Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under his leadership northern Europe became more settled and a period of building activity was begun , though it was not of long duration . |
| 2 | Bachelor 's Button was not of Classic calibre but had won many good races , including the Champion Stakes in 1904 and the Hardwicke Stakes and Doncaster Cup in 1905 . |
| 3 | They found a significant positive relationship , as predicted , but concluded that it was not of economic significance . |
| 4 | His reasons for adopting Indirect Rule were never , in fact , made very explicit , though it appears that scarcity of administrative manpower , usually considered the determining factor , was not of major importance . |
| 5 | In one respect the local political structure in Clermont was relatively simple : although Theuderic mounted a raid on the Auvergne , and although Chramn took up residence in the district , for the most part the civitas was not of great interest to the Merovingian kings . |
| 6 | On the other hand , it should be noted that even for 20–25 year old temporary workers , by whom it was stated most frequently , this reason was not of great importance — it was put forward by only IS per cent of them . |
| 7 | Priene was rebuilt near the mouth of the River Meander about 334 B.C. Because the town was not of great importance under the late Roman rule , few alterations were made to adapt it to Roman needs , so much of the Hellenistic building has survived . |
| 8 | Another view expressed was that the stock of money per se was not of prime importance and should not be the prime target of the authorities ; rather the authorities should concentrate on the liquidity of the whole system . |
| 9 | Each adult citizen may have one vote but each vote was not of equal value . |
| 10 | Moreover , it was understood to be a crime which was entirely foreign to the national character , and in one of its earliest references to the affair The Times ( 7 November 1862 ) registered the compulsive feeling that the new crime was ‘ un-British ’ : ‘ When the outrages first commenced , it was doubted whether the crime was not of foreign importation … but the ruffians who have been arrested arc of pure English breed . ’ |
| 11 | The structure turned out to be very durable ; most of the colonial constitutions set up by the British in the next three-and-a-half centuries show similarities to the Virginia Company 's way of doing things , though there were sometimes refinements , such as a legislative council created as an upper house to work with the assembly ; and in several cases — especially when the majority of the population was not of British descent — the legislative body was appointed rather than elected . |
| 12 | Their chat was not of high finance or property . |
| 13 | The cloth which ‘ Laura Ashley ’ bought in 1967 came from India and Pakistan in loomstate and was not of high quality . |
| 14 | Moreover , much of the growing industrial labour force was not of urban origin . |
| 15 | The first reason is really the other side of the view already considered , namely , that a patient 's express wish may be disregarded on the ground that he was not of sound mind . |
| 16 | Was I therefore to assume that homelessness was an issue peculiar only to Apex members within the G M B or was I to reach the alternative , and I might say equally ridiculous conclusion , that despite its majority of women membership , toxic sock , shock syndrome was not of particular interest to Apex members ? |
| 17 | The judge dismissed claims that alternative land offered at Woodlands Farm was not of comparable quality . |
| 18 | A small number of authorities in both groups emphasized that relevance to post was not of overriding importance : |
| 19 | Sir : I refer to the dropping of charges against the man accused of raping a mentally handicapped girl on the grounds she was not of fit mind to answer questions and give evidence ( 4 October ) . |
| 20 | Yet , choline output remained below 10 µg/h showing that lipidic material purified from gastric juice was not of biliopancreatic origin . |
| 21 | The temperance of justice by mercy was therefore random in incidence when the criminal was not of aristocratic birth ; when he was , political considerations entered into the verdict . |
| 22 | In Lee v. York Coach and Marine ( 1977 Q.B. ) , the buyer had been supplied in March with a second hand car which was not of merchantable quality because its brakes were defective . |
| 23 | Their Lordships said that if it had been saleable only at a ‘ throw away ’ price , that would indicate that it was not of merchantable quality . |
| 24 | About a month later the buyer had the clutch repaired at a cost of £45 and claimed this sum from the seller , alleging that the car was not of merchantable quality and not reasonably fit for the purpose of being driven on the road . |
| 25 | Personally , you may have a separate claim against the retail outlet because the computer was not of merchantable quality under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 . |
| 26 | At first instance , the judge held that the car was not of merchantable quality . |
| 27 | They want to tell the Ambassador they are unhappy about the trial , the fact that the jury found there was no premeditation , and their fear that the court could have been influenced because their daughter was not of French nationality . |
| 28 | Admiral Bryson , an expert on guided weapons , was not of conventional lord lieutenant stock . |
| 29 | Last year 's entry was not of sufficient quality . |
| 30 | This practice was stopped after review indicated that it was not of diagnostic value in our hands . |