Example sentences of "was not [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This peak was not reached again for a long period , but by 1989 it had reached 76.4 per cent ( Employment Gazette , November 1989 ) . |
| 2 | It was assumed by most American policy-makers that the Soviet Union possessed the forces to fulfil a rapid occupation of Manchuria and Korea but this was not borne out by the course of events . |
| 3 | In her letter to BR Mrs. Buttigieg asked why the registration number of her car was not checked out against the season ticket holders ' records . |
| 4 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 5 | The wall was not tied in to the end gables . |
| 6 | Bangor 's forward power was evident but Banbridge defended well and their defence was not breached again until the 37th minute when McKinty again made the initial surge for Dawson to cross for his second try of the game . |
| 7 | A replacement , Thomas Peirson , was not found until Christmas , and he was not appointed formally by the Company until 17th September 1647 , when the Mayor and Alderman had apologised . |
| 8 | A public school was more alien to his nature than his father realized : this son was not cut out for a smooth ascent of the ladder of preferment . |
| 9 | GROWING up on a tobacco farm was enough to convince Cheryl Boston that she was not cut out for the agricultural life . |
| 10 | Chief Justice William Rehnquist explained the Supreme Court ruling on the basis that , while the abduction might be " shocking " and might have violated international law , it was not prohibited either by the extradition treaty or by the US constitution . |
| 11 | He said the province had always lost out because it was not represented effectively at the Council of Ministers — where Government Ministers argue the case for funding . |
| 12 | The system , known at the time as réduction François , was not accepted immediately in the Champagne community , despite being held in great esteem elsewhere and , ironically — which was most damaging of all to the Champagne industry — used to further the production of German sparkling sekt . |
| 13 | The Eddie was not called forth by an act of human will . |
| 14 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
| 15 | Like more orthodox Christians , the alchemists maintained that mankind had suffered a fall ; but this lapse from grace was not seen merely as a matter of original sin . |
| 16 | All this administrative devolution was done by Conservative Governments , and it was not done out of a feeling of national sentiment , but because of the administrative requirements needed to achieve good government for the Scottish people . |
| 17 | In 1812 almost one parish in ten was not served even by an underpaid and indifferent curate . |
| 18 | This practice was not adopted enthusiastically by the LGB , partly due to fears that its cheapness would encourage Guardians to send children to unsuitable homes — fears which were justified by some unfortunate and tragic incidents of maltreatment and exploitation of child labour . |
| 19 | For Bedfordshire , Hickson and Jacques agreed to discuss a variety of difficulties with Baines but the rural areas scheme was not adopted formally by the county council until mid-June 1940 — the last LEA to approve the scheme . |
| 20 | For example , there was no real requirement to handle Training or Sickness and Absenteeism recording ( although it was not ruled out for the future ) . |
| 21 | This was not stated explicitly in the reports , but Delors became very angry during the meeting , saying , ‘ This [ German ] hostility to the ecu is dangerous . |
| 22 | The greater part of their duties in terms of expenditure was not handed down to the boroughs but passed over to newly established joint boards for police , the fire brigade , passenger transport and the probation service because these functions require wider operational areas than the boroughs can provide . |
| 23 | The minister was not put out by the note of impatience in Bertha Cohen 's voice . |
| 24 | This showed quite unequivocally that the pattern was not laid down in the egg . |
| 25 | I found it most questionable that Forward Publishing , having won fifteen awards — including a class winner — was not mentioned once throughout the whole ceremony . |
| 26 | Window glass was not used even in the ruler 's konak . |
| 27 | It rests also on the insight that income " transferred " by this means was not used only for the minimum relief of destitution , for the old , widowed , orphaned and infirm , but also for the purchase of some " decencies " , for the supplementation of the earnings of the underemployed as well as the relief of the involuntarily unemployed , and for the apprenticing of the children of the poor . |
| 28 | For too many teachers , gender was not taken seriously as an issue . |
| 29 | While the defence claim that the girls had consented was not taken seriously by the newspapers , the reports did often imply that the girls had behaved irresponsibly . |
| 30 | But it was not taken seriously in the West and Moscow did not persist in linking these American bases to the INF negotiations underway . |