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The phrase "were not well regulated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing systems, organizations, or entities that lack proper control or management. Example: "The financial markets were not well regulated, leading to significant instability and risk for investors."
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The Obama Administration amended this policy to only enforcing federal cannabis in states that were not well regulated (2009's Ogden Memo).
But in practice the militias were not "well regulated," and a large percentage of those free males never even bothered to obtain a firearm (which was expensive at the time).
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The industry is not well regulated and operators are known to fill boats to dangerous levels.
The process of posting HITs (known as "requesting") is not well regulated: there is no restriction on how much a requester can charge.
Taxis in Bratislava are not well regulated, so it's best to ask your hotel or restaurant to call a reputable service or at least negotiate a price in advance.
The question of when, and whether, to restart the plants has dogged the country for two years, as politicians and ordinary Japanese try to balance their fears of a moribund economy when oil and gas costs have already hurt the balance of trade and worries over another environmental crisis, especially if the industry is not well regulated.
Also, it is not well regulated in Saudi Arabia unlike the United Kingdom.
Labor laws and relevant rules about standard numbers of work hours are not well regulated in the private sector, and thus, the phenomenon of overtime work is very common, which may have a negative influence on the physical and mental health of women as well as on their subjective well-being.
However, the industry is not well regulated, and a variety of tissues and tissue sterilization treatments exist--producing a mixed bag of quality.
Because less lethal weapons like tear gas are not well regulated under international law or trade policies, it's relatively easy for security forces to acquire large quantities of them without public scrutiny or human rights oversight.
The root cause of the [electricity] crisis is a privatization scheme that was not well regulated so that it replaced government control of energy generation and transmission with oligopolies in generation and distribution -- and with cross-ownership between the two sectors -- that have aimed for maximum profit at the shortest time possible and with the least investment possible.
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