Example sentences of "and [was/were] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed Franco-Russian disputes on this issue flared up briefly once more in the 1760s and were not finally laid to rest until 1772 . |
| 2 | Guide books from the mid-twelfth century to " The Wonders of Rome " ( Mirabilia Urbis Rome ) began to pay attention to the pagan monuments and were not just guides to the tombs of the martyrs and the saints . |
| 3 | The meetings were informal and were not normally based upon consideration of specific statistical or financial reports , being instead discursive , impressionistic and somewhat gossipy . |
| 4 | They remained so throughout the nineteenth century and were not normally trusted with public office . |
| 5 | The tests used covered a number of topics and were not specifically related to the curriculum . |
| 6 | Ribose ring puckers are not well defined at this resolution , and were not specifically restrained during refinement , but deviate little from their original C2'- endo conformation in the initial model . |
| 7 | One third of the children experienced no more than mild symptoms after initial treatment and were not subsequently treated with corticosteroids during the follow up period . |
| 8 | Working-class Protestants had some material advantages over their Catholic competitors and enjoyed preferential treatment in housing and local government employment but these advantages were sometimes marginal and were not often felt to be considerable advantages because the Protestants did not sit down to statistical comparisons of their standards of living with the opportunities of Catholics . |
| 9 | These tribes had been conquered by the Franks and forced into Christianity , but they retained their own kingship or leaders , and were not tightly bound to the Frankish throne in terms of direct government . |
| 10 | Compensation and betterment proved thorny issues and were not totally resolved until 1948 , and then only temporarily . |
| 11 | Such a redeployment has not , however , been easy , as few of the former colleges of education staff have had much experience of further education and were not fully turned to its needs , particularly in respect of curriculum development . |
| 12 | Although Turkey avoided any direct participation in the war ( and was not officially designated as a member of the coalition — see p. 37935 ) , coalition forces were on Jan. 17 , 1991 , authorized by the Turkish government to use NATO bases in Turkey for bombing raids against Iraq . |
| 13 | He had shut himself within , and was not easily going to be drawn out again . |
| 14 | The defence of the coastline had also to be seen to , and was not infrequently found to be wanting , most particularly when small forces of enemy soldiers attacked the English shore and ravaged villages and towns which they found undefended . |
| 15 | Maggie was thankful that her heart had settled down a bit and was not now hammering in her chest like a wild bird . |
| 16 | The name comes from the old Norse word meaning ‘ to gush ’ and was not only given to the township nearby , but got into the English language as a descriptive name for any jet of water . |
| 17 | All these patients had bulky gastric tumours extending to nearby or distant organs and death was due to progressive and uncontrolable disease and was not directly related to surgery . |
| 18 | Hawk slept with his guards up , and was not much bothered by spirits . |
| 19 | it was held that the circumstances were such that the conclusion had to be that the passenger was ‘ a person using the vehicle ’ for the purpose of clause 6(1) ( c ) of the mib agreement of 1972 and was not therefore entitled to compensation from the bureau . |
| 20 | ‘ And was n't even trying to when I posted the Normans behind him . |
| 21 | It was n't committed to its God and was n't therefore committed to his way of doing things . |