Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] not [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bursts of oesophageal contractions were not related to inappropriate lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations . |
| 2 | Conversely , in the high-risk group , which included all subjects who were not in the low-risk group already defined ( Table 3 ) , the ACE/ID polymorphism was not related to myocardial infarction . |
| 3 | The Gardeners Dictionary was not confined to English readers ; it was first translated into Dutch in 1745 , an indication of the author 's close association with Holland . |
| 4 | Baldwin 's practice of dedicated delegation was not confined to foreign affairs . |
| 5 | Two principal ( albeit contradictory ) difficulties arose : the belief of the governments of some member states ( including the UK ) that any such procedure should be voluntary , and the fact that Vredeling was not limited to collective representation of employees through trade unions . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the farm worker has generally been among the last to receive citizenship rights granted to the rest of the population — the shadow of the workhouse was not finally removed until 1936 , the Rent Act was not extended to agricultural dwellings until 1976 and even today agricultural legislation manages to override certain of the conditions of the Truck Acts . |
| 7 | The problems were not confined to standard paper-based files ; the work of the departments required a variety of file forms , such as large plans , maps and drawings , and computer storage media . |
| 8 | The scavenging activities of soil microbes are of great importance to human welfare , but Waksman 's studies were not orientated to medical applications . |
| 9 | Since five of the patients received <10 MU interferon/week fatal hepatic decompensation was not restricted to high dosages of the drug . |
| 10 | Blood urea nitrogen , heart rate , and respiratory rate were not related to 2-year survival . |
| 11 | Only 3% ( 4/129 ) of patients with dementia who attended two neurology outpatient departments were not admitted to psychiatric hospital . |
| 12 | Yanto Gates was not given to quick decisions or mad impulses , but the girl in reality matched his dreams of her so perfectly that he had to take it as a sign . |
| 13 | The PDC had previously threatened to leave the administration on Jan. 31 if the government was not opened to other political parties , and party officials described the change of stance as a gesture of goodwill in response to continuing negotiations . |
| 14 | Two thirds of recognised seroconversions were in men aged 25 years or over , and the increase in sexually transmitted diseases was not confined to young men . |
| 15 | Gordon Cooke reluctantly accepted the change but only on the understanding that the DUP was not committed to encouraging local option votes . |
| 16 | Future fertility was not related to induced abortion . |
| 17 | The judge , concluding that the court 's paramount consideration on such an application was the children 's welfare , in accordance with section 1(1) of the Act , and that its power to interfere with the local authority 's proposals for the children was not confined to exceptional circumstances , granted the foster mother leave to apply for residence orders in respect of the children . |
| 18 | Lysozyme mRNA expression was not related to histological disease activity , as there was no significant difference between active and inactive ulcerative colitis ( lysozyme positive cells in 12 of 14 active ulcerative colitis , 10 of 13 inactive ulcerative colitis ) . |