Example sentences of "were not [vb pp] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The only problem was that the big men in Formula One were not delegated at the Plenary Conference of FISA and so did not have a vote .
2 The court decided that the adoption by the Secretary of State of this general policy , which had the result that the judicial views were not sought at the earliest opportunity after conviction and sentence , was unlawful .
3 It is difficult to compare the relatively large destabilising effect observed for the octamers in this study , to the smaller effect noted when single d3CA residues were incorporated into the d(GACGATATCGTC) 2 duplex , since the T m measurements were not performed at the same pH ( 4 ) .
4 The other IgG subclasses were not correlated at the cellular level in either ulcerative colitis or Crohn 's disease twins .
5 The Revenue has raised an assessment charging tax in excess of £20,000 and has refused retirement relief on the sale of the milk quota because no land was sold ; farming continued after the sale ( in the Revenue 's view the provisions of s 53(2)TA88 mean that when a farmer changes the nature of his farming there is a continuation of the old trade and that the old and the new are equally applicable for CGT purposes ) ; the sales of the herd and milk quota were not effected at the same time .
6 As a rule , political matters were not discussed at the Three Jolly Watermen .
7 The three squads making for the northern caisson , including Bob Burtenshaw 's men who were not needed at the southern caisson , were less fortunate .
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