Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] as [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few results were expected ‘ from the bombing of these British spa and provincial towns ’ which were not seen as fitting retaliation for the destruction in Germany . |
| 2 | From the second-floor landing , a ladder-like stair , more steeply raked than those serving the lower floors , leads up to a large loft , wholly accommodated in the roof space of the main block , which was not exploited as living accommodation in the original conversion scheme . |
| 3 | The mastery of a new urban idiom or style was more important than the specific content of any one film , and , as we have seen , anything that departed too far from tradition was not regarded as good box-office . |
| 4 | Many people were disappointed that Dick Hansen 's P-40 was not chosen as Grand Champion at Oshkosh this year . |
| 5 | Incidentally , he was n't known as Chief Education Officer , he was Secretary for Education , he only became Chief Education Officer after the war but erm he was the Controller of Shift E and most of the education staff were on Shift E. |