Example sentences of "was not [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not even considered for the role . |
| 2 | HOSPITAL officials have pledged to investigate allegations that a 90-year-old patient was not properly cared for while she waited for an operation . |
| 3 | Although the process was not widely practised for forty years , the discovery was the crucial step in the mass production of iron for industry , and facilitated the development of the steam engine . |
| 4 | ‘ I was not just looking for the most experienced people but there were other attributes I wanted to see , ’ he says . |
| 5 | The couple told stunned housing officials that the three-bedroom flat simply was not up to scratch for their needs . |
| 6 | Medical science was not yet equipped for investigation into near-death experiences , to which we shall refer in the final chapter ; almost the only form of resuscitation with which doctors were familiar was that following near-fatal immersion in water , accompanied , as it often is , by a rapid replay of the victim 's life . |
| 7 | Certainty was not however to last for in Metropolitan Properties ( F. G. C. ) Ltd. v. Lannon Lord Denning M.R. ‘ rescued ’ Lord Hewart 's reasonable suspicion test . |
| 8 | Expansion south towards the nearby colony of Maryland went on fast enough for a pair of surveyors , Mason and Dixon , to have to draw a boundary between the two in 1702 , though this line was not completely accepted for some decades . |
| 9 | Easton was not randomly chosen for the location of this research , but purposely selected because it is an area of Belfast where routine policing is possible as a result of the virtual absence of political violence in the locale , whether Catholic or Protestant in origin ( and , as later chapters will show , it is a mistake to see the RUC 's relationship with Catholics only as problematic ) . |
| 10 | The ballet was not originally announced for the London season , but the company was persuaded to stay for an extra week and The Witch was premiered on 18 August the night before the last . |
| 11 | It took a while to establish himself back in the team as his form was poor and he was not originally selected for the visit of the Australians in 1972–3 . |
| 12 | Although it was begun in the sixteenth-century the building was not actually completed for over a hundred years , the upper floor being added in the seventeenth-century . |
| 13 | In other words , agricultural produce coming into Mallia was not all destined for the temple : some at least was going into private houses , presumably town houses belonging to the owners of estates in the countryside around Mallia . |
| 14 | And Flupper was not merely heading for them , he was in among them ! |
| 15 | Another possibility is that there could be a relationship between this inflammation and infection with Helicobacter pylori , although we are unable to confirm this from our study , since the organism was not specifically looked for in every case . |
| 16 | In the pre-reform NHS this need for an authoritative source of local decision making was not totally met for two reasons ; the composition of authorities and the inability of the centre to decentralise authority . |
| 17 | The audience , too , was painfully hungry and yet in the presence of food which was not apparently destined for their stomachs ; this made them feel weak and peevish . |
| 18 | It was emphasised that this event was not only intended for those interested in ecumenical groups . |
| 19 | The orphanage 's overriding function was not only to care for the destitute but also to protect society from dangerous children as there was a fear that roaming , unsupervised youngsters posed a threat to social order . |
| 20 | The number of neutrons was not enough to account for all the heat ( a fact that they had been aware . |
| 21 | That was not enough to compensate for the oppressive opulence of the dark panelling and heavy antique furniture . |
| 22 | Parliamentary approval was not constitutionally required for Mitterrand to commit French troops to combat , since only career soldiers rather than conscripts were involved . |
| 23 | She was not really looking for an answer . |
| 24 | Since the beginning of the twentieth century , Chiswick was one of the homes of Sir Oswald Stoll 's ‘ Empire ’ theatres — another was at Shepherds Bush Green , which still remains as the B.B.C. 's television theatre — and although the Chiswick Empire was not always used for ‘ live ’ entertainment ( it became a cinema during the 1930s ) , it was one of the principle variety theatres in the Country and saw performances by all the principle artists from George Robey to Morecambe & Wise ; Petula Clark and Cliff Richards . |
| 25 | He was not always praised for deserting the naturalistic mode : old Mr Rent-a-Plot himself , John Mortimer , chastised him for doing precisely that in The Old Men at the Zoo . |
| 26 | There was an acceptance here that the WEA was not necessarily educating for political and social action : its task was to create a better-informed citizen democracy , whether or not its students went on to join pressure groups or assume civic office . |
| 27 | While taxation was not greatly increased for the tax year 1993/4 , people will suffer from measures introduced the following year . |
| 28 | One of life 's gourmets , she chose the fish , chips and mushy peas for £1 , and decided they were ‘ okay for that sort of money ’ , which was n't exactly reaching for superlatives . |
| 29 | Ellie , a silent watcher , and still hurting from all the accusations being hurled around upstairs , and who was n't exactly known for her commanding presence , took one look at Terry 's tear-stained face , and offered quietly , ‘ Will you let me have a look ? ’ |
| 30 | The true facts came out simply and when he was n't even looking for them . |