Example sentences of "[was/were] not [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These acquisitions were not up to the basic standards of the museums of Moscow , the former ‘ capital of half the world ’ . |
| 2 | And er we had a plan for to build a building with er dressing accommodation and er this was gon na cost seven thousand pound when we could n't face it , we thought that there were far more important things to deal with than that when we had housing , we had just had a housing report which said that two thousand houses in the town were not up to the modern standard . |
| 3 | They were not out of the weather . |
| 4 | They were not along for the ride . |
| 5 | One of the first houses in the goldfields was built to welcome them and the two children ; the roof was not on by the time they arrived but many miners joined in helping to complete it , the sight of two young Englishwoman being a delightful rarity . |
| 6 | No doubt Eliot 's own fears and uncertainty were compounded when in June a bomb fell upon the offices of Faber and Faber ( fortunately , he was not up on the roof at the time ) . |
| 7 | Michael Banks knew that The Hooded Owl was not up to the required standard . |
| 8 | Although that sort of thing is nominally catered for by most electrical equipment , using spike suppression and smoothing circuitry , I reckoned that this particular computer was not up to the job of coping with the dirty mains , and so an uninterruptible power source was thought to be the only feasible answer . |
| 9 | Israeli officials , while offering a more rapid review of the deportation cases , at the same time stressed that the ultimate decision on when the Palestinians would be repatriated from Lebanon was not up to the government but to courts . |
| 10 | Another major enemy said , with ostentatious sadness , that he feared once the public decided a Prime Minister was not up to the job , he 'd find it all but impossible to eradicate that impression . |
| 11 | The court held that the theft was not over by the time the lady was tied up . |
| 12 | Meanwhile back at the Ministry of Defence George was not back at the Ministry . |
| 13 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 14 | ON APRIL 13 , 1992 , the empire that began with Samuel Reichmann in a stall in the street of the moneylenders in Tangier was not back among the moneylenders . |
| 15 | Despite the amputation , the indomitable ‘ Mac ’ was not out of the air for long . |
| 16 | Unlike nearly every microlight aircraft I 've flown to date , the power plant up front was not out of the Rotax stable . |
| 17 | Post-war governments in France and Italy , the most important states , were weak coalitions , short-lived and threatened by strong communist parties ; a Soviet invasion of continental Europe was not out of the question ; and Labour politicians disliked the Christian Democratic predominance on the Continent . |
| 18 | Wilson 's reputation as a talent scout ensured that she was not out in the cold for long . |