Example sentences of "[noun sg] was not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Metoprolol was the first drug shown to be effective for this purpose , but the role of reduced renin secretion induced by this β blocker was not delineated . |
| 2 | After 1805 the flood of ideas poured on past Wordsworth , without him ; for The Prelude was not published until 1850 . |
| 3 | But the work which really made Wordsworth 's reputation , The Excursion ( 1814 ) , is usually dismissed as almost unreadable ; it offers Wordsworth 's mature opinions ‘ on Man , on Nature , and Society ’ , and one must grant that , as The Prelude was not published in 1814 , it appeared to be his most considerable poem . |
| 4 | In the nineteenth century , religion was not admitted as a legitimate basis for national independence . |
| 5 | Charlemagne 's self-image was not confined to David . |
| 6 | Hodder secured the floor a year ago , but the auction was not held until the manuscript arrived . |
| 7 | If , for reasons of litigation strategy or for a total failure to address the question , an available remedy was not tried , then the claim would be inadmissible . |
| 8 | This association was not observed in women , and because it was noted in an unplanned subgroup analysis the authors urged that the finding should be interpreted cautiously . |
| 9 | More specifically the contractor was not required to finance the kind of economic development procedures common to classic Grands Chantiers . |
| 10 | These complaints were pretty mild , and aid was not suspended . |
| 11 | Increased aid was not going to discourage people immediately and it was inconceivable that increased voluntary repatriation could suffice on its own , he said . |
| 12 | Ford 's survey of a sample of relegated stock from two university libraries showed that 75% of the relegated stock was not held by BLLD , notably foreign language and pre-1900 material . |
| 13 | Conversely , in the high-risk group , which included all subjects who were not in the low-risk group already defined ( Table 3 ) , the ACE/ID polymorphism was not related to myocardial infarction . |
| 14 | The price of the deal was not disclosed . |
| 15 | Following a public outcry this experiment was not repeated . |
| 16 | The Legal Adviser was not pensioned off , neither did he take himself to Malta . |
| 17 | Pressure for health regeneration was not confined to the army . |
| 18 | The proposal for the " rapid reaction " force was not intended to suggest that NATO might undertake " out-of-area " military commitments . |
| 19 | Both Child and Douglas-Hamilton were worried that in rushing to beat the rains the task force was not allowing itself enough time for preparation . |
| 20 | Events were to show that the persuasive power of force was not lasting and that some parts of the Habsburg lands were still able to defend their privileges effectively . |
| 21 | And they knew that they could expect no reinforcements from Scotland while they could have no certainty that a second force was not closing in behind them from England , since clearly their movements had been known , and their return anticipated . |
| 22 | The defence will then be able to argue that the complainant consented to sexual intercourse and that force was not used in order to accomplish the contact or penetration . |
| 23 | When the Home Secretary announced the additional numbers for police forces throughout England and Wales , I was shocked to find that Gwent merited only one extra officer and was astounded to find that the South Wales police force was not to have a single extra officer , especially as the chief constable has undertaken a major review to ensure the best use of available manpower , a process which must continue . |
| 24 | Since little corn was grown in the county a big labour force was not needed . |
| 25 | The defendant company denied liability under its policy of insurance on the ground that the loss of the watch and ring was not caused by theft within the meaning of the Act of 1968 . |
| 26 | Antall asserted on Feb. 23 that the coalition was not threatened , and expressed the hope that as many as possible of the 12-strong minority Torgyan faction in the FKgP would decide to support the government . |
| 27 | Amiloride was not added because the caecum shows no sodium absorptive current . |
| 28 | Having reviewed the scheme , an FAC Working Group recommended no change for the year commencing 1 April 1993 , but this recommendation was not accepted by the committee and the CAA has since notified AOC operators that it ‘ has it in mind ’ to raise AOC charges for operators of aircraft of less than fifteen tonnes maximum take-off weight by fifty per cent from April . |
| 29 | This recommendation was not accepted , however , and the authorities still have to balance the need to provide access to the parks with the need to preserve them from the increased pressure that results . |
| 30 | This recommendation was not accepted , and thus local planning authorities can extinguish a non-conforming use only by paying compensation . |