Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pers pn] was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For statement pairs containing a negative , sorting was faster when the two statements meant something different than it was when the two statements meant the same . |
| 2 | In Technograph Printed Circuits Ltd. v Mills & Rockley ( Electronics ) Ltd. [ 1969 ] , a case involving a patent for a method of making printed circuits , Harman J. said : It was objected that in fact it was not until ten years after the invention was published that it was commercially adopted … and it was argued from this that it was not a case of filling a long felt want . |
| 3 | To state the identity of a free person made clear that he was not an asocial person but a member of a group of free men . |
| 4 | Richard Fitzhugh did not take seisin of his lands until 1480 and did not become politically active until after 1483 , but it is clear that he was already a satellite of his cousin the duke . |
| 5 | Richard Fitzhugh did not take seisin of his lands until 1480 and did not become politically active until after 1483 , but it is clear that he was already a satellite of his cousin the duke . |
| 6 | It soon became clear that I was not the only moth cruising Karen 's flame . |
| 7 | From documents in Israeli archives , it has become clear that it was not the Shahs personal decision to grant de facto recognition to Israel . |
| 8 | This made it clear that it was not the governments objective to alter fundamentally the red relationship between auditor and client , nor were we looking to increase the costs of audit . |
| 9 | And I think I made it quite clear that it was not the quality of the Education Authority that was the basis of the Banbury School 's proposals , it was the County Council 's decision to go ahead on a consultation for tertiary education , an entirely different animal in Oxfordshire , and I , like Bob , would agree that the erm quality of education offered in Oxfordshire is first class . |
| 10 | We thought we 'd made it clear that it was only the MPC ( Multimedia PC ) versions of either card ( that is the SoundBlaster Pro and the Adlib Gold ) gave access to both MID and WAV file playing . |
| 11 | We watched as the kite swept across the valley , ascending so high that it was just a speck in the distance , and then swooping gracefully over the horizon , to appear again from behind the next hill . |
| 12 | But spiritualism remained beyond the pale , like phrenology and unlike orthodox religion , despite the claims of some that it was really the same as primitive Christianity . |
| 13 | Beyond the rail , reached by a stairway so steep that it was almost a ladder , was the main lower level . |
| 14 | I was really afraid that it was n't the real thing — ’ |
| 15 | ( The places we saw & visited were mind-boggling but it was really a family visit to see & , their daughters , sons-in-law & grand-children … all boys ) . |
| 16 | He has great timing and is naturally very funny but he was always a gentleman and very professional as well . ’ |
| 17 | It was not clear whether she was yet the French officer 's mistress . |
| 18 | At least , he thought , he supposed he must be grateful that she was not a complete agoraphobic like her mother . |
| 19 | We knew for definite that it was only a two bedroomed flat and that is one of the reasons we went in at the time we did , hoping that everyb e every person in that flat would be asleep . |
| 20 | It was unbelievable that she was only the same age as many of them . |
| 21 | Yet Bright , who was known as a radical liberal , famous for his attacks on the old aristocratic and feudal order , was emphatic that he was not a democrat : |
| 22 | I doubt if my mother really wanted to have a child in the heat of India and was surely delighted that she was merely the victim of indigestion . |
| 23 | Allen studied the Neolithic revolution and became convinced that it was not a matter of someone having a bright idea and beginning to plant seeds . |
| 24 | Whilst the venue on this occasion was central and it was not the first time the A.G.M. had been held on a Friday evening , the Committee appreciates that perhaps the idea of holding the Meeting on the evening before the Dinner Dance to enable those travelling to London to attend both events was not a good one . |
| 25 | His appearance and demeanour were fairly average and he was not a head-turner for female fans . |
| 26 | Of course the debate in government and Parliament was crucial but it was not the only way in which the educational reform was tested at the time nor the only way to assess it later . |
| 27 | Charity looked serious but she was obviously a master at the game and he must not show he 'd been jolted . |
| 28 | It was remarkably easy because she was n't the sort of woman to be star-struck so easily and quickly . |
| 29 | Cut off from her , with his father and stepmother both dying while he was still a young man , John several times tried to live with a man he loved , but it always ended in disappointment . |
| 30 | [ On board seems quite appropriate as he was once a steward on the QE11 ! ] . |