Example sentences of "[noun] as [pers pn] were not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Chubby ’ Eliot and self had a bit of a dogfight for a while trying to get on each others ' tails as we were not certain the other was not a 109 until we saw the roundels . ’ |
| 2 | The fact that the authority disregarded certain factors ( for example , the limited availability of welfare benefits or the poor prospects for employment ) in that country could not ground an application for judicial review as they were not factors which the authority was obliged to take into account . |
| 3 | Richard 's parents were also in favour of this proposal as they were not very keen on their son entering the Christian Ministry . |
| 4 | Around 50,000 giant clams were bred on Orpheus Island in Queensland by scientists from James Cook University , and approximately 4,000 have been transported by the Royal Australian Navy as they were not getting enough sunlight and water circulation . |
| 5 | Most people were not taxed on their earnings as they were not French citizens , and there was nothing to spend money on apart from cigarettes , beer , and trips into town . |
| 6 | Initially the latter two metals only occur in alloys as they were not generally isolated in metallic form until the medieval period . |
| 7 | These are included for comparison as they were not tested for precise position-independent and copy-number dependent expression . |
| 8 | He liked her taste while she felt that it was a ‘ most improper ’ suggestion as they were not even engaged . |
| 9 | 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 . |