Example sentences of "was not [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even good food was not proof against the malignance that hung in the air , in the rotting soil , in the ill-washed vessels from which they ate and drank . |
| 2 | Mrs Alderley was not proof against the desperation of her tone . |
| 3 | And it was not Marxism for a number of reasons and this is almost certainly going to be very controversial so I hope that it will feed discussion in the , in the second half . |
| 4 | It was not income from the interest under the trust ( which would have been a foreign possession regardless of the underlying sources ) . |
| 5 | The weather was not kind to the competitors in 1987 , being very wet and stormy . |
| 6 | By all accounts Saturday 's display ( it was not desertion of the cause but prior engagements which made it impossible to be there ) from the mighty Quakers was slightly better than the previous innocuous effort . |
| 7 | Some reports suggested a death toll as high as 150-200 in Mali and perhaps twice that number in Niger , in what was increasingly described as a separatist rebellion , although other reports suggested that in Mali at least the objective of anti-government elements was not independence for the north-east but the overthrow of the government in Bamako . |
| 8 | It was not part of the Sakata residential sector , which had its own workers ' and managers ' houses where the Lomaxes lived , but was much more run-down . |
| 9 | The respondents avoid this difficulty by submitting that requiring and delivering the wrappers was merely a condition which gave a qualification to buy and was not part of the consideration for sale . |
| 10 | The appellants submitted that reimbursement of their outlays was not part of the consideration for their services , but the court did not accept that argument . |
| 11 | Each Saturday morning Eric would fly to Udine from Rome in one of the Desert Air Force bombers , in which he nearly froze to death , then hitch a lift from there to Verona — the huge Fiat was not part of the service . |
| 12 | The mother argued that the society could not rely on this defence as it was not part of the state . |
| 13 | The laughter swelled , and was supplemented by applause , which died away slowly as the crowd gradually realized that this was not part of the act . |
| 14 | The defendants tried to prove that Umkhonto we Sizwe was not part of the ANC . |
| 15 | According to information received by one of the councillors who contacted your office by phone the re-siting of the seat was not part of the contract . |
| 16 | It was not part of the Primary Needs Programme but the method was advocated through PNP INSET . |
| 17 | Despite press speculation that GM might be offered a modified deal on Land Rover ( 49 per cent of the shares ) , the government eventually made it clear to GM that Land Rover was not part of the Leyland Vehicles deal , and as a result GM withdrew its offer . |
| 18 | ‘ I know very little , ’ Lucien said , and was about to add , ‘ it was not part of the Vibrancy studies ’ , but remembered in time that that was a remark suitable only for Walterkin 's ears . |
| 19 | This was not part of the display , i hasten to add ! |
| 20 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that it was implicit in the Housing Act 1957 that a local authority must serve a demand for expenses before bringing an action to recover them under section 10(3) ; but that the requirement to serve such a demand before taking action was a mere procedural step which was not part of the cause of action and that , save as expressly provided by section 10(4) for summary proceedings , the period of limitation began to run from the completion of the works ; and that , accordingly , the action was statute-barred ( post , pp. 126F–G , 129E — 130B ) . |
| 21 | In reality it was not part of the city at all ; the builders of Kinsai had carved away the plateau and slotted the massive stones of the defences into place around the old structure so that the marvellous symmetry of the circular layout would not be interrupted . |
| 22 | USL says Univel 's UnixWare was not part of the deal because China 's network market is not sophisticated enough to justify its presence . |
| 23 | ‘ Having it spread around the Mediterranean that I 'm another of Nathan Bryce 's bimbos was not part of the deal . |
| 24 | Under Lynch that was not part of the regime , which is regarded as a curious omission in most gyms , and it did not work for Benn . |
| 25 | Under Lynch that was not part of the regime , which is regarded as a curious omission in most gyms , and it did not work for Benn . |
| 26 | Section 24 may also be used by a hotelier who is prosecuted under s.14 where the overbooking was due to the actions or default of the receptionist or reception manager and was not part of the hotelier 's policy . |
| 27 | Although Henslow 's teaching was not part of the undergraduate curriculum , interested students were taken on field trips and given a good grounding in the science of the time . |
| 28 | The hypothesis of an association between coronary heart disease and poor oral health was not part of the design or conduct of the original or follow up studies , which would further decrease possible information bias . |
| 29 | Thus the signing of a Heads of Agreement relating to the interconnector , which occurred before the licence came into force , was not subject to the condition but any decision relating to the interconnector taken after March 31 , 1992 , is . |
| 30 | Secondly , in the case of transaction at an undervalue , it is presumed that the vendor was not solvent at the time the acquisition agreement was exchanged . |