Example sentences of "[was/were] not [adj] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , the holders of irredeemable stock were not obliged to exchange it for South Sea stock , but as fast as they did so the company would issue an equal amount of its stock . |
| 2 | Now , however , the Coal Board took the view that as the Secretary of State had never formally ruled on the consent to demolish following the inquiry , they were not obliged to honour their undertaking . |
| 3 | Unlike with Bank rate , however , the clearing banks were not obliged to change their rates when MLR changed . |
| 4 | As usual , ideas associated with ‘ life ’ generated much emotion , especially in those who were not anxious to define their words accurately . |
| 5 | Mr Clarke told the FBU leaders that industrial action was premature because firefighters were not due to settle their claim until November . |
| 6 | America had its New Deal , and fascist and communist dictatorships were not slow to publicize their public works-led recovery . |
| 7 | This morning those objectors were not slow to voice their opinions . |
| 8 | He never thought of patenting his invention or trying to make any money out of it , but others who saw it were not slow to realize its potential , and soon copies began to appear and were sold for £6 or £7 each . |
| 9 | These were the Overseer 's men , Chang Yan and Teng Fu ; big , brutal men who were not slow to chastise their workers and beat them if they fell behind with quotas . |
| 10 | But there were powerful pressure groups at work such as the militarist National Service League who were not slow to advance their cause by arguing that compulsory military training would act as a tonic against ‘ the physical and moral degeneracy attendant upon industrial civilisation ’ . |
| 11 | The Industrial Revolution gave birth to a large and well-to-do middle class and they were not slow to emulate their betters in travelling to the seaside to enjoy the air and the water . |
| 12 | If elected local authorities are fit to draw up development plans and to judge the vast majority of planning applications , it would be odd to say that they were not fit to judge their own development proposals . |
| 13 | " If I were not willing to aid our dear uncle , it would be a strange day indeed ! " |
| 14 | It was the historic moment when the rule of the people , the idea of democracy , was seen as the only legitimate form of government and as the key to sweeping away the rule of individual despots and arrogant oligarchies , and when articulate voices were not afraid to proclaim their faith in the virtues and good judgement of the people as a whole . |
| 15 | It 's just that they were not inclined to help him out . |
| 16 | By this he means that they were not prepared to open their minds and hearts to receive whatever good India might be able to offer then ? . |
| 17 | But I was told that unless I could produce a current driving licence or passport — neither of which I possess — they were not prepared to give me an account . |
| 18 | They kept telling us what we 'd have to do and we kept saying we were not prepared to do it , ’ says Gedge . |
| 19 | Some Divisions and individual members criticised the NEC and what it did but were not prepared to do anything or offer constructive advice . |
| 20 | They eventually got the message after about 30 minutes that we were not prepared to bribe them with anything and let us through to the Romanian side . |
| 21 | Mr Robinson took up the case for a majority of the Castlereagh firemen who left the Fire Service because they were not prepared to uproot their families and move to Carryduff . |
| 22 | Racial nationalists and extreme anti-semites respected Leese 's fanaticism and dedication to the cause , but were not prepared to obey his commands or views without question , nor were they able to get personally close to him . |
| 23 | The inexorable course of this colonial war meant that many people in France , especially within the army , were not prepared to entertain anything that entailed France giving up military sovereignty . |
| 24 | In small group discussions , happily married men with children clearly saw fidelity as part of their lives ; although not immune to other women 's charms , they were not prepared to jeopardize what they had for the sake of a night of passion . |
| 25 | It has frequently been necessary to employ the deputising service in the evening ; we were not prepared to jeopardise our patients ' safety . |
| 26 | The maltote too thus became a regular impost , though the commons were not prepared to grant it for more than a year or two at a time for fear of losing control over it and to prevent the king from reviving the monopolistic schemes for exploiting the producers which they had struggled against between 1336 and 1351 . |
| 27 | ‘ The EC said they were not prepared to change their position , ’ the official added . |
| 28 | Officers were not supposed to carry them , but since the sword and pistol were useless in the skirmish , the rule was universally disregarded . |
| 29 | ‘ If I were not able to give you pleasure , ma petite , and thus give myself great happiness , then the fault would be mine , ’ Félix said , smiling once more . |
| 30 | I came home towards the end of March 1944 , in time for Leslie 's twenty-fourth birthday , though we were not able to spend it together . |