Example sentences of "were not [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1977 Porchester report published figures provided by MAFF to indicate the potential loss of agricultural production if 16,000 hectares of Exmoor stayed as rough sheep grazing and were not converted to grassland . |
| 2 | Although , strictly speaking , the bearers were not assigned to individuals and worked as a pool , carrying messages for anybody in the building , in practice they identified themselves with particular people . |
| 3 | The following year , 1926 the Ministry of Health issued draft proposals for reform of the Poor Law but copies were not sent to Boards of Guardians , and it was decided that a letter of protest about the omission should be sent . |
| 4 | The daily temperatures were not related to exposure of the vaccines to temperatures >10°C . |
| 5 | Hyperkalaemia ( χ 2 =0.18 , df=1 , p<0.75 ) , degree of acidosis ( χ 2 =2.05 , df=1 , p<0.25 ) , and the presence of anaemia ( haemoglobin concentration <110 g/l ; χ 2 =0.79 , df=1 , p<0.5 ) were not related to survival . |
| 6 | However , positive school experiences were not related to outcome among the comparison sample . |
| 7 | Conversely , OPCS recorded that 68 admissions were not related to alcohol and review of notes showed that only 38 ( 35% ) admissions fell into this category . |
| 8 | Some rhythmic sequences were initiated by swallows , but others were not related to deglutition . |
| 9 | Table III shows that standardised mortality ratios for cardiovascular disease were not related to duration of gestation , though the highest ratio , 107 , was in men born at 37 weeks or less . |
| 10 | At first sight they seemed distinct : voting patterns were not related to policy issues ; people spoke of their voting intentions in terms of fraternal solidarities , while they conducted a subtle and nuanced assessment of the effects of government on their own lives and on national prestige . |
| 11 | Thirteenth-century reformers expended much energy and ingenuity trying to ensure that parishes were properly served and that the souls of parishioners were not exposed to perdition by the negligence and greed of pluralist incumbents . |
| 12 | Although members of the community dressed alike , the women in black robes , they were not bound to celibacy . |
| 13 | It was interesting , moreover , to see that Conductive Education groups at the Institute were not limited to children with severe motor problems . |
| 14 | However , such tax credits were not granted to agencies or branches of insurance companies which were not registered in France . |
| 15 | Elevenses were not given to clerks then . |
| 16 | The end of the cylinder box had to suffice ( 27 ) , and paper labels were not attached to discs until 1901 ( 28 , left ) . |
| 17 | because the clinics were not attached to university medical schools , it was improbable that good physicians would be attracted to the specialty ; |
| 18 | While the French police eventually traced the pieces to Osaka , lack of cooperation on the part of the Japanese authorities meant that they were not returned to France until June 1990 , and then only on the condition that they were returned to Japan by December of that year . |
| 19 | His family arranged his cremation , but his ashes were not taken to Paris until 30 November 1950 , the fiftieth anniversary of Wilde 's death . |
| 20 | They were treated by ambulancemen after suffering the effects of smoke but were not taken to hospital . |
| 21 | Most German people were not attracted to Nazism because of its anti-semitism . |
| 22 | Pressures for some " democratisation " of foreign policy and for weakening the dangerous grip on international relations of allegedly cynical and reactionary foreign offices were not confined to Britain . |
| 23 | Such diversification activities were not confined to Harwell . |
| 24 | His interests were not confined to works on paper , but also included tapestries , silver , glass , bronzes and paintings , some of which were offered at auction by Sotheby 's in 1987 . |
| 25 | Contests over perquisites were not confined to textile manufacture . |
| 26 | The realities which provided the raw material for the new images were not confined to youth , but were issues of social class , race , poverty , work , democracy , and political harmony . |
| 27 | His parliamentary interventions were not confined to property , housing and environmental questions . |
| 28 | Such moments were not confined to Atlantic crossings . |
| 29 | Four of the Shetlands ' 100 otters — one of the densest populations in Europe — were found dead , but two had been killed by road vehicles and the deaths of the others were not attributed to pollution . |
| 30 | In Strathclyde alone , nearly three out of every five cases were not pursued to court , a statistic which provides ‘ considerable support for the view that a policy of mass arrests was pursued by the police in that area ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 150 ) . |