Example sentences of "were not [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inter-word boundary effects were not implemented for the first prototype . |
| 2 | Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sixteen students were not looking for work at the time of the survey . |
| 5 | You came into the chamber , you were not looking for an almost invisible line of thread running from your bed underneath the door . |
| 6 | We were we were not looking for an exception to policy E two we were looking for a policy which complements erm I five . |
| 7 | Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the discovery . |
| 8 | Police investigating the cause of a suspicious house fire in which a 33-year-old man died said yesterday ( Wed ) they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident . |
| 9 | Brightly-coloured uniforms and gleaming breastplates were not kept for the parade ground , but were meant to be worn in battle . |
| 10 | They were very conscious during this requiem mass that they were not to pray for him , but pray to him . |
| 11 | Despite a long tradition of education , there is still a lack of qualified teachers : in 1986 almost 400 teaching posts were not filled for lack of trained applicants . |
| 12 | It could be argued convincingly , for instance , that the nature conservation interest ( perhaps also the landscape appeal ) would be increased considerably if large expanses of the uplands were not exploited for agriculture ( nor forestry ) . |
| 13 | The answers that his analysis might produce were not intended for the enlightenment of participants but for the enlightenment of anthropologists . |
| 14 | The explanation may be that the figurines were not intended for use as ornaments but were votives to he left in shrines : they had a symbolic , not an aesthetic , role to play . |
| 15 | The result of our review [ of funding ] , contrary to my expectations was that we were not under-resourced for Mental Illness Services . |
| 16 | Overall , little more than half of them were serious candidates put up by Fianna Fail , Fine Gael , Labour and the Progressive Democrats , and on the ballot paper they were not listed for convenience of identification in party groups ; the other candidates were outsiders . |
| 17 | But what would the interpretation be if that allegorical answer were not printed for all to see ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The Act of 1918 set the scene of the entire political world between the wars , often through consequences that were not seen for a generation . |
| 20 | It is likely that these poems were not sent for publication until Edwards and Richardson decided on a second volume . |
| 21 | These are included for comparison as they were not tested for precise position-independent and copy-number dependent expression . |
| 22 | The rights Westerners enjoyed were not reciprocated for Japanese abroad . |
| 23 | Because there was a shortage of pasture in many districts , cattle were allowed to wander freely to search for food , especially during the seasons when they were not wanted for agriculture . |
| 24 | The suspicion grew in Darwin 's mind that species were not fixed for ever . |
| 25 | It was not that the mines were not producing for between 1564–1570 metal to the value of £31,167 was sold , but even this did not cover the operating costs . |
| 26 | The Collectanea , on the other hand , almost certainly influenced both the tone and direction of Henry 's statements on the subject , for unlike Tyndale its authors were not calling for Henry to seize new powers in order to reform the church , but were merely insisting that he was already head of the church and only needed to exercise a pre-existing authority . |
| 27 | It was said that these were not made for Blackpool , but for another buyer . |
| 28 | The finest bronze castings of Shang China and arguably of all time were not made for implements or even weapons , but for the ritual vessels centred on the cult of ancestors . |
| 29 | I threw down my fibreglass extensions and made as polished an exit as possible , given that my huge orange plastic boots were not made for walking . |
| 30 | Theoretically this influence could have been eliminated by including controls ( patients ) who were not scheduled for biliary/ hepatic surgery . |