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'were not sought' is a valid phrase in written English.
It is the past tense negative form of the verb 'to seek', meaning that something was not requested or looked for. For example, you could say, "The answers to our questions were not sought."
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This from a player whose services, when the season began, were not sought by any N.B.A. teams.
Those whose views were not sought simply went about their personal grooming as they would in their bathrooms at home.
But vital clarification of the referral information provided by Haringey and its expectations as to how the charity would pursue the case were not sought.
Mutual aid agreements were not sought until this weekend, when Gov. Ricardo Rosselló finally acted after the Whitefish deal was canceled.
They will also have to decide whether the compromise bill should retain the immigration and law-enforcement provisions that Republican leaders tacked onto the House bill even though they were not sought by the Sept. 11 commission.
A bigger reason may be that in recent years many subprime loans were not sought out by borrowers but actively sold to them by brokers and telemarketers, said Calvin Bradford, a housing researcher and consultant.
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They were not seeking entertainment".
They were not seeking protection from violence.
(Ultimately, capital punishment was not sought).
Review of that holding was not sought here.
As such, ethics clearance was not sought nor required.
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