Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [was/were] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abrams and Marsden ( 1987 ) looked at the impact on carers where the tending in some cases was not accompanied by love , and where the length of caring was such that there might be an outworn welcome . |
| 2 | Some needs were not met by neighbours . |
| 3 | Some things were not meant to be revived . |
| 4 | The elections were held against the background of the serious and savage autumn harvest uprisings in October 1946 and were characterised by various grave deficiencies : some electors were not notified of the election , votes were cast by others in the names of genuine electors . |
| 5 | In a free market , all schools would be able to operate quality control on their raw material in this way , and it would not be long before some children were not wanted by any school because they were ‘ poor examination material ’ . |
| 6 | Few paths were not sign-posted by their crumpled remains , and on the Mort Homme one regiment lost twenty-one runners in three hours . |
| 7 | In his view , Washington reasoned that the absence of direct military alliances between Third World states and the West meant that the non-aligned status cherished by the majority of such states was not undermined in the formal sense and their participation in strategic partnerships with the United States was facilitated . |
| 8 | App. 332 a broker in Bombay entered into future delivery contracts for the purchase and sale of commodities in various foreign markets with parties outside British India , in which no delivery was ever given or taken , and the profits flowing from such contracts were not received in British India . |
| 9 | But the Angevin kings regarded Stephen as a usurper : they considered that such districts were not covered by the disafforestment clauses . |
| 10 | Are we to conclude , therefore , that the Anglican Church 's neglect of purification ritual for women is not because it believes women to be ‘ clean ’ , but because it would rather such matters were n't mentioned at all ? |
| 11 | ‘ The Master took them quietly from his person and told him such things were not allowed to be introduced into the workhouse , he then placed himself in a fighting attitude and threatened to knock the Master 's teeth down his throat , thereby setting bad examples to others ’ |
| 12 | Of course , such arrangements were not introduced without criticism . |
| 13 | In their efforts to master Congress , presidents have normally given a high priority to working through their party 's legislative leaders , but it is clear that an amicable and productive relationship with such leaders was not established during the Nixon years . |
| 14 | Such issues were not covered by policy , and these appeals tended to have a better than average chance of success ( 41 per cent as compared with an overall average of 31 per cent ) . |
| 15 | Such moments were not confined to Atlantic crossings . |
| 16 | Such laboratories were not meant to be public places , and the requirements of furnaces and sand-baths and enormous wet-batteries all pointed to the basement as the best place , although without good artificial light the hours of usefulness of basement laboratories was limited . |
| 17 | There is inherent bias in this study , however , as these cases were not shown to be screen negative , and the age at which polyps were found merely reflects the age at which they were called up for screening . |
| 18 | These sketches were not collected in any lifetime edition of CD 's works . |
| 19 | These sketches were not collected in any lifetime edition of CD 's works . |
| 20 | These reasons were not given in order to deal with explicit criticisms , for explicit criticisms are rare . |
| 21 | These plans were not sent to the Parish Council or the local residents for comment . |
| 22 | The legality of these road-blocks was not tested in court ; the police claimed to be relying both on the Road Traffic Act and on the breach of the peace power as it had been developed during the miners ' strike ( see below ) . |
| 23 | The region 's legacy from these centuries was not confined to models of conflict , however . |
| 24 | Entry to these homes was not determined by assessment of need but by the eligibility of the potential resident for financial support . |
| 25 | Yet the fact of West European industrial growth also had the opposite effect too : these places were not drawn into the new scheme of things in exactly the same way or on exactly the same conditions as France , Britain , Belgium and Holland — the original members of the industrial club . |
| 26 | It is likely that these poems were not sent for publication until Edwards and Richardson decided on a second volume . |
| 27 | In fact , prior to 1970 , these surveys were not published for public debate — a serious criticism of the PESC . |
| 28 | Animals who underwent proximal enterectomy alone demonstrated acinar cell degranulation typical of the response of raised CCK levels , but these changes were not seen after treatment with antagonist . |
| 29 | And these feelings were not recognised by the students as the straightforward product of four large vodkas . |
| 30 | These positions were not held for his own status but to promote the cause of rowing where it needed clout . |