Example sentences of "was not [verb] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Capitalist economy was not built as the result of an overall , collective , decision ; no one nor one group sat down and said ‘ we shall now proceed to build capitalism . ’ |
| 2 | By a notice of appeal dated 18 February 1991 the second defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that the judge erred ( 1 ) in concluding that the first defendant was not acting as the plaintiffs ' agent when he procured the signature of the second defendant to the legal charge dated 3 July 1987 ; and ( 2 ) in not finding that the execution of the charge was procured by the undue influence and material misrepresentation of the first defendant and thereby in not setting aside the charge . |
| 3 | Firstly , piecing together the BBC TV environment of the early Sixties shows why Doctor Who was not devised as a Children 's Series . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nick 's stiffness was not intended as a rebuff ; it was simply an instinctive reaction to the sentimental concern in Martin 's voice . |
| 8 | It was not long before the Princess proved that her patronage was not intended as a sinecure . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | The storm damage was not treated as a consequence of the collision but as an intervening event in the course of an ordinary voyage . |
| 13 | The clause was not framed as an obligation on the vendor to negotiate with the purchaser in good faith . |
| 14 | Stephen 's problem , in short , was that he was not living as a son but as a slave in bondage to fear . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Lung cancer was not seen as a sequel to smoking until the middle of the twentieth . |
| 19 | Whereas in Victorian England the provision of libraries was not seen as a matter of political contention , in modern England the political factor has operated directly in the closure and cutbacks of libraries . |
| 20 | It was argued above that , while it in some way reflects the truth about the wordings which were used in classical law , it was not employed as the touchstone by which new wordings were tried . |
| 21 | Although Permutit was not adopted as the company name until some years later , it was in fact Permutit 's forebear who installed the very first ion exchange water softner in the UK in 1911 at Burrill 's Wharf in London 's docklands . |
| 22 | The government 's previous attempt at land reform , shortly after independence , was not regarded as a success . |
| 23 | He was not regarded as a photographer of , for example , American industry . |
| 24 | Unlike a probation order , which was not regarded as a sentence of the Court , a suspended sentence ranked not merely as a sentence , but as a sentence of imprisonment , with a condition attached which activated the element of custodial confinement only if another offence was committed within a stated period of not less than one year nor more than two ( originally three ) years . |
| 25 | Socially , he was not regarded as a model of refinement , and was known to his Durham constituents as ‘ Bonnie Geordie ’ . |
| 26 | By the end of the century the advocates of Neo-Malthusianism , as it was called , were aiming to bring child-bearing under control ; life , except in strict Catholic families , was not regarded as the gift of God . |
| 27 | Conversely had we had the profits last year which would have generated taxable profits then we would n't have needed to have done that , so that 's one reason why it was not disclosed on floatations at the time and floatation was not regarded as an asset . |
| 28 | Serrano 's victory in the January 1991 run-off presidential elections , however , was not regarded as an expression of a national consensus for his proposed policies , since a record 55 per cent of those eligible abstained from voting [ see pp. 37850-51 ; 37956 ] . |
| 29 | The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by the appellant , who was not named as a party to the action , against an order that he was liable to pay £861 with costs . |
| 30 | You have tried to use a package which was not reserved as a product package using option 1.1.1 — Create Package/Product . |