Example sentences of "was not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was easier for workers and their organisations to accept private property and industrial capitalism where economic inequity was not compounded by apparently hopeless social stratification . |
| 2 | If the litigant was not assisted at first instance , or before one of the appellate tribunals , a full application for a legal aid certificate must be made . |
| 3 | The museum staff knew the name of Damiani , although it was not recalled with much enthusiasm . |
| 4 | If the relationship between recall and other measures is entirely mediated by characteristics of the different junctions we would expect to find that within an individual junction there would be no consistent differences between those occasions when it was recalled and those when it was not recalled on any of the other variables . |
| 5 | There was some opposition in the Committee but it was not pressed to division , and it seems that the restrictions were reluctantly accepted as part of a package deal to get agreement on the report as a whole . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , as Gordon Phillips has argued , the pattern of trade union activity and industrial relations was not altered by the General Strike . |
| 7 | Therefore the clearance of G17 was not altered by the eradication of H pylori . |
| 8 | By contrast , the expression of the α v containing fibronectin binding integrin was reduced to 53% by treatment with DNJ but was not altered by DMJ . |
| 9 | Expression of the α v chain mediating adhesion of fibronectin was not altered by DMJ treatment but was reduced to 53% by DNJ . |
| 10 | HR Delphini , discovered by George Alcock in 1967 , was not lost to binocular users until 1971 . |
| 11 | So the budget fixed for the current year was £20 million and the £7 million underspent in the first two years of the scheme did not go back to the Treasury — it was not lost to computerisation — but was committed to the further development of GP computerisation . |
| 12 | He never moved but waited for her to come to him , and when she did his arm came around her with a swift , protective action that was not lost at all on Maggie . |
| 13 | All was not lost for Rovers , when substitute Marcus Stewart claimed another . |
| 14 | ‘ How is your mother ? ’ he inquired in a slightly off-key tone that was not lost on Ari . |
| 15 | This implication was not lost on some members of the Eastern District , notably several in Essex where the views of leading WEA activists were such that the District eventually decided to do without a tutor-organiser for the county altogether . |
| 16 | The amount of money they had to spend made Chalk and Fowler outstanding , and this detail was not lost on three of the gang . |
| 17 | Once a recommendation for deportation had been made it was rare for the Movement to try to reverse the order , though the irony of sending youngsters back to the source of their unhappiest memories was not lost on refugee workers . |
| 18 | This principle was not lost on the creative . |
| 19 | The irony was not lost on the smiling Scot yesterday when he said : ‘ I wo n't be making comparisons or drawing conclusions on Wednesday . |
| 20 | This irony was not lost on a US judge . |
| 21 | This experience was not lost on socialists . |
| 22 | The outcome of the Formosan expedition demonstrated the weakness of China in her external dealings , a lesson that was not lost on Japan . |
| 23 | Although the Nigeria debate was a relative success after a year of criticism , its significance was not lost on Law : it was held on the subject central to Unionist economic attitudes ; Law and Steel-Maitland were singled out for censure , a pointer to the level of party discontent Party feeling had built up much as Law 's own had done ; having fought off the direct attack , he took the party along with him in the effort to reconstruct the government on more businesslike lines . |
| 24 | The fact that the Superintendent could not look her in the eye was not lost on Kate . |
| 25 | The self-pitying tone of his voice was not lost on Evelyn and she snapped at him . |
| 26 | The irony of it all was not lost on her . |
| 27 | The point was not lost on the City , which , pleasantly relieved by the results and cheered by an increase in the final dividend , marked the shares up by 27p . |
| 28 | The meaning was not lost on Lorimer De Belving . |
| 29 | Her anxious query was not lost on the man sitting opposite her . |
| 30 | Her meaning was not lost on John , but still he held forth his hand . |