Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details of the peace plan were also communicated to coalition leaders and to Iran , but were not immediately made public . |
| 2 | The Mozarts were not only granted leave , but on this occasion presented with money by the Prince Archbishop . |
| 3 | It was a demonstration of what would happen if Franco were not there to impose order . |
| 4 | ‘ My God , they were n't just hitting it sideways , some of them were n't even making contact . |
| 5 | This offered another opportunity for the craftsmen to demonstrate their art , and they certainly were n't about to advocate restraint . |
| 6 | They were n't actually called plain of the cave man . |
| 7 | The allegations were unverifiable , but what was clear was that the mixed population was not around to enjoy day one of its newly-bestowed freedom . |
| 8 | It suggested that the system was not just marking time but actually losing ground in some areas : |
| 9 | The Convention not only transferred the Crown to William and Mary , but also laid down certain terms for the new rulers in the document known as the Declaration of Rights , and if the offer of the Crown was not strictly speaking conditional upon William and Mary 's acceptance of these terms , it was clear that everyone expected that they were to abide by them . |
| 10 | In practically every case the publishers were prepared to supply me with information which was not generally made public . |
| 11 | He was not actually wearing morning dress , but gave the impression that he was , with impeccably creased trousers , a jacket cut rather long , and a dark red carnation in his buttonhole . |
| 12 | The interesting thing , just in passing , that particular time of the year was not actually harvest time , and as Jesus looked over the harvest field it was n't the harvest field that was ripened corn , it was actually full of green shoots , and it is the harvest now is ripe , it 's plenteous because he was n't talking about that , he was talking about men and women . |
| 13 | For its function in the modern economy was not merely to supply food and raw material in rapidly growing quantities , but also to provide a — indeed the — most important reservoir of labour power for the non-agricultural occupations . |
| 14 | By claiming that his work was superior to that of fellow architects Barry , Smirke and Blore , he was not only casting doubt upon the ethics of the architectural profession , but was also blatantly arrogant . |
| 15 | What had been technically and socially achieved was not only extended distribution but that inherent mobility of cultural objects which is crucial to regular market relations . |
| 16 | The schedule , by asking for the residence to have ‘ the requirements of a Nobleman 's Town House ’ with twelve to fourteen bedrooms , a dining room to seat fifty , and a reception suite to accommodate 1,500 guests , was not only ensuring accommodation for official functions , but also attempting to perpetuate the traditional view of the Secretary of State as the embodiment of the Foreign Office ; a view which Hammond was systematically demolishing . |
| 17 | The purpose of these laws was not only to provide guidance for the day-to-day running of the Israelite community , but to teach how a holy God was to be worshipped by a holy people . |
| 18 | I was not only losing weight but I felt better : fitter , more alert , more vigorous . |
| 19 | On Tuesday , the NUM was not only threatening strike action but taking it . |
| 20 | He said he was not out to attribute blame or indulge in recriminations for last week 's ‘ grievous defeat ’ , but added : ‘ I think it fair to say that our tax proposals show perhaps less than total sensitivity to some of the interests of the voters in the South of England in particular , whose support we need . |
| 21 | Researchers in the 50's showed that children from middle-class families were far more likely to gain a place at grammar school than the children of the working-class and the system was not therefore providing equality of opportunity . |
| 22 | The defence of " fair information on a matter of public interest " was not enough to attract privilege unless the newspaper had a duty to publish the information to the public at large , whose members had a corresponding interest in receiving it . |
| 23 | An extra £3,500 had to be transferred from the leisure services central budget because there was not enough to produce publicity leaflets and posters . |
| 24 | The never-slow-on-the-uptake Miss Minogue was not about to lose control of the carefully constructed image she had worked so hard on and that was a victory which put many a sharp-practising lensman on his guard from then on . |
| 25 | He wrote a book expounding 1 Corinthians 7 to imply that the apostle was not really defending marriage , since his arguments fatally conceded that it was not the most perfect state for the believer , and no true believer could aspire to less than the perfection to which God called . |
| 26 | In the past , just what such backing entailed was not always clear and when disputes arose , the outcome was not usually made public . |
| 27 | ‘ If I was n't here to take care of things , how on earth would you manage ? |
| 28 | Then the 24-year-old from Lanark , co-driven by Derek Ringer , claimed he was n't even racing flat out . |
| 29 | Mark Burke the second … the last few minutes were frightening … but thankfully Wolves 2-1 win was n't enough to stop Town going through 3-2 on aggregate … |
| 30 | Because Earl Thorfinn was n't there to give permission , Otkel had not taken Paul with him , although Paul had begged . |