Example sentences of "[was/were] not [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These results suggest that , although very high or very low poll tax demands could affect the performance of either party , levels of community charge were not themselves the prime determinant of electoral behaviour . |
| 2 | The data we have examined suggest that the poll tax was not itself the prime cause of the variation in results either between types of local authority or individual councils . |
| 3 | ‘ Was n't she the third-century queen of Palmyra , who was captured by the Roman emperor Aurelian ? ’ |
| 4 | Was n't he the rightful heir ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why was n't he the same as other boys ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Was n't I the only bloke who could 'ave give ole Palmer a run fer 'is money ? |
| 7 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 8 | What a divine pair you make and was n't I the wicked schemer ? |
| 9 | Was n't it the first black they 'd ever had there , dad ? |
| 10 | Was n't it the then Prime Minister who provided the recipe for her husband 's favourite salmon fishcakes ? |
| 11 | was n't it the third of fourth son |
| 12 | It had been a devastating rebuke from the quiet little fellow from California ; and as Sheila watched the hurt face of the formidable little woman from the same State ( was n't it the same Church , too ? ) , she almost felt a tinge of sympathy for Mrs Janet Roscoe . |