Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] clearly not [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the General Strike might be viewed as a watershed by some historians who feel that the trade union position worsened considerably after 1926 , this was clearly not the case ; trade unions were less frequently attacked by employers after 1926 than before and the pace of wage reductions slowed considerably . |
| 2 | This was clearly not the case with John Pearson , however , who did not have an incurable deformity , nor was unable to feed . |
| 3 | Although the division of the Merovingian kingdom is often held to have been been traditional , this was clearly not the case in 511 . |
| 4 | However , this was clearly not the moment in which to tell his dearest Laura that she looked magnificent when she was angry , and he hastened to set the record straight . |
| 5 | Robert was far more interested in finding out where they stood on footwear , but this was clearly not an area that interested Ali . |
| 6 | This did not mean that they were wholly resistant to new ideas — that was clearly not the case because many spoke of the helpful advice and information given on the farming , nutrition , health and child care programmes — but they seemed to resist anything which either conflicted with views they already held or seemed to have no relevance to their experience . |
| 7 | Yet yesterday 's report , which highlighted fatal flaws in the system , showed that was clearly not the case . |