Example sentences of "was not [vb pp] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to address the function of this complex in the context of the PPT promoter or heterologous promoters as the protein was not observed binding to this SSB element in established tissue culture cell lines ( HeLa , MLA144 , CV1 C1300 and PC12 cells ) . |
| 2 | In a civil question between the creditors of a deceased and insolvent certificate-holder and his widow , who , without objection by the creditors , obtained the certificate and thereafter carried on the business without any agreement being made regarding her paying her husband 's debts , or the application of the profits during her tenancy , it was decided that she was not bound to account to the creditors for the profits earned by her under her own certificate : Stewart 's Trs. v. Stewart 's Executrix ( 1896 ) 23 R. 739 . |
| 3 | Mr Cole appeared before the Board and acknowledged that the Coffin was not made according to his Contract whereupon he was strongly cautioned by the Chairman as to his future conduct . |
| 4 | Furthermore a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ dress was not made according to a man 's stereotype of how a woman should look , although Laura believed that the covered-up , ‘ floaty ’ look was what men liked . |
| 5 | As ICI 's environmental communications manager , Dr Richard Robson explains , ‘ A lot of older plant was not designed to operate to current standards . ’ |
| 6 | He was not allowed to go to Brussels for the European premiere of his play The Crucible . |
| 7 | HE WAS NOT ALLOWED to go to school again until Thursday morning , by which time the missing button had been replaced on the collar of his shirt and he was wearing a pair of smart new shoes of polished black leather and knee-length grey socks with a dark red band around their tops . |
| 8 | The inevitable question , ‘ What did you do in the hols ? ’ would be greeted with a list of the films I had seen , and the dances and point-to-points I had been to , whereas in fact I was not allowed to go to the cinema ( perhaps for financial reasons ) , had never been to a dance in my life , and did n't even know what a point-to-point was . |
| 9 | I was not allowed to return to Bolivia , so I spent my time and energy denouncing what was happening and setting up solidarity networks . |
| 10 | I was not allowed to speak to the workers … it seems that their trade union membership is not allowed by the management . |
| 11 | The DRA was not expected to object to ‘ a discussion of issues connected with the working out of international guarantees ’ , which would be initiated simultaneously and proceed parallel to bilateral or trilateral negotiations between Afghanistan , Pakistan and Iran . |
| 12 | ‘ I was n't scheduled to go to Prague then . |
| 13 | You was n't allowed to talk to anybody else . |
| 14 | In fact as soon as I walked in I was n't allowed to go to my desk until I promised her I would get the computer out |
| 15 | I was n't allowed to write to him directly ; I had to send my letters via Du Camp . |
| 16 | But , like the hundreds of cheering spectators , he was still miffed David was n't chosen to go to India on the winter tour . |
| 17 | er , this had that night er but , one , in one bit it said he said that night they di fa found that Melissico was n't enjoyed talking to them long af till long after the stars came out . |