Example sentences of "was a [adj] and 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 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 .
5 That Vic Williams was a voluntary and not a conscripted soldier was irrelevant to the issue of conscientious objection , she added .
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