Example sentences of "was not the [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was not the Secretary of State a little disappointed at the reaction of some Church leaders to the successful contact by the security forces at Coalisland ? |
| 2 | The result was that there was not the level of ability on the shop floor to sustain the German system of decentralisation and shop-floor level integration of work . |
| 3 | Now and again Dinah would come on a phrase that interested her , but it was not the kind of subject she would have chosen to read , much less write out ; and these evenings she had to write it . |
| 4 | But liberty to take action contrary to authority was not the kind of liberty that Anselm had come to Canterbury to promote . |
| 5 | But it was not the kind of station that has taxis waiting outside it , and the two ladies were forced to walk through the crowded streets , now full of people doing their weekend shopping . |
| 6 | The wine , though Richard was not the kind of person whom the sommelier kept waiting , was not particularly good . |
| 7 | She was not the kind of person who was fun , but she was the kind of person that people trusted , and that was a fair trade to her . |
| 8 | Easily enough said with hindsight , but then Eric William was not the kind of man who hid his talents behind a bushel , for as Ivar Oxaal noticed , ‘ Eric Williams was always fundamentally , legally , morally and intellectually right ’ while his opponents were ‘ usually incompetent , malicious , and weak-willed creatures ’ who ‘ are reduced to an incoherent blubbering as the omnipotent young black colonial reduces their arguments to ashes . ’ |
| 9 | Clive Kemp was not the kind of man to inspire such respectful , obedient haste . |
| 10 | Alexander Vass was not the kind of man whom she was likely to involve in such a fantasy . |
| 11 | One neighbour said : ‘ He was not the kind of man you associate with James Bond activities . ’ |
| 12 | The Tehran trip in May , in which he was humiliated , made him all the more certain that however good the ends , ‘ this was not the kind of exchange that was proper . ’ |
| 13 | It was not the kind of approach to the situation that the survey briefing had led him to expect , and Rostov realised that he was going to have to adjust his notions about standards of behaviour . |
| 14 | His was not the kind of face to reveal weakness by showing surprise but his eyes widened fractionally . |
| 15 | She was not the kind of mother who by carelessness would make her child feel insecure . |
| 16 | Borrowing at this time was not the kind of consumer or investment borrowing which we so frequently observe today . |
| 17 | Hattie was not the kind of woman ever to be troubled by demons . |
| 18 | She said she knew nothing of a sectarian feud in the old days of Stormy Hill but if she did it was not the kind of thing you discussed with strangers , I sensed . |
| 19 | While this solution lurked in the consciousness of a large number of US citizens and was eventually to appeal to Hitler and the SS , it was not the kind of thing the Americans admitted or believed about themselves , and was certainly not the kind of solution they wished to offer to their civilised European cousins . |
| 20 | She saw a young , rather handsome man , whose brown eyes looked at her in a way she found slightly disturbing , though this was not the kind of thing she would have admitted to anybody but herself . |
| 21 | Running her mind quickly over the events of the week just passed , she could n't think of anything she had done wrong , and Tom Russell was not the kind of doctor who made mountains out of molehills where nursing procedure was concerned . |
| 22 | You are merely the latest grievance , especially since you , I understand , are insisting that the murder of Con Meredith-Lee was not the work of freedom fighters from the neighbouring island . ’ |
| 23 | What was proposed was not the submersion of party in a wider unit , but a parliament of collaboration between independent groups ; no more was discussed in 1918 and , despite the strength of the arguments for further collaboration , they would scarcely have carried the party to a greater commitment . |
| 24 | Whatever the Dersinghams had skimped on , it was not the accoutrements of death . |
| 25 | It becomes clear from the expressions used by Lord Wright speaking for the Privy Council to describe the duty and its breach , the important and significant date in relation thereto was not the date of manufacture but when the damage occurred : see also Watson v. Fram Reinforced Concrete Co . Ltd. , 1960 S.C . ( H.L. ) 92 . |
| 26 | Alexander Vass was not the type of man who would identify with the needs of his female staff . |
| 27 | Giles , in spite of his charm , was not the type of man she admired , still less the type with whom she could fall in love . |
| 28 | She was not the type of woman necessary for this man 's happiness . |
| 29 | This statement of the law so far was not the subject of contention before us . |
| 30 | Relevant factors included ( 1 ) the hirer 's lack of expertise in the plant hire business ; ( 2 ) that the contract was arranged at short notice and was for a short period of hire ; it was therefore difficult for the plaintiff hirers to arrange insurance cover ; ( 3 ) that the clause was not the subject of negotiation ; ( 4 ) that the hirers had little or no control over the way the driver did his job . |