Example sentences of "was not a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more serious challenge to the text , however , came from a ‘ higher authority ’ — which could only mean the pope — on 24 November when the Secretary of State asked that explicit mention be made of Pius XI 's and Pius XII 's doctrine on marriage , which would not only condemn all forms of artificial contraception ( at this point , before Humanae Vitae , such a ban was not a foregone conclusion ) , but would also subordinate conjugal love to the procreation of children as the purpose of marriage . |
| 2 | It was not a foregone conclusion that there would be a place available at Cedars since there is a lot of pressure on special school places in the county . |
| 3 | It sunk into 30,000 delegates and millions watching at home that this man knew he was not a charismatic orator but he knew , too , that he was going to be President and he could handle it . |
| 4 | The development of the material was not a two-way exercise . |
| 5 | Individuals were rational , and war was not a rational tool of foreign policy , since it could no longer be used to achieve the goals traditionally associated with it . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , in 1806 , staying at the house of his friend Sir George Beaumont , Wordsworth began to go to church again , even though he was not a regular attender . |
| 7 | Her face told him Mona was not a regular canteen user . |
| 8 | Ron McGregor , a junior officer with me on Vincent was not a regular Commander of the new Vigilant . |
| 9 | Opportunity for these suspects was difficult to determine — so much more difficult because this was not an official investigation , and he was not a regular investigator . |
| 10 | Although Descartes advocated a broadly ‘ mechanical philosophy ’ , according to which the material world was to be understood in terms of matter and motion , he was not a standard corpuscularian or atomist . |
| 11 | Note also the absence of migration , which was not a standard processing sequence at that time . |
| 12 | We were not filling the marina with the steel band jollity of Yellow Bird , nor were any of us in our matching blue and white uniforms , for this was not a usual charter , and none of us were at Rickie or Robin-Anne Crowninshield 's beck and call . |
| 13 | It was not a well-attended affair — perhaps fifteen people , mainly old women , at the church , few of whom came on to the cemetery . |
| 14 | Kit Everard was not a vain man , and he knew that even in the encounters that had given Ariel some pleasure ( later , when he 'd learned to check his premature excitement with her ) , she had not cared for him with her heart . |
| 15 | But Tony was not a clever boy . |
| 16 | It was not a casual departure which warranted little attention . |
| 17 | When he got back to New Place , he was not a well man . |
| 18 | The sugar plantations and the slaves on them were the first British overseas investment of any size , at a time when investment of this sort was unusual , and in several eighteenth-century wars the British fought to defend this property , though it was not a central cause of any of the wars in which they were involved . |
| 19 | It was a part of the main building , but it was not a central part . |
| 20 | Yet this was not a criminal trial but a judicial inquiry , and even if Lane wanted to chance his arm by putting the question , Brabin might have come to my rescue by explaining it . |
| 21 | It was found that the matter was viewed as ‘ civil ’ in Norwegian law , and it was held that ( contrary to the view of Woolf L.J. ) there was nothing to take fiscal matters outside the civil category in English law , which embraced everything which was not a criminal matter . |
| 22 | The detection of insider dealing has increased ( although the conviction rate is still poor ) , and this is likely to be a reflection of better channels of detection rather than any upsurge in the problem as previously it was not a criminal offence ( and in some circles was regarded as a perk of the job ) . |
| 23 | It was not a Roman tradition to commemorate youth or physical beauty , so Roman portraits , of the ‘ warts and all ’ school , appear to modern eyes reassuringly true to life and easy to understand . |
| 24 | But Shakespeare 's central importance within Renaissance writing was not a contemporary phenomenon , rather the result of later critical judgements . |
| 25 | It was not a grand affair like Granny 's . |
| 26 | He was not a tall man and was soon almost dwarfed by his five lively , wryly humorous sons , who avoided him as far as possible and could not leave home soon enough . |
| 27 | Although she was not a tall woman , she had to stoop low to get through the doorway . |
| 28 | He was not a tall man , but something about his confidence and reputation gave him an impressive stature . |
| 29 | She was not a tall woman , being a hand 's width shorter than Cleo , but her small frame was crammed with energy . |
| 30 | She was not a tall woman , but the classic smoothness of her grey hair , immaculately dressed , gave her an air of distinction . |