Example sentences of "was [art] [adj] [conj] not a " in BNC.
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1 | Thirdly , the move towards a national curriculum was resisted most strongly by those , mainly teachers and other educationists , who claimed that the nature and scope of the school curriculum was a professional and not a political matter . |
2 | It was common ground that the scheme , though set up pursuant to a statutory obligation , was a private and not a public law scheme so that the procedure by way of originating summons rather than judicial review was appropriate . |
3 | It was an extension of the outdoor relief given by some boards of guardians , but its means test was a personal and not a family one . |
4 | It was a noisy but not a violent affair , the clashes between the Blackshirts and the Red Front outside being mainly verbal . |
5 | She was a Christian but not a Church one . |
6 | It was a lengthy and not a little dangerous , chemical process requiring the gas to be cooled through a large tub of water from barrels containing iron filings onto which sulphuric acid had been poured . |
7 | That Vic Williams was a voluntary and not a conscripted soldier was irrelevant to the issue of conscientious objection , she added . |
8 | But on 4 November 1991 , the Court of Appeal ( Cooke P. , Richardson and Hardie Boys JJ. ) held that the petitioner was not entitled to appeal as of right against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 4 October 1991 because that judgment was an interlocutory and not a final judgment and refused leave to the petitioner to appeal to the Board . |
9 | I listened and learned , watched and learned , and soon became adept at striking the first blow : if there was any teasing and tormenting going on ( and there was plenty ) I made sure that I was an active and not a passive participant . |
10 | Nonetheless , to many Iranians the events proved the Shah was an American if not a British puppet . |