Example sentences of "were not [noun sg] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Riding on again , down the road which they thought would be the easiest route to the Fire Court , Fenella began to have the feeling that the twisty Tree stumps were not Tree stumps at all , but horrid , stunted living things and that malicious ancient eyes looked out from their depths . |
| 2 | Mr Brooke said the summer 's inter-party discussions were not peace talks as such , but they were one of the pressures that could be mounted on the terrorists . |
| 3 | They were not railway children at the beginning . |
| 4 | Statements of evidence and a psychiatric report prepared for the hearing were ruled inadmissible on the advice of the clerk to the justices on the ground that as the proceedings were not family proceedings within the meaning of the Act of 1989 , the Children ( Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence ) Order 1991 did not apply . |
| 5 | Apparently the clerk took the view that because section 25 applications fell within Part III of the Children Act 1989 they were not family proceedings within the meaning of the Act . |
| 6 | The structure and layout here of the great bathing establishments were not carbon copies of those in Italy ; many were more extensive and elaborate and their design was affected by the existence on most sites of the Hellenistic gymnasium which , in itself , had become a sophisticated layout , providing not only facilities for gymnastic exercise , but also social , artistic and educational activities . |
| 7 | On that basis he submitted that , having regard to the terms of the Treaty between Sweden and the United Kingdom , set out in Schedule 1 to the Sweden ( Extradition ) Order 1966 , the crimes of which the applicant was accused were not extradition crimes within the definition of that expression in paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 . |