Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond this , it had little economic importance and did not function as a multilateral institution in any proper sense of the term . |
| 2 | Sajudis did not compete as a political party , but backed candidates from several parties including the newly independent Communist Party of Lithuania ( CPL — see pp. 37128-29 ; 37168 ) , as well as independent candidates . |
| 3 | The move to merge did not come as a great surprise to the shareholders of either company . |
| 4 | It did not come as a startling revelation — no blinding flash of illumination , only a possibility that he had not previously considered , something that was worth checking . |
| 5 | A person is guilty of contributory negligence if he ought reasonably to have foreseen that , if he did not act as a reasonable , prudent man , he might be hurt himself ; and in his reckonings he must take into account the possibility of others being careless ( Denning LJ in Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd [ 1952 ] 2 QB 608 ) . |
| 6 | In fact the new government did not develop as a British creature and , in the words of one historian , Nikki Keddie , it marked a " turning point in Iranian history " . |