Example sentences of "be [adj] [was/were] [pron] [not/n't] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of this survey would have been entertaining were it not for the fact that this is such a serious subject . |
| 2 | Even though it was unsupported by evidence , the conclusion would have been allowable were it not for the second piece of information contained in the warning message . |
| 3 | All might still have been well were it not for the rupture-discs on the vents above the reactor . |
| 4 | It would have been unlikely were it not for the introduction of the microcomputer , and in the UK the installation of microcomputers in large numbers of secondary schools has stimulated perhaps more of this work than anywhere else . |
| 5 | All this would be fine were it not for the fact that Pearce has chosen to support the main course of his assault with a little verbal side-dish , to wit : an attack on Punch . |
| 6 | That he has been able to combine both ministries would be surprising were it not for the fact that he has worked as an active Socialist besides having a good track record in cultural affairs . |