Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] not [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , while the traditional working class had little prospect of improving their economic and social opportunities , this was not so for the two and a half million or so families whose income varied between £2 and £4 per week . |
| 2 | The conclusions of this study , which were delivered at the end of 1989 , confirmed the widely held view that takeover activity in the Community was operating on a one-way street : while the UK market was open to takeovers , this was not so for the rest of the Community . |
| 3 | This was not merely through the intrinsic loss but also because family status and honour were intimately linked to possession of land . |
| 4 | The inference in this was not really about the career chances of the still tiny percentage of graduates ( who are obviously well aware that their chances of reaching the highest echelons are constrained by the limitations in the numbers of top posts ) , rather it was a reassertion that those with a degree are almost a different species and remain a threat to the stability of the institution . |
| 5 | You would have thought there might be a problem of some sort : just a small failure perhaps ; something which would suggest that all was not well within the house of the world champions ; something which would give the rest a smidgeon of hope for the remainder of the season . |
| 6 | It has also been suggested that there were many signs available to Mrs Whitehouse that , in her terms , all was not well within the Church , and that this reinforced her view that the established order was under threat , and that urgent action was necessary . |
| 7 | Unlike nearly every microlight aircraft I 've flown to date , the power plant up front was not out of the Rotax stable . |
| 8 | That was not so on the men 's tour , which means it would be very much easier for the ITF to set up its own women 's tour linking many of the principal regular events such as Berlin , Eastbourne , Brighton etc , with the Grand Slams , than it would have been had they responded to the many appeals they had at the time to set up a men 's circuit in competition with ATP … |
| 9 | Of course , that was not so in the case of BCCI . |
| 10 | That was not long after the Second World War broke out . |
| 11 | But that was not enough for the new Chancellor , Denis Healey . |