashevsky 1978 : 55 ) and was not mistaken for literary science . |
| 15 | Specific ethical approval was not obtained for physiological recordings , which were considered part of clinical management . |
| 16 | This was not done for imperial purposes , but once the navy had been developed it affected everything that happened in English policy . |
| 17 | The pharmacist saw it as a breakthrough and it was not done for personal profit , said the lawyer . |
| 18 | The decision to fall into line was not made for ignoble reasons , but from financial necessity . |
| 19 | ‘ Sources close to the ‘ artiste ’ suggest the decision to cancel the tour was not made for glamorous or news-worthy reasons , like police/local authority objections or fear on the streets of Britain … just that he ca n't be arsed . ’ |
| 20 | They searched carefully until they were satisfied that the sensitive area was not armed for self-destruction , as many were . |
| 21 | This was seen as a very significant move , given India 's longstanding insistence that Kashmir was an exclusively bilateral issue , but subsequent statements by the Ministry of External Affairs emphasised that purpose of the meeting was purely to give information and that India was not asking for international mediation . |
| 22 | The lock was not designed for rough treatment . |
| 23 | Napoleon is believed to have been warmly in favour even though the tunnel was not designed for military purposes . |
| 24 | France , as he put it , was not fighting for selfish interests but was defending a vital area against communist infiltration and control and , to underline the point , Schuman emphasized that , since the Second World War , France had definitely abandoned colonialism ; although what the new policy of the French Union amounted to remained to be seen — and understood . |
| 25 | But this afternoon she was n't looking for spare rides . |
| 26 | This man was n't prepared for deep interrogation . |