Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [noun sg] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A covenant prohibiting alterations has effect in relation to the installation and running of telecommunication systems as if it were a covenant not to alter without the landlord 's consent such consent not to be unreasonably withheld ( Telecommunications Act 1984 , s96 ) . |
| 2 | One example was the decision not to destroy the ruins of the German cathedral , where Kant is buried . |
| 3 | The Fenland ( covering Cambridgeshire , Isle of Ely , Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough ) was without a tutor-organiser from the time Frank Cossey resigned in July 1956 until the appointment of Robert Darby in July 1959 : here it was the decision not to reappoint in Essex following Collingwood 's departure at the end of 1957 which allowed the District to negotiate with the Ministry for a new tutor-organiser to be assigned to the Fenland instead . |
| 4 | The bad side of it was all the things which afflicted the malais : nepotism , corruption ; the good side of it was the desire not to show ingratitude . |
| 5 | What he needed was to break down and howl like a child , and it was the effort not to do so that was tearing at him . |
| 6 | Not only was the demand not to materialize but the revolution in distribution costs introduced by containerization , changes in marine technology and handling methods at docks opened up the world from what had been a series of regional markets to a single one . |
| 7 | And then there was the attempt not to issue a questionnaire to every household but to reserve the questionnaires in the Town Hall for four week days Saturdays to will honour the people who did n't actually have Friday who were at home perhaps walk in to the City Centre you might be able to pick one of these up and then there was the problem distrib in distributing the questionnaire because despite of the assurance given to the consultants they were nevertheless distributed amongst the numerous St Albans and believe you me even those likely people who did go to the press do sometimes for every that we having suddenly fully congressed to see whether perhaps there might be a consultation questionnaire lurking within it . |
| 8 | It was a relief not to weep and toss sleepless at night after such tragedies but her own indifference shocked and troubled her . |
| 9 | It was a relief not to have to soothe and propitiate an experienced detective who could hardly be expected to welcome a commander from the new C1 squad intruding on his patch . |
| 10 | There was some attempt made to reach agreement at the continuous disarmament talks but the only real progress was a pledge not to test in the Antarctic , a gesture of more value to the species Penguin than the species Man . |
| 11 | He knew that he was a fool not to join Simon in abusing her , in making her into a joke . |
| 12 | She was a fool not to have foreseen the outcome . |
| 13 | They used pens with nibs and it was a trouble not to blot the page . |
| 14 | Ron Dennis , McLaren 's managing director , said : ‘ It was a disappointment not to finish . |
| 15 | This vision might not always be met but that was no excuse not to go on trying . |
| 16 | Jones believes that ‘ it was also agreed by all that no public disclosure of the research would be made by either group prior to the simultaneous submission of the papers ’ : Pons , by contrast , asserts that there was no agreement not to publicise . |
| 17 | Since his primary physicians did n't know to what degree his pulmonary disease was indeed perhaps reversible , there was no reason not to comply with Ron ’ s wish . |
| 18 | Sergeant Henley prided herself on her power to prise out information by a mixture of persuasion and light bullying like the icing on a cake , and although this had never worked particularly well with Roxie in the past , this was no reason not to try it now . |
| 19 | But that was no reason not to accept these women 's judgements . |
| 20 | Coun Long said there was no reason not to apply for planning permission for the platform even though work would probably not begin until 1993 at the earliest . |
| 21 | This distinction was heavily criticized , chiefly on the ground that courts , when exercising judicial functions , often can not resolve a dispute simply by applying the law but must sometimes exercise discretion on policy grounds to fill gaps in the law ; so the need to have recourse to policy was no reason not to commit a decision to a body which would deal with it in a fully ‘ judicial ’ way . |
| 22 | There was an instruction not to open it unless he died . |
| 23 | I would go further and say that we have kept it on the statute book already — there was an opportunity not to retain it during the passage of the emergency provisions Act , but we did retain it then . |