Example sentences of "which [was/were] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in terrible conditions , erm , another country is Zaire where there is currently , I mean I 'd think there was a military coup or something there in the last few weeks , but these things are colonies which were n't connected to Britain , hoping I 'm being , I think it 's a French colony , they use a Belgian colony or is an ex Belgian colony , maybe in Belgium and France you would get more news about those two countries , but here we do n't , because they , we have n't got that colonial connection that makes us interested perhaps erm and , and when we do find out about South Africa because it used to be a colony , we do find out about , I mean Ethiopia I think we found out about because of the disaster that 's happening there in several of the countries all around it , used to be British colonies . |
| 2 | We 've reroofed the house completely rewired it , put in a fire detection system , resotred areas previously out of use and which were n't seen by the public . |
| 3 | So therefore you got motorbikes going up the ramps , which were n't designed for that . |
| 4 | Sulphate reducing bacteria , which were not detected during the control diet , were found and viable counts of methanogenic bacteria fell from 10 7 –10 9 /g faeces to 10 6 /g . |
| 5 | Until far into this period there were many important States which were not represented at Constantinople ( Sweden had no resident minister there until 1734 , Prussia none till 1758 ) . |
| 6 | For buildings which were not faced with marble or made of ashlar blocks , a marble stucco generally covered the brick and concrete walling . |
| 7 | In previous World Cups , two days were allocated to each match so that contests which were not concluded on the first could be decided on the reserve day . |
| 8 | Long , regimented hours , more formal discipline and danger from unguarded machinery all imply differences in form and intensity which were not hidden from medical men who were familiar with the early factories . |
| 9 | It may merely indicate that during the early phase of production there were social reasons for indicating one particular identity amongst many , whereas later on such small-scale variation in social identity had been replaced by larger political institutions which were not indicated in the same manner . |
| 10 | English manuscript illumination , as we shall see , also developed some qualities of its own which were not determined by French models . |
| 11 | At first , this largely involved the search for loop-holes in central government legislation : if , for example , the rules suggested that future grant depended on spending in a particular year , then it was possible with little difficulty to prepare the accounts to show that spending had been higher or lower that year ( whichever was the required answer ) , More important , perhaps , as time went on , it become common for councils and their treasurers to seek new sources of funding which were not covered by the rules or were covered by different rules . |
| 12 | The offence was created by the Larceny Act 1901 in order to provide for cases of dishonest misappropriation which were not covered by larceny ( in particular because there was no taking ) or embezzlement ( because the offender was not a clerk or servant ) or by other statutory offences of fraudulent conversion which depended on the offender being in a special position , for example a trustee . |
| 13 | Even more widespread was extra spending by carers on items and services which were needed by the disabled or elderly person , but which were not covered by the financial contribution which the latter made to the household budget ( even when this included both retirement or invalidity pensions and disability benefits ) . |
| 14 | However , human rights groups were reported to be confident that the evidence supplied by the mass graves would prove that the Army had committed " crimes against humanity " which were not covered by the 1978 amnesty law which pardoned officers accused of human rights violations . |
| 15 | This section describes the use of some of the parameters in the configuration file which were not covered in Section 2.4 , LIFESPAN Configuration File . |
| 16 | Did any towns thrive which were not connected to the railway system ? |
| 17 | The old Gynn Inn was the meeting-place of the Blackpool and Fleetwood systems , which were not connected till 1920 . |
| 18 | Several jobs were paid below the National Insurance contribution threshold ( Hakim , 1989 ) , while other women did jobs like running catalogues which were not recognised as ‘ work ’ . |
| 19 | The report says they found large numbers of chemicals being dumped which were NOT licensed to be discharged . |
| 20 | However , such tax credits were not granted to agencies or branches of insurance companies which were not registered in France . |
| 21 | The Foreign Ministry claimed that the ship , which was flying the Greek-Cypriot flag and had sailed from the Bulgarian port of Varna , was found to be carrying arms including grenade launchers and mortars , which were not registered in its documentation and were probably destined for " terrorist groups " . |
| 22 | ( Contractors ) Ltd [ 1972 ] 3 All ER 557 ( CA ) the question arose whether profits lost in consequence of physical damage were alone recoverable , or whether profits lost which were not related to physical damage were also recoverable . |
| 23 | It was held that as he had only paid to avoid seizure of his goods and never voluntarily nor intending to give up his rights to the sums paid nor to close the transactions , he was entitled to recover those payments which were not barred by the Statute of Limitation . |
| 24 | Schools which were not thinking in such adventurous terms should easily be able to avoid ‘ a narrow and unproductive concentration ’ on the three core subjects of English , maths and science . |
| 25 | Q. Is there any comeback in law is a horse reveals faults which were not declared by the previous owner at the time of the sale ? |
| 26 | The number of peoples in the world who knew of these advantages and nevertheless persisted in rejecting them were few : to do so required a tenacity of purpose , an indifference to wealth and comfort which were not given to many . |
| 27 | Few results were expected ‘ from the bombing of these British spa and provincial towns ’ which were not seen as fitting retaliation for the destruction in Germany . |
| 28 | Commenting on its storm-damaged figures ( in page five ) Northern Telecom Ltd said first quarter order input fell 4.0% year-over-year , to $1,840m although orders in hand rose 18% to $3,530m ; it said that profit performance did not meet its expectations as a result of lower margins and an accelerated rate of investment in research and development and planned international market expenditures which were not offset by anticipated sales growth . |
| 29 | His first marriage , in 1927 , to the operetta singer , Carlotta Vanconti , was unsuccessful and led to protracted divorce proceedings , which were not finalized until 1936 ; in that year he married his second wife , the English stage and film actress , Diana Napier , and settled in England . |
| 30 | with him a certain clerk , who he said was the clerk of the justice of the Forest , and made a view of dogs which were not lawed throughout his bailiwick . |