Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] was [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were the case one would also expect to find increased basal secretion in smokers — in our study this was not the case . |
| 2 | In the control condition this was not the case . |
| 3 | In support of his argument , Mr. Coghlan relied on Cozens v. Brutus [ 1973 ] A.C. 854 , a case in which it was held in the House of Lords that the meaning of the word ‘ insulting ’ used in section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 was not a matter of law but a matter of fact . |
| 4 | ( Remember a penny then was not a penny now — there were 240 of them to £1 ! ) |
| 5 | Thereafter , clause 54 was not the subject of further debate and passed into law as it now stands as section 63 of the Act . |
| 6 | Although it may seem that the developments were exclusively within geomorphology this was not the case , because environmental reconstruction was increasingly shown to be dependent upon knowledge of the ways in which the soils and sediments as well as the surface morphology related to past systems of vegetation and to patterns of climate . |