Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inter-word boundary effects were not implemented for the first prototype . |
| 2 | You came into the chamber , you were not looking for an almost invisible line of thread running from your bed underneath the door . |
| 3 | We were we were not looking for an exception to policy E two we were looking for a policy which complements erm I five . |
| 4 | Brightly-coloured uniforms and gleaming breastplates were not kept for the parade ground , but were meant to be worn in battle . |
| 5 | The answers that his analysis might produce were not intended for the enlightenment of participants but for the enlightenment of anthropologists . |
| 6 | The Act of 1918 set the scene of the entire political world between the wars , often through consequences that were not seen for a generation . |
| 7 | The Irish may have scored socially but they came a poor second on the field because , says DON CAMERON , they were not prepared for the speed and the impact of the N.Z. game . |
| 8 | Originally Jesus probably directed this parable against the Jews who were not prepared for the coming of the Messiah and would not accept him . |
| 9 | They were not prepared for the thousands of young people demonstrating on the streets , apparently with Deng 's blessing . |
| 10 | Interviewed on Dec. 15 Deputy Foreign Minister Sok An admitted that Cambodian troops , " fighting alone for the first time " , were not prepared for the intensity of the rebel assault . |
| 11 | Thus the company responsible for the hoist accident at Littlebrook Dee power station were not prosecuted for the fact that five men died , but for the fact that the machinery was not properly maintained or inspected . |
| 12 | They were not opting for a particularly expensive scheme . |
| 13 | ( This is not to imply that any of the individuals involved were not qualified for the positions they held ) . |
| 14 | The representatives from abroad were not expected for a further two or three days , but the three gentlemen referred to by his lordship as his ‘ home team ’ — two Foreign Office ministers attending very much ‘ off the record ’ and Sir David Cardinal — had come early to prepare the ground as thoroughly as possible . |
| 15 | It said a lot for the captain himself that his team remained confident in themselves even when results were not going for the Scots . |
| 16 | I am sure their bodies were not designed for a two- or three-week period out of the fifty-two weeks in a year , however important that period may be . |
| 17 | The big show-piece cinemas were built to pull in the fashionable trade but they were not designed for the exclusive use of a social elite ; rather they were provided for all those groups who were prepared to pay money for the movie entertainment that was being provided as part of the delights offered by the down-town city . |
| 18 | that the purpose of avoiding liability to taxation was not the purpose or one of the purposes for which the transfer or associated operations or any of them were effected ; or 2. that the transfer and any associated operations were bona fide commercial transactions and were not designed for the purpose of avoiding liability to taxation ( s741 ) . |
| 19 | The result was a vessel which was surprisingly fast and manoeuvrable for its size — few were more than twenty drem in length — but they were not designed for an extended sea journey , that was certain . |
| 20 | He said that if the Tories had policies that were not working for the Scottish economy then the silence of the SNP since last year 's general election told the real story of what independence for Scotland would really mean . |
| 21 | Russia took 75 per cent ; Moldova and Ukraine would finance in full the troops on their territories and participate in financing joint forces through absolute contributions ; Tajikistan , Kirgizstan and Turkmenistan were not paying for the upkeep of troops on their territory . |
| 22 | Their father made it clear they were not to blame for the situation and today neither recalls feeling guilty . |
| 23 | IMF boss Michel Camdessus praised Germany 's tough policies and insisted that its interest rates were not to blame for the chaos . |
| 24 | Matters were not improved for the defence when the trial judge refused Mr. Small 's application for the judge to look at the January statement for himself pursuant to section 17 of the Evidence Act . |
| 25 | So , when the house is full , and my husband 's away , and I give up my room to some guest like your Rainbow 's Aunt Goldie — I spend the night in my father 's study , and reading all the texts that were n't written for the eyes of women . |
| 26 | I thought it might be that there was a , we were n't covered for the liability to pick people |
| 27 | ‘ They were n't looking for a weapon . |
| 28 | You were n't looking for the cat , you were looking |
| 29 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 30 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |