Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.

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1 The colleges have always taken the view that accreditation was not a prerequisite for appointment ; a recent survey revealed that approximately one third of physicians were not accredited at the time of their appointment .
2 However , since those changes were not finalised at the date of going to press and further revisions are possible in the light of comments it is not appropriate to review them here .
3 The only problem was that the big men in Formula One were not delegated at the Plenary Conference of FISA and so did not have a vote .
4 The court decided that the adoption by the Secretary of State of this general policy , which had the result that the judicial views were not sought at the earliest opportunity after conviction and sentence , was unlawful .
5 Similarly , mental hospitals were not built at the suggestion of psychiatrists , and psychiatrists have not been responsible as a profession for their run-down and closure .
6 Leading anti-whaling nations such as Ireland , France and New Zealand were not represented at the Madrid meeting .
7 It is difficult to compare the relatively large destabilising effect observed for the octamers in this study , to the smaller effect noted when single d3CA residues were incorporated into the d(GACGATATCGTC) 2 duplex , since the T m measurements were not performed at the same pH ( 4 ) .
8 The other IgG subclasses were not correlated at the cellular level in either ulcerative colitis or Crohn 's disease twins .
9 The Revenue has raised an assessment charging tax in excess of £20,000 and has refused retirement relief on the sale of the milk quota because no land was sold ; farming continued after the sale ( in the Revenue 's view the provisions of s 53(2)TA88 mean that when a farmer changes the nature of his farming there is a continuation of the old trade and that the old and the new are equally applicable for CGT purposes ) ; the sales of the herd and milk quota were not effected at the same time .
10 The effect of the Acts ‘ was to remove legal immunity from almost all forms of industrial action that were not aimed at the worker 's immediate employer or related conditions of work ’ .
11 Details of the materials in the chapel were not known at the time the official report into the £60 million blaze was put together .
12 Courtney 's accident happened on the very first lap when he was in the lead at Mather 's Cross between Coleraine and Portrush and he was taken to hospital although his injuries were not known at the course .
13 As a rule , political matters were not discussed at the Three Jolly Watermen .
14 The three squads making for the northern caisson , including Bob Burtenshaw 's men who were not needed at the southern caisson , were less fortunate .
15 I pulled my skirt up a little but he said he 'd have to see higher than that to make sure my legs were n't bowed at the knees so I did as I was told .
16 It was decided that perhaps they had outlived their use and they were n't served at the reception .
17 I agree that it 's silly if they were n't played at the same time .
18 Actually we were n't married at the time , so we had to get married straight away and find some money to buy a house and so on , and Daddy had to give up acting and find a real job , one that brought in a regular income .
19 You were n't expected at the tennis courts at all , were you ? ’
20 Mrs Lynch added : ‘ What I can not understand is why the bag was not checked at the mortuary or the police station ? ’
21 But Uncle Philip was not seated at the table , scowling at the two empty places ; his place was not even set ready .
22 Three patients were excluded from the subsequent analysis as anaemia ( haemoglobin <13 g/100 ml men , <11.5 g/100 ml women ) was not confirmed at the hospital or on reviewing the family practitioners ' investigations .
23 Their house was not searched at the time of the dawn raid ; they were not driven away to a police station for questioning .
24 The resignation of Richardson , then Minister of Justice and National Security , tendered on Sept. 18 for failing to prevent the attempted coup and the ensuing looting , was not accepted at the time by the Prime Minister , with whom Richardson had been held hostage during the crisis .
25 Zaidie 's statement also contained damaging but inadmissible evidence of threats allegedly uttered to Paulette and Zaidie 's brother which was not adduced at the trial .
26 In addition all patients in whom a histological diagnosis was not obtained at the initial admission to hospital had follow up information obtained by consultation with their general practitioners .
27 Most of these are presumably extragalactic but they include the pulsar PSR1706–44 , although this was not recognized at the time .
28 Similarly , if new and important evidence came to light during a review which was not given at the inspector 's investigation , the Chief Inspector should be able to apply to have the review discontinued , following which he should reopen the inspector 's investigation .
29 The princess , wearing a red jacket and black skirt and hat , was spotted soon afterwards making her way to the paddock , chatting happily with Andrew Parker Bowles , husband of the Prince of Wales ' friend Camilla , who was not seen at the meeting .
30 These suspicions were fuelled when it was discovered that one of those killed was not employed at the mine .
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