Example sentences of "[subord] was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well let's look at a few examples I 'll take the Korean war of nineteen fifty to fifty three , the Cuban missiles crisis which , although was not an actual war , very nearly threatened a nuclear war , of nineteen sixty two and the Vietnam war of nineteen sixty three to nineteen seventy two . |
| 2 | Furthermore Madame Mattli was a Frenchwoman , an accident of birth which added to her glamour , for was not Paris the fashion capital of the world ? |
| 3 | For was not their home the Salem of the Gorbals ? |
| 4 | All she could really blame him for was not working hard enough to get them out of it . |
| 5 | She tried to tell herself not to be afraid , for was not this Dr Neil , whose gentleness and compassion she had often witnessed , even if his tongue was sharp ? |
| 6 | Howard Samuel had indulged in , as was not unusual , an enjoyable dinner . |
| 7 | The frequencies obtained in longitudinal or in torsional vibrations are harmonically related to each other , as was not the case in flexural vibration ( the vibrating reed ) . |
| 8 | As they sat there someone came up and , as was not unusual , joined them in their conversation . |