Example sentences of "were not [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Jimmy 's early morning blues were not proof against that , and they eventually arrived back at base in a much better humour than when they took off . |
| 2 | But there were still those who suggested that its ‘ clumsy ’ diction and experimental forms were not poetry at all . |
| 3 | In Lawson v Rolfe ( 1969 ) 46 TC 199 , it was held that stock dividends paid under a particular provision in the law of California were not income in the hands of a life tenant of an American will trust . |
| 4 | She did n't mean — I think — that Richard and I were not kind to her , only that she did not ‘ come first ’ with either of us , and she was a woman who needed to be made much of and fussed over . |
| 5 | The Thatcher years were not kind to Lord Weinstock , GEC 's legendary managing director . |
| 6 | We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route . |
| 7 | Mr Justice Millett held that , by reason of the decision of the Chief Commons Commissioner on 17 March 1977 , the plaintiffs were estopped from asserting as against the defendant council ( other than in proceedings concerned with the registrability of certain grass road verges within the Royal Manor of Portland under the Commons Registration Act 1965 , in respect of which the plaintiffs accept that this issue had been finally determined ) that the road verges were not part of the highway . |
| 8 | There was the same combination that I had seen before : collected in groups that seemed threatening because you were not part of them , and between these bright areas black , empty alleys full of odd forebodings . |
| 9 | The Flank Companies of the 1st Guards ( Grenadiers ) certainly later reinforced the Coldstream and 3rd Guards but they were not part of the original garrison . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , members who were not part of the £116m Outhwaite out-of-court settlement have voted to press their claims for compensation through the 1992 Outhwaite Names Association . |
| 11 | They were not part of Judi , but they came from her . |
| 12 | For the benefit of those who were not part of this scene , there was enormous and very real concern among the ruling classes that the whole of the young generation had fallen into a degenerative backslide which , of course , it had not . |
| 13 | It dealt with Rastafarian spiritual entities such as Jah or with ganja ( marihuana ) which were not part of the skinhead scene . |
| 14 | The expenses and toils of a long war are but too just an excuse that the thought of a new library were not part of the public cares . |
| 15 | However , people who were not part of any organized structures , particularly in rural areas , found fewer opportunities for participation . |
| 16 | The ‘ arts ’ were not part of their orbit . |
| 17 | The matter of paying rent , rates , bills of any sort , or taking a child to dentist or doctor , or when need be , to the school in order to enquire into the progress ( or otherwise ) of his offspring were not part of his world . |
| 18 | But local department stores or specialist shops which were not part of a chain were used less by credit buyers than cash buyers , whereas fuel board showrooms were used more . |
| 19 | Surprise at the gentle way he lifted her breast as though it were not part of her . |
| 20 | The geophysical models of the East Grampian Younger Basic intrusions imply they were not part of a single large layered basic/ultrabasic intrusive sheet . |
| 21 | France were not part of the tournament in 1892 , and 100 years later I would be reluctant to predict precisely what their impact will be this time round , Villepreux or no ! |
| 22 | Moreover , since the 1788 petitions were not part of a movement pursuing significant change in the political system or attacking the range of government policy , the application of humanitarian and general interest criteria to a question of trade probably appeared relatively innocuous to those who were not directly involved . |
| 23 | This theory carries with it the implication that the cyclostome characters mentioned above were not part of the history of gnathostomes but were instead specializations restricted to lampreys and hagfishes . |
| 24 | They also include a couple of originals that were not part of the promotion , plus Jane Barry 's Casting ( Corgi ) for a light fun read , and Liane Jones ' The Dreamstone ( Mandarin ) for a glorious time-travel romance . |
| 25 | Though drawings were not part of the dramatic price increases of art during the late 1980s , it does not seem justified to claim that they went untouched by the general downturn of 1991 . |
| 26 | The terms ‘ media ’ and ‘ communication policy ’ were not part of de Gaulle 's vocabulary . |
| 27 | To Napoleon , the reduction of the monasteries and the abolition of the Inquisition were not part of a plan to reform and regenerate Spain but improvised responses to financial necessity and to the French idée fixe that rebellion was the work of monks . |
| 28 | The passages were not part of the ratio of the decision by which we are bound and with which I respectfully agree . |
| 29 | Sir , you will remember in the deposit , Skelton was inset , although these two fields were not part of the inset . |
| 30 | When significant parts of the system are reformed , we have no test to tell us whether the outcome is an improper breach of the constitutional order , a proper amendment , or whether the reformed institutions were not part of the ‘ constitution ’ at all . |