Example sentences of "was not [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The wall was not tied in to the end gables . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | GROWING up on a tobacco farm was enough to convince Cheryl Boston that she was not cut out for the agricultural life . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | For example , there was no real requirement to handle Training or Sickness and Absenteeism recording ( although it was not ruled out for the future ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The minister was not put out by the note of impatience in Bertha Cohen 's voice . |
| 17 | This showed quite unequivocally that the pattern was not laid down in the egg . |
| 18 | I found it most questionable that Forward Publishing , having won fifteen awards — including a class winner — was not mentioned once throughout the whole ceremony . |
| 19 | Window glass was not used even in the ruler 's konak . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But it was not taken seriously in the West and Moscow did not persist in linking these American bases to the INF negotiations underway . |
| 23 | The reform was not carried through in the House but the phrenologists urged or reformers elsewhere and , indirectly , their enthusiasm led on to William Forster 's Education Bill of 1870 which established in Britain the system of elementary schools for all . |
| 24 | This definition was not carried forward into the later Acts , although both the Act of 1979 and the current Act did reproduce some of the provisions regarding depositors which were contained in the Act of 1963 . |
| 25 | Consequently exchange rate adjustment to long-run changes in a country 's competitive position was not carried out in the manner visualized by the founding fathers of the system . |
| 26 | In addition , cardiac surgery was not carried out in the two districts studied . |
| 27 | Finally , it is no use trying to escape by saying that ancient trade was not carried out by the nationals of ancient states but by non-citizens , so the Megarian decree can not have injured Megarian trade : the generalization about ancient trade should be corrected to read ‘ ancient Athenian trade ’ , which is what nearly all our information is about . |
| 28 | Owing to shortage of medical staff , the post-mortem was not carried out until the following morning . |
| 29 | American unionism has had the inestimable advantage of being born in a land whose social landscape was not cluttered up with the debris of a feudal age . |
| 30 | It is interesting to note , however , that US Ambassador Bonsal argues that the suspension of the sugar quota was not linked solely to the intervention in the oil refineries , but would in any case have been ‘ a major element in the programme for the overthrow of Castro ’ ( Bonsal : 1971 , p. 151 ) . |