Example sentences of "were not [noun] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were contributors to a family wage rather than independent earners , but they were not members of a family unit of production . |
| 2 | Chapman insisted that his players were not slaves to a system , but merely followed the ‘ fundamental principles of teamwork ’ . |
| 3 | To Napoleon , the reduction of the monasteries and the abolition of the Inquisition were not part of a plan to reform and regenerate Spain but improvised responses to financial necessity and to the French idée fixe that rebellion was the work of monks . |
| 4 | But local department stores or specialist shops which were not part of a chain were used less by credit buyers than cash buyers , whereas fuel board showrooms were used more . |
| 5 | Moreover , since the 1788 petitions were not part of a movement pursuing significant change in the political system or attacking the range of government policy , the application of humanitarian and general interest criteria to a question of trade probably appeared relatively innocuous to those who were not directly involved . |
| 6 | As Eikhenbaum so firmly insists : ‘ [ they ] were not advocates of a method , but students of an object ’ ( 1965 : 131 ) . |