Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not grief-stricken the way she had been when her father died , but sorrow was a weight which kept her from opening her eyes on a world where she would sorely miss his company . |
| 2 | Perhaps her husband was not such a shit after all , Blanche thought , just a human being who experienced the same tangled skein of feelings as held her then . |
| 3 | Strauss 's annotations of Hofmannsthal 's libretto are discussed in detail , as is the harmonic structure of the opera which Gilliam identifies as tonal , thus supporting others ' views that Strauss 's next opera , Der Rosenkavalier , was not such a change of tack as it is often represented to be . |
| 4 | There were exceptions , recognised by the statute and the courts , but this was not such a case ; all that could be said was that economic damage , perhaps very severe , might be done to the defendant if publicity were not withheld . |
| 5 | Even if a ‘ member ’ for the purposes of the Lautro Rules ( an assumption which Mr. Beloff said was false ) , Winchester was not such a member as is referred to in rule 7.3(11) . |
| 6 | I think it 's a point that was also raised by Mr in our discussions on Friday , where he said of course , with the advent of the better orbital road around York he f he he felt that it probably was not such a material factor . |
| 7 | Sometimes she had to pinch herself to make sure it was not all a dream . |
| 8 | The French replied that the devastation and terrorism that continued was not all the fault of ‘ dissident ’ nationalist Vietnamese or bandits and although it might not have the status of an ‘ official ’ armed struggle the results were indistinguishable . |
| 9 | Holding that the defence was not available the court in effect classified the defendant 's belief that the arrest was unlawful as a mistake of law , which could not avail him for these purposes . |
| 10 | Although she was not suicidal the therapist agreed that she might have been feeling as if she wanted to die at the time of the overdose . |
| 11 | The Bf110 , he thought , as he flew sedately north towards Denmark , was not half the plane the 109 was . |
| 12 | Here , there was a boy there who was n't 'alf a saucebox , he was always trying to get a look at me legs and drawers — ’ |
| 13 | " Was n't that a bit butch ? " |
| 14 | And was n't that a joke by the gods ? |
| 15 | The Gnomes were very interested in this ; as Flaherty said , you could not know too much about these things , although it was a pig 's pity that such a jewel could n't be worn by the King of the day when he went about his reigning , because was n't that the purpose of crowns and jewels anyway ? |
| 16 | Was n't that the plan ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Was n't that the name of your old guardian , Harry ? ’ |
| 18 | Was n't that the trial where only about a quarter of the patients were actually randomised ? |
| 19 | How lucky she had been to meet Violet , but was n't that the story of her life ? |
| 20 | Now was n't that the truth ? she thought , as she watched him striding away . |
| 21 | Was n't that the truth ? |
| 22 | Was n't that the time when the Bank of England stepped in to avoid the whole City suffering ? |
| 23 | Memento mori , was n't that the phrase ? |
| 24 | GUIL : Was n't that the end ? |
| 25 | THE policemen on the gate of Downing Street would normally have told him to clear off , dressed as he was in an ill-fitting tweed jacket and blue moon boots — and was n't that an ice-axe in his right hand ? |
| 26 | If it was n't far the ham … |
| 27 | I think it relates perhaps to the fact that er the city institutions and the city law firms er concentrated on quality and competitiveness , value for money , cost saving was n't necessary a part of the issue . |
| 28 | The trouble was , it should never have been parked in that corner in the first place , so there was n't much the owner could say , apart from making the air blue for half an hour or so . |
| 29 | Once or twice I 've wondered whether it was n't all a trap . |
| 30 | It 'd be just like the country if there was n't all the noise from the traffic . |