Example sentences of "[adj] was not [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not the way to behave . |
| 2 | This was not the way in which Jesus was a giver . |
| 3 | It examined and rejected the proposition that a general right of privacy should be legally recognised , pointing out that this was not the way in which English law had in recent centuries sought to protect the main democratic rights of citizens — neither the right of free speech nor the right of free assembly being embodied in statute law , for example . |
| 4 | This was not the way he had hoped life would be when he had married her . |
| 5 | Even Diana , an absolute beginner in the rules of love , was starting to suspect that this was not the way most men conducted their romances . |
| 6 | This was not the way to encourage dynamism or efficiency . |
| 7 | This was not the way a hunt should be . |
| 8 | This was not the way in which people usually behaved towards the Shah . |
| 9 | This was not the way to do it . |
| 10 | This was not the way he had expected it to be , at all . |
| 11 | This was not the way in which the Iranians came to perceive the Gulf states ' role . |
| 12 | The irony is that , despite the hype , that was not the way it was planned , and there were snags from early on . |
| 13 | That was not the way that our ancestors looked at the matter . |
| 14 | What I do know is that whatever Mario says ( ‘ I do n't think he was too unhappy about it ’ ) or Colin thought ( ‘ The atmosphere within the team was the happiest I can remember ’ ) , that was not the way Ronnie saw it . |
| 15 | But a part of her knew that that was not the way . |
| 16 | But that was not the way debts were to be settled . |
| 17 | Now that was not the way for a modern police officer to speak , Lane felt . |
| 18 | Alas , however , that was not the way to do it . |