Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [pron] was not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So successfully indeed did the Bishops of Saintes oppose the claims of their rival that it was not until the seventeenth century that La Rochelle was allowed to have a cathedral of its own . |
| 2 | In the case of Archer-Shee , which is said to have established that such income is income of the beneficiary , it appears to have been conceded by the Revenue that it was not to be so treated as regards liability for Income Tax . |
| 3 | Richard Rampton QC , who is defending Lord Aldington 's libel action against historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy and property developer Nigel Watts , suggested that the peer had given false evidence because it was ‘ essential ’ to his case that he was not in Austria on 23 , 24 and 25 May . |
| 4 | She could not understand why Alain had insisted that she be here , unless of course it was to instil in her this very attitude that she was not in any way entitled to a share of their past . |
| 5 | With hindsight , Beatrice 's remark that she was not at all impressed and did n't know who he was seems significant . |
| 6 | Bewildered and cast down as she was , Nicandra managed a few skipping steps — this jolly movement her evidence that she was not in a state of unattractive sulks . |
| 7 | For weeks he would live in a world by himself conscious as he watched the humdrum routine of his fellow prisoners that he was destined for higher things and happy in the knowledge that he was not as other men . |
| 8 | Leading British political , diplomatic and military figures were confirmed in their belief that it was not in the national interest for the United States to hold a monopoly of this crucial weapon among the Western allies . |
| 9 | The Director 's action in intervening to offer no evidence , on the ground that it was not in the interests of justice or the public for the prosecution to continue , was upheld by the courts . |
| 10 | The Lord Chancellor refused to disclose any of the correspondence concerning the judge 's appointment on the ground that it was not in the public interest to reveal confidences about judicial appointments and this was accepted by the court . |
| 11 | The first reason is really the other side of the view already considered , namely , that a patient 's express wish may be disregarded on the ground that he was not of sound mind . |
| 12 | You only wanted to test your theory that I was n't in love with my fiancé . |
| 13 | There was , of course , now a great deal more interest in Eliot than in the play , but he had stipulated in advance that he was not to be subjected to any form of publicity : no press conferences , no interviews , no speeches ; as a result , he was much more relaxed at the first night and was even able to laugh at his own jokes . |
| 14 | She still had n't admitted to the other woman that she was n't at all sure she 'd be returning to the music business . |
| 15 | Charles realised with a jolt that he was not to be given a room in the château . |
| 16 | She could remember the times when she had patronisingly tried to include some wallflower into a party , inwardly breathing a sigh of relief that she was n't like that . |
| 17 | His silly face , so meaningless and without awareness of danger , seemed translated into sense through his return to music , and his entire concentration on the rhythms of the jig — Nicandra felt exhausted and exasperated by the realization that it was not in her power to be either kind or cruel to Silly-Willie . |
| 18 | This sensitive , intelligent and finely-made man sometimes allowed her to sit in his room while he practised the piano , on the understanding that he was not to be disturbed . |
| 19 | He would have to move into a school where the powerful names were still Bethune-Baker ( though he was retired ) and Marsh and Raven and he would be , intellectually speaking , up against it in a way that he was not at Durham . |
| 20 | Until she could prove without the shadow of a doubt that he was n't in league with Harry Martin then she could n't risk doing that , no matter how she might long to . |
| 21 | Less directly but equally importantly , people living in the vicinity of a large plant would not take kindly to the idea that it was not under the control of human beings who are on the spot and are assumed to know exactly what is happening . |
| 22 | I was already sliding down in my seat trying to indicate to my parents without actually looking away from the screen that I was n't at all interested , when suddenly there was a close shot of the fly as it settled on her shoulder . |
| 23 | ‘ I in no way wish you to think that I am suggesting that delays and loss of documents should be treated lightly , but I would like to put forward the view that it was not within the power of my client to remedy the situation they took over from an authority since re-organised under Section 5c of the Reorganisation of Ancillary Services ( Domestic ) Act . |
| 24 | The Board took the view that it was not in the national interest that such complete information about the whole nation should be in private hands and after a prolonged and bitterly fought legal battle it won — ensuring the perpetual hostility of Readers Digest the world over to any suggestion of data protection thereafter . |
| 25 | But its boom in popularity was still a selective one — probably due to the fact that it was not until 1830 that the transport of Champagne in bottles became legally permitted . |
| 26 | And secondly the fact that it was n't in the budget erm and the fact that they 're late means that we 're not also realizing the productivity in other areas that we had anticipated so we 're gon na be some six months late coming in . |
| 27 | I regret the fact that I was not in the Chamber for the speech of the hon. Member for Pudsey ( Sir G. Shaw ) , but my hon. Friend the Member for Durham , North-West ( Ms. Armstrong ) , who was here , told me that he made a heavily veiled criticism of Government policy for its lack of recognition of progress as a key measure of the effectiveness of schools , and expressed concern about the morale of teachers who , he said , were not sufficiently recognised by society . |
| 28 | This probably accounted for the fact that she was not on duty at the theatre as much as she should have been and was very moody when she was there . |