Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] not a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This was not a question of either niceness or laziness . |
2 | This was not a question . |
3 | This was not a question , it was an answer . |
4 | He said this was not a change in policy , because peacekeepers had a duty to see that no harm came to civilians . |
5 | This was not a conversation they could safely have had within earshot of any educated Scot . |
6 | This was not a threat to the capitalist class , however , because the leaders of the trade unions and workers parties were normally incorporated into the political system and educated to the imperatives and requirements of capitalism . |
7 | The latter was applying a social policy on which reasonable men could differ ; it had decided against differential rating and this was not a decision so unreasonable that no reasonable corporation could come to it . |
8 | The conventional view that this was not a subject for girls was challenged by Sophie Bryant 's success , notably in sending a succession of North Londoners to study mathematics at Girton . |
9 | Dave Speed : ‘ This was not a Budget for jobs ’ |
10 | The Reporter said this was not a concern of the Children 's Panel . |
11 | But this was not a circumstance of homicide . |
12 | Having concluded that this was not a contract for the sale of goods by description … |
13 | But , of course , this was not a home , just a weekday lodging . |
14 | We may recall that this was not a work of empirical investigation but an example of feminist folklinguistics , though informed by the author 's linguistic training . |
15 | This was not a man who was capable of being serious about the devolution of power , and we must seek the reasons for his adoption and promotion of Indirect Rule elsewhere . |
16 | Jean Southworth , QC , in mitigation , said : ‘ This was not a case of him taking away the virginity of this young woman . |
17 | He added that this was not a case for a free pardon because — wait for it — there was no proof that Cooper and McMahon were innocent . |
18 | watched — observed — reflected and finally determined that this was not a case of fortitude and resignation only . |
19 | Pierburg then sought to obtain photographs of a car which was situated in California , and it was held ( plainly correctly ) that this was not a case of evidence being obtained ‘ abroad ’ and so the Convention was inapplicable . |
20 | This was not a case where the relevant information was restricted to senior management or to a specific category of staff . |
21 | The court concluded that this was not a publication to the ‘ public ’ generally , or to a section of the public , even taking into account the fact that the M.P . |
22 | Second , this was not a person who bored everyone by overearnestness . |
23 | It became self evident when it was time to stop as the depth of cut ran out , though this was not a problem as I wanted the effect of closely surrounding foliage . |
24 | This was not a problem which American headhunters — working in a vast country with few national newspapers read throughout the land — had had to face . |
25 | This was not a problem he felt he could share openly with the other members . |
26 | This was not a problem which afflicted journalists who were the most carelessly dressed tribe of professionals he had come across . |
27 | Since she did her round alone , this was not a problem . |
28 | This was not a problem for HARPY since it represented and recognised complete utterances . |
29 | Despite the scattered details , this was not a description of topography or social structure , but a collection of legal and fiscal rights . |
30 | Once — after the reign of the philosopher emperor Gaius Marcus Mollandius Sapiens — Peter and Richard briefly experimented with a republic but this was not a success . |