Example sentences of "[was/were] not to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hoped to provide a convincing explanation of why such surrenders of so-called national sovereignty were or were not to the advantage of nations . |
| 2 | However , Christian symbols certainly were not to the taste of Elena . |
| 3 | The Royal Commission rejected the proposal for a number of reasons , and it was not to the fore of government thinking when the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill was being drafted . |
| 4 | When Stewart said the boom in consumer credit during the previous decade had been phenomenal and some said dangerous , the danger to which he was alluding was not to the consumer/borrower who might incur overindebtedness , but to the professional finance houses . |
| 5 | It was not to the Israelites in the ancient world , as they recited Psalm 128 . |
| 6 | When at length Isambard moved his hands to his belt it was not to the hilt of his sword , but to the buckles from which it hung . |
| 7 | Even here , as the fact of policing came to be established , opposition was not to the police per se , but to specific operations or tactics . |
| 8 | So it was not to the White House but the Treasury Building next door that the embassy car delivered Maxim at three o'clock that afternoon . |
| 9 | He suddenly felt horribly drunk , but his wits had not altogether left him and he had a nasty inkling that his speech was not to the point . |
| 10 | This was not to the liking of the Social Democrats , who took a more nationalist position , placing national unification above Western allegiance in their order of priorities , and advocating a spurious ‘ third way ’ between East and West , a kind of German ‘ special path ’ . |
| 11 | This made geographical sense : both valleys drain west to the River Lune and the Irish Sea and are separated from the rest of Yorkshire by the barrier of the Pennines ; nevertheless , the breaking of traditional ties was not to the liking of all the inhabitants . |
| 12 | … If there are problems we must and shall follow the path of peace ’ , although this was sound advice , it was not to the liking of his audience . |
| 13 | When he was shown up , it was not to the office of the Internal Accountant , but to that of the General Manager . |