Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reminded himself again that he was dealing with premeditated murder and the Glynns were not the sort to resort deliberately to force except in dire circumstances . |
| 2 | Buxton was not a man to be deterred by the shipowners ' protestations that the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not only unrepresentative of seamen but would fail " to command support in the event of a decision of a conciliation board which did not secure the immediate approval of the persons affected " . |
| 3 | But the faction now in control in Mogadishu was not a party to that agreement . |
| 4 | Others thought the CDP ‘ should not back down from accreditation as this would seem to suggest that CDP were not a body to be taken seriously ’ . |
| 5 | But Mr Riley argued that the parking on Hollyhurst Road was not a hazard to pedestrians who had to cross between parked cars instead they slowed down the speeding cars . |
| 6 | Prussia was not a power to be ignored and so , well aware of this , the Emperor decided that a further bout of personal diplomacy was called for — this time in Germany . |
| 7 | Georgi Kirov was not a man to be overtly optimistic . |
| 8 | The style in which he lived in Passy was not a style to which he had always been accustomed . |
| 9 | Notably , Novell was not a party to the call . |
| 10 | Charlotte was not a commodity to be picked up and put down at will , and so he would find . |