Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [not/n't] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those unfortunates who were late received two cuts from the weapon — one on each hand and were admonished not to be late again . |
| 2 | The application of natural justice in the context of discipline suffered , like the case of licensing , from the administrative-judicial distinction ; disciplinary measures were deemed not to be judicial with the correlative inapplicability of natural justice . |
| 3 | By inspection , some theses in the original papers were deemed not to be primarily concerned with Scottish geology , geochemistry , or geophysics , and such theses were removed from the lists . |
| 4 | All had been continuously resident for two months , had shown persistent disability , and were thought not to be able to look after themselves . |
| 5 | Assets were sold not to be reinvested in mobile assets or to provide better services , but simply to take profits out of the company without regard to how they had been earned . |
| 6 | Prosecutions for water pollution more than doubled between 1981 and 1988 , while an additional 40 beaches were found not to be complying with EC standards in 1990 — making a total of 20% of all British beaches . |
| 7 | In the one case where small mammals were present , they were found not to be greatly modified . |
| 8 | A statement of law based upon facts which either were not found to exist in the case or were found not to be material to the decision . |
| 9 | Moreover , these variations were found not to be fully explained by differences in either the kind of offences with which each court had to deal , or the offenders coming before them . |
| 10 | In 1987 there were 236,000 enquiries in England and Wales from people claiming to be homeless ; 62,000 were found not to be homeless within the definition used in the legislation and 57,000 were found not to be in priority need and were given advice and assistance only . |
| 11 | In 1987 there were 236,000 enquiries in England and Wales from people claiming to be homeless ; 62,000 were found not to be homeless within the definition used in the legislation and 57,000 were found not to be in priority need and were given advice and assistance only . |
| 12 | The clinical relevance of the risk factors identified by exploratory statistical testing in the present study should be confirmed in future , prospective studies of appropriate size but factors which were found not to be associated with slow healing can be presumed to be clinically unimportant . |
| 13 | This is partly the result of government cutbacks but it also reflects the closure of business activities which were judged not to be viable plus the contracting out of many non-technical services and a continuing quest to achieve greater efficiency in all aspects of the business . |
| 14 | Principal Stuart Evans said staff and students were determined not to be forced out . |
| 15 | The French expedition guides were determined not to be defeated by the River Coruh , rated as one of the ten best white water rafting rivers in the world , and I was determined to stay in a raft for more than 20 seconds . |
| 16 | However , on the facts the plaintiff failed to establish a breach of such duty to take care and E. Lacon & Co. were held not to be liable to the plaintiff . |
| 17 | In Tynan v. Balmerls ( 1966 ) forty pickets in a continuous circle around a factory ( which had the effect of sealing off the highway ) were held not to be legalized by the Act of 1906 because their action was a nuisance at common law and an unreasonable use of the highway . |
| 18 | Where a rating authority had a statutory power , but no duty , to refund rates overpaid by mistake , the House of Lords granted judicial review and ordered repayment where the reasons given by the authority for its refusal to repay were held not to be valid . |
| 19 | This is illustrated by Grenfell v EB Meyrowitz Ltd [ 1936 ] 2 All ER 1313 , where the defendants were held not to be in breach of s13 when they supplied goggles of " safety glass " which subsequently had acquired a technical meaning and the goggles conformed to this design ( see R v Ford Motor Co [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1220 as to the meaning in the motor trade of a " new " car ) . |