Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] were not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | From what I later found out , it was apparent that if we were not sent home it may have become increasingly difficult to transport those pupils who travelled on coaches home through the floods which had been gradually rising , mainly due to the River Deben bursting its banks and so flooding the nearby villages . |
| 32 | Where would we politicians be if we were not allowed to talk it sometimes ? |
| 33 | Curiously , when you ask them how they would react to deletion of the procedure of inviting criticism of their draft reports from the regulations , their response is along the lines of : ‘ If we were not required to do it we would probably carry out a similar course of action unofficially in order to ensure that we had not missed an important point . ’ |
| 34 | That would have more credibility if we were not spending more on the health service than the right hon. Gentleman even promised to spend . |
| 35 | Under this interpretation , actions which originate from ‘ inside ’ the self are those which are seen as in accordance with conscious desires or intentions , and those which originate from ‘ outside ’ the self are those which one would not do if one were not coerced . |
| 36 | The Insured Person shall take such steps for the recovery of his/her property as if he/she were not insured and take all ordinary and reasonable precautions for the safe keeping of the property insured . |
| 37 | They felt that they had a much stronger position than before and that a certain amount of muscle flexing was now unavoidable if they were not to lose face with their supporters . |
| 38 | If they were not employed , that did not mean that the legacy was at once void ; but if it was to be saved , all depended on construing the necessary verba sollemnia . |
| 39 | Pledges on which less than ten shillings had been lent became the property of the pawnbroker if they were not collected on the appointed day . |
| 40 | Er everything depending on the the the the work of the farm would come to a standstill if erm if the horses y if they were not kept in good condition , they would n't be strong enough to keep on going every day . |
| 41 | Staff said that they felt more inclined to offer services if they were not assuming sole responsibility for an individual 's welfare but could ‘ share the burden ’ . |
| 42 | For the producers of material X , for example , although not currently selling X to exporting firms , can argue that , if they were not supplying firms that sell only on the home market , those firms would have to buy imported supplies of X , and that , if the firms that now supply X to exporting firms were unable to do so , they would be able to take their place . |
| 43 | Can the Secretary of State confirm that , notwithstanding the encouraging programme that he has just reported , Nuclear Electric 's directors could not continue to pay the £1 million per day that it costs to continue the Sizewell B construction project if they were not covered by a letter of comfort from the Treasury , without which the company would be technically insolvent ? |
| 44 | But the decisions made fascinating reading and would presumably still be dragged into any legal proceedings today , even if they were not regarded as binding . |
| 45 | Fenella saw , with a thrill of horror , that as his hand went through the colours , the robes shivered as if they were not made of plain cloth , but of some living , breathing substance . |
| 46 | She knew that the conditions in the camps meant they would die if they were not treated properly , which meant coming to Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire . |
| 47 | Much of London society had moved to Brussels for the summer , there were army officers who would be mortified if they were not invited , and there was the local aristocracy who had to be entertained . |
| 48 | ‘ During my visit I told them I would be extremely surprised if they were not granted asylum and offered my help if they have any problems . ’ |
| 49 | One or two mentioned that they would look forward to the course and that if they were not going to an ATB event they would be out anyway . |
| 50 | If they were not retrieved , such hoards remained hidden until accidentally found , often hundreds or even thousands of years later . |
| 51 | 's capable of being a thorn in the flesh to the Coalition Government if they were not placated . |
| 52 | The captain and the chief and second mates received cargo allotments of value , but officers of junior rank were unlikely to make very substantial profits , even if they were not forced to share their allocation of cargo space with the commander in order to obtain a place at all . |
| 53 | They are complied with because of the recognition of what would happen if they were not complied with . |
| 54 | Hon. Members might be happy to consider a 48-hour rule , but the farming community , to name but one , would find it extremely difficult at harvest time if they were not allowed to ask their farm workers to work more than 48 hours a week . |
| 55 | It was argued on behalf of the shareholders that the Directive was intended to protect all investors and that they would be prejudiced if they were not notified in advance of the intended cancellation of Titaghur 's public listing . |
| 56 | Sigeric 's successor , Ælfric , recovered it , but N.P. Brooks has pointed out that other losses would have left no trace in the Canterbury records if they were not regained , and Thietmar of Merseburg says that Archbishop Ælfheah was unable to ransom himself in 1012 because of dire poverty . |
| 57 | If they were not lying securely in their graves , awaiting the Day of Judgement , what might they not be up to in the long hours of darkness , as the boards creaked and the wind howled on Wuthering Heights ? |
| 58 | They would wash up the same way even if they were not watched . |
| 59 | If they were not told the embarrassing source of these words — and perhaps even if they were — most Asians would give a vigorous nod of approval to the sentiments expressed by Neville Chamberlain when Germany annexed the Sudetenland in 1938 : ‘ How horrible , fantastic , incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing . ’ |
| 60 | If they were not washed in this way they would be a danger to their neighbours on returning to ordinary secular activities . |