Example sentences of "were not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now certain that Meehan and Griffiths were the murderers of Mrs Ross , the Crown Office in Edinburgh issued a statement that with Griffiths 's death and Meehan 's arrest , they were not looking for any other suspects in connection with the Ayr murder — thus , said Nicky , prejudging the very issue that was to come to trial . |
| 2 | The result of our review [ of funding ] , contrary to my expectations was that we were not under-resourced for Mental Illness Services . |
| 3 | But what would the interpretation be if that allegorical answer were not printed for all to see ? |
| 4 | These authors found that whereas enhanced platelet function ( increased aggregation to ADP ) was detectable as early as three days following induction of diabetes , elevated levels of the Factor VIII components were not seen for 14–28 days . |
| 5 | These are included for comparison as they were not tested for precise position-independent and copy-number dependent expression . |
| 6 | Theoretically this influence could have been eliminated by including controls ( patients ) who were not scheduled for biliary/ hepatic surgery . |
| 7 | Our customers are many and varied , ranging from domestic pets to farm animals and even an occasional exotic animal — like the lion that was brought from a travelling circus with a cut foot , and caused consternation amongst our more regular clients ; they were not prepared for such a large cat sitting in the back of a Land Rover in our car park . |
| 8 | Furthermore , they were not prepared for this by socialisation at school and at home . |
| 9 | In return , the non-Muslims , although officially regarded as second-class citizens , were free to practise their religion and most were not conscripted for military service . |
| 10 | Normal services were not resumed for seven days , while snow ploughs freed the tracks . |
| 11 | The child 's arousal classification was noted for each 12th minute value of UOS pressure and a mean value obtained for arousal states A and B. Although arousal states C to E were noted their data were not analysed for this study . |
| 12 | William had come to the throne two years earlier , in 1688 , after the Glorious Revolution against the Catholic James II ; but although the Treatises do contain material which could be seen as after-the-fact justifications of the Revolution , they were not written for this reason . |
| 13 | Second only to the Royal Saloons of this time were the 57ft saloons de luxe , built for the accommodation of the Royal suite , when the King and Queen were travelling ; when they were not required for this purpose they could be hired . |
| 14 | You were not chosen for this trip just to see an old flame , were you ? ’ |
| 15 | These provisions were not barter for friendly natives but food for her mammoth journey across Europe , Russia , Siberia and Manchuria . |
| 16 | Firstly , a company would only be able to issue preference shares with limited or no voting rights up to 50% of its issued share capital and , if the preference dividends were not paid for three years , the shares would then acquire full voting rights . |
| 17 | They did not know then , were not to know for many years , were never fully to understand what it was that held them together — a sense of being on the margins of English life , perhaps , a sense of being outsiders , looking in from a cold street through a lighted window into a warm lit room that later might prove to be their own ? |
| 18 | The systems were not designed for devolved budgets and the rapid proliferation of small self-supporting business units trading in an internal market place . |
| 19 | Even those pupils who were not entered for any examination have suffered , because teachers have got into a habit of teaching in a particular way , and find it hard to break away from it . |
| 20 | He can also make policy decisions and give effect to them , as , for instance , was often done when prosecutions were not brought for attempted suicide . |
| 21 | In fact , prior to 1970 , these surveys were not published for public debate — a serious criticism of the PESC . |
| 22 | To this day , we do not know why élite internal security units of the KBW were not used for this purpose , as they were in 1956 . |