Example sentences of "were not [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In pursuing their administrative and legislative strategies , the Reaganites were not fiddling at the margin or tinkering with the status quo . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In a statement tonight , the Hunt said the hounds were not hunting at the time of incident and were not out of control . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Leading anti-whaling nations such as Ireland , France and New Zealand were not represented at the Madrid meeting . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | The other IgG subclasses were not correlated at the cellular level in either ulcerative colitis or Crohn 's disease twins . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | Details of the materials in the chapel were not known at the time the official report into the £60 million blaze was put together . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | As a rule , political matters were not discussed at the Three Jolly Watermen . |
| 17 | The three squads making for the northern caisson , including Bob Burtenshaw 's men who were not needed at the southern caisson , were less fortunate . |
| 18 | They 're gon na go in through that door the second it goes down , they were n't loitering at the end of the passage , they were right by the door were n't they ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It was decided that perhaps they had outlived their use and they were n't served at the reception . |
| 21 | I agree that it 's silly if they were n't played at the same time . |
| 22 | So I suppose whatever area you went into , erm you might find it a bit frustrating to start with , because you were n't looking at the big picture . |
| 23 | We were n't looking at the time . |
| 24 | Mr Spencer added : ‘ They were n't filming at the time of the incident . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | You were n't expected at the tennis courts at all , were you ? ’ |