Example sentences of "[was/were] not in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one stage two large windows were let into the wall each side of the rose window to give more light , but these were removed when the cathedral was restored in the early part of this century as they were not in keeping with the original design . |
| 2 | Results in 1974 were not in keeping with aspirations . |
| 3 | So land-holding companies were not in favour , while the idea that land should be held by a great individual landlord fitted the way people thought society ought to be run . |
| 4 | The majority of the psychiatric profession 's members were not in favour of the reform . |
| 5 | All I know is that the Labour Government , who were in favour of the European Community , did not need any convincing that they were not in favour of a federalist united states of Europe . |
| 6 | Yesterday , the EC observers in the conflict areas of Yugoslavia made it clear that they were not in favour of rapid diplomatic recognition of Croatia , which they say would wreck the prospects for negotiating a settlement of the war and increase the chance of hostilities spreading to other parts of the collapsed federation . |
| 7 | Mr Ramrath considered that these conditions were not in accordance with European legislation , and applied to the Luxembourg courts for reinstatement . |
| 8 | When they were not in chapel , at the dinner table or in their beds , there was nothing at all to do in the house except join the endless gossiping sessions with which João 's sisters and cousins filled their idle hours . |
| 9 | When we got to court , we waited six hours in the corridor , to be told that the papers were not in order . |
| 10 | The police were not in attendance , although 762 officers were in reserve in case of trouble . |
| 11 | ‘ The 1979 Canal Treaties were not in jeopardy , there was no sign of danger to the Canal , and the war declaration by Noriega was more rhetoric than reality , ’ commented Mr Larry Birns , director of the respected regional think-tank , the Council for Hemispheric Affairs . |
| 12 | ‘ Is a trial judge entitled to refuse to permit the Crown to discontinue a prosecution after the Crown has called evidence which in his judgment could properly sustain a conviction if the jury believed it and provided he has first ascertained in the absence of the jury that the Crown were not in possession of facts of which the judge is unaware , which would justify discontinuance : and when counsel for the Crown decides to take no further part in the case , to call himself the one remaining prosecution witness whose evidence was merely to produce signed and initialled notes of an interview the police had with the defendant ? |
| 13 | ‘ Is a trial judge entitled to refuse to permit the Crown to discontinue a prosecution after the Crown has called evidence which in his judgment could properly sustain a conviction if the jury believed it and before the case for the Crown has been closed , provided he has first ascertained in the absence of the jury that the Crown were not in possession of facts of which the judge is unaware , which would justify discontinuance ; and when counsel for the Crown decides to take no further part in the case , to call himself the one remaining prosecution witness whose evidence was merely to produce signed and initialled notes of an interview the police had with the defendant ? |
| 14 | As trespass is an interference with possession , it follows that if the plaintiff were not in possession at the date of the alleged meddling , he can not sue for trespass . |
| 15 | The merger of Mills and Boon and the Harlequin imprint acts as a paradigm for the sequences of company mergers and takeovers that took place in the sixties and seventies in publishing in Britain and America , a period in which the ownership structures of publishing underwent a profound shift away from specialist producers and distributors of books , towards groups of publishing houses owned largely by corporate organizations whose primary interests were not in publishing . |
| 16 | Certainly , at any particular time during the research period , the majority of users were not in contact with either counselling or medical agencies . |
| 17 | Is th another area that I did n't cover actually when when we were looking at the flats was erm , some people have s have around said that erm flats when they were first up in the first few years , erm were a contrast with the later years , in that erm they did n't have many of the problems , Many of the problems associated with the flats now , didn we were not in existence in the early days of the flats . |
| 18 | However , there are many areas where suitable industry bodies were not in existence . |
| 19 | It is a matter of examining the contract to see whether the parties intended it to remain valid even if the goods were not in existence or had perished . |
| 20 | He may have agreed that if the goods were in existence he would acquire the ownership of them and if they were not in existence he would get nothing but that in either event he would pay the price . |
| 21 | If that were the agreement made by the parties the contract would be valid , even if the goods were not in existence , and the buyer would be liable to pay the price . |
| 22 | A claim might be made by dissentient member States that the actions of the organisation were not in compliance with its treaty . |
| 23 | But the two defendants ( who were not in court ) had in 1985 pleaded guilty to assault and received suspended sentences , fines and an order to pay compensation . |
| 24 | The princesses , who were not in court , admitted assaulting Mrs Swami but contested the frequency of the beatings . |
| 25 | The pair were not in court to hear the verdict in Nanterre , Paris . |
| 26 | His parents who flew to Britain from Singapore on hearing the news were not in court as the inquest into his death was opened . |
| 27 | In 1979 , 56% of the school-age population were not in school and while figures for illiteracy vary considerably , some suggest it could be as high as 67% . |
| 28 | In most branches of the STA , compositors and machinemen were not in conflict . |
| 29 | But they were not in conflict . |
| 30 | Latvia also declared a transitional period for negotiations on independence , as Estonia had done on March 30 [ see p. 37322 and below ] , but without rejecting the validity of the Soviet Constitution and laws , provided that they were not in conflict with Latvia 's laws and sovereign rights . |