Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not referring to a press report of the Robert George case . |
| 2 | Mr Eric Forth , consumer affairs minister , told MPs he had been ‘ very affected ’ by the death but ‘ on balance ’ had decided a ban was not justified on a product which carried a warning on the packaging . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal held that his dismissal was fair and that it was not vitiated by a failure to consult him over the reorganisation . |
| 4 | It was not written by a man who was drugged . |
| 5 | This is because St James 's Church was not listed as a building of architectural or historic interest after it was declared redundant and thus the cost of the building work would attract Value Added Tax at the standard rate . |
| 6 | But the enemy success there was not followed by an invasion of England . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a long way to go for a 45-minute service and a reception — even if you 're not 92 years old , ’ said one of her aides , who insisted that her absence was not intended as a snub . |
| 8 | Although Symphonic Variations was not intended as a ritual , Ashton can be said to have used it as such for six dancers who were practising their art in the spacious simplicity of Sophie Fedorovitch 's décor . |
| 9 | Nick 's stiffness was not intended as a rebuff ; it was simply an instinctive reaction to the sentimental concern in Martin 's voice . |
| 10 | It was not long before the Princess proved that her patronage was not intended as a sinecure . |
| 11 | The judges declined to accept the Tobacco Institute of Australia 's argument that the sentence was not intended as a statement of fact but as merely an expression of opinion or as the platform of an argument in a community wide debate . |
| 12 | The picture in our feature was supplied to us by a manufacturer to illustrate a particular cot set and was not intended as a recommendation of how to put a baby down to sleep . |
| 13 | In the March 1989 issue of Digest , Seitz posed the question , ‘ Is Greg Norman Overrated ? ’ replaced Jeff Sluman 's name with the like of Alf Padgham ( which I 'm sure was not intended as an insult to the Padgham family ) and concluded that Norman was , indeed , overrated — ‘ for now ’ . |
| 14 | The storm damage was not treated as a consequence of the collision but as an intervening event in the course of an ordinary voyage . |
| 15 | The clause was not framed as an obligation on the vendor to negotiate with the purchaser in good faith . |
| 16 | Stephen 's problem , in short , was that he was not living as a son but as a slave in bondage to fear . |
| 17 | MIP-1 β- specific augmentation of adhesion to VCAM-1 was not observed with a control glycoprotein ( CD45 ; data not shown ) . |
| 18 | But the monopoly of transmission was not extended to a programme monopoly . |
| 19 | She did not like walking along the dark road , but she was not getting into a car with five blokes ! |
| 20 | This claim however was not substantiated in a study with adults ( Hines , 1978 ) . |
| 21 | The Court of Appeal held that the notice was not incorporated in the contract , since it was not displayed at a spot visible to plaintiff before she made the contract . |
| 22 | Strong and prescient words , yet Marsh was not calling for a halt to all human interference . |
| 23 | I belatedly realized I was not looking at a reproduction . |
| 24 | He told himself he was not looking for a lover , but simply the opportunity to tell Resenence about the dream . |
| 25 | The key , here , was not kept under a flowerpot or stone but in a more foolproof and elaborate hiding-place . |
| 26 | The UKAEA insisted that that contamination was not caused by a leak . |
| 27 | But the loss , damage or delay has occurred during the carriage by the other means of transport and was not caused by an act or omission of the carrier by road is determined not by the CMR but by the applicable international convention . |
| 28 | The much-rumoured move was not seen as a surprise at Westminster where Mrs Currie , who entered the Commons vowing never to just ‘ sit around adorning the backbenches ’ , had slim prospects of ministerial rehabilitation . |
| 29 | In contrast , it is noteworthy that pupils skipping a lesson here and there , having registered as present , was not seen as a problem by headteachers . |
| 30 | Truancy within the school day ( by pupils skipping individual lessons ) was not seen as a problem by headteachers ; 14 schools reported that they did not keep period attendance records . |