Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [subord] it [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were not human you would not want it for research and if it was not human no one would deny you having it for research . ’ |
| 2 | She was made Head Girl and although it was not acknowledged by anyone in authority , she was already drinking too much . |
| 3 | Lord Jauncey stated that the issue was whether clause 3 amounted to an unlawful and invalid fetter on TBL 's statutory power to increase its share capital or whether it was not more than an agreement between shareholders about their manner of voting in a given situation . |
| 4 | A member of the mathematics advisory team was invited by the headteacher to work in the school and while it was not compulsory , it was assumed that every teacher would work with him at some stage . |
| 5 | His son , the present Lord Rathcreedan , born 1905 , recalls that his parents came to Henley in 1910 specifically for the golf and because it was not far from London . |