Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The bile acid concentration in faecal water also decreased with increasing dietary calcium , and this was not influenced by dietary phosphate . |
| 2 | This was not done for imperial purposes , but once the navy had been developed it affected everything that happened in English policy . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , while the government might successfully have enacted and implemented its rate-capping proposals , this was not achieved without considerable political cost . |
| 4 | The most likely candidates are local firm MSP Sp zoo , and DHI , which is majority owned by Munich-based Computer 2000 GmBH — although this was not confirmed by American Technologies ' executive vice-president Alex Barkaloff . |
| 5 | Many people were disappointed that Dick Hansen 's P-40 was not chosen as Grand Champion at Oshkosh this year . |
| 6 | In other words , differences in processing times arising from the greater syntactic complexity of the passive were not reduced by semantic constraints . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The ability of Margaret Thatcher 's government to carry through the radical departure from ‘ consensus ’ economic policies in the 1980s was not inhibited by civil service power , although there were titanic struggles and some officials were replaced by others more sympathetic to the government 's policies . |