Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This eventuality was almost inevitable , given the independent , entrepreneurial spirit of Roche and many of the new consultants he appointed , who felt they were not receiving a fair share of the profits . |
| 2 | The schools lacked any concept of educational advancement and were not providing a popular education as the basis of a common citizenship nor as a matter of occupational utility . |
| 3 | The apostles were not given a priestly role by Jesus and he left no instructions about how the Church was to be organized . |
| 4 | DURING the 1992 general election the people of the United Kingdom were not given a proper chance to make a decision about the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 5 | ‘ It was to protect this operation that the press were not given a full briefing when the recent doping allegations were made . |
| 6 | Thus , when John the Baptist and then Jesus spoke of the ‘ Kingdom of God ’ or the ‘ Kingdom of Heaven ’ they were not introducing a novel concept which needed explaining . |
| 7 | ‘ Supporting this theory , ’ Julie Flint concluded , ‘ is the fact that the Libyans arrested at Dakar were not carrying a radio-cassette bomb , as the Independent claimed , but component parts — ten detonators , 21 pounds of Semtex and several packets of TNT . |
| 8 | Poles had proved in 1830 – 1 that they posed a genuine threat to the unity of the empire , but Ukrainians were not to constitute a significant danger for decades . |
| 9 | There are proposals to link Valmorel 's skiing area to the Three Valleys , although we were n't given a definite timescale . |
| 10 | In a recent interview with this newspaper , Mr McCormick said : ‘ I would be the first to complain if I felt we were n't getting a fair crack of the whip . ’ |
| 11 | He said you were n't to let a new dog off the lead until he had for six weeks |
| 12 | As we strolled away , however , we had to hold our hands out at arm 's length , as if we were under arrest , to show the hawk that we were n't holding a juicy lump of rabbit . |
| 13 | ‘ Eventually , just from listening to albums you could tell what tunings they were using , because a lot of them were n't using a regular tuning , most of them would tune to a particular chord . |
| 14 | Jim Bob , laughing , says that some of the crew are here , as much for him to talk to as for their tour responsibilities : ‘ Because if we were n't having a good time with our friends we could n't do this . ’ |
| 15 | MAX ( to Peg ) : If we were n't having a civilized drink together , I 'd bash you for that ‘ our teapot . ’ |
| 16 | and er if they were if they were n't making a reasonable amount you know , eight and a half per cent , ten and a half on some of them . |
| 17 | I was not expecting a personal visit . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I was not expecting a great deal of management input from them , ’ he says . |
| 19 | In creating the conservation plan the Trust 's initial purpose was not to create a special reserve for rare species , but rather a haven for the common things of Nature which ought to be on any farm — meadow and hedgerow flowers and grasses , butterflies , dragonflies , lizards , frogs , newts , hedgerows and owls . |
| 20 | ‘ You are sure he was not wearing a grey silk tie ? ’ |
| 21 | Moreover , care orders have been obtained on the education ground without much difficulty , the courts often taking the view that if the child was not receiving a suitable education it was likely that the separate care and control test would almost certainly have been satisfied . |
| 22 | There was no W , since it was not reckoned a proper letter in its own right , but only a double U , which is how we pronounce it . |
| 23 | This is why graphology was not given a separate heading in our checklist of stylistic features in 3.1 ; it was understood that such features , where of stylistic interest , would be noted under the heading of foregrounding . |
| 24 | Although the Koons ' work is also being shown in Strange Developments , Sherman 's work was not given a similar position of prominence , nor even hung in the same location as Koons ' , as if the exhibition organisers were emphatically hoping to avoid any challenging comparisons . |
| 25 | KATAHDIN : Unplaced behind Triomphe Modest over 6 furlongs at Nottingham on Tuesday , but this colt was not given a punishing race when running on very well to finish only a few lengths off the winner . |
| 26 | Mrs Piggott 's BUSTED ROCK was not given a hard race when 14½l sixth to Satin Lover at Ascot and is open to plenty of improvement . |
| 27 | He was not given a medical examination after he lodged his complaint ; however , he still bore scars from the torture one year after his arrest . |
| 28 | He claimed he was not given a fair hearing . |
| 29 | Barr , in what used to be a general policy for museum curators , was not writing a passionate defence of the work his museum exhibited . |
| 30 | Adoption was not made a legal procedure until 1926 . |