Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | After another couple of hair-raising bends , they entered the tiny village of Ham , where there was not a light to be seen . |
| 2 | Even where there was not direct evidence of a breach of trust , the occupation would suggest to the newspaper reader that this is a crime of the middle class , such as ‘ a civil servant who admitted inciting a child to commit an act of gross indecency … . ’ |
| 3 | There was no site at which phoneme identification was impaired where there was not also a disruption of oral-facial movement , although at one site ( in one patient ) movement was disrupted without any impairment of phoneme identification ( Ojemann and Mateer , 1979b ) . |
| 4 | This did not take on , but from the time of the Pioneers some red-figure artists sometimes draw in outline on a white slip , most often on the interior of a cup where there was not the problem of the receding surface . |
| 5 | The main area for the manufacture of fine broadcloths was the southern Cotswolds , notably in the Stroud valley , where there was not only a supply of high-quality local wool — Cotswold wool was generally regarded as the best in England — but also quantities of fuller 's earth and available water power ( 65 , pp.153–6 ; 84 , p.309 ) . |
| 6 | A further protest rose to her lips , but , since she had other more important matters to think about , she obligingly went and placed her foot on the ledge and , raising her trouser leg a little , allowed him to study her beige cotton sock where there was not so much as a broken thread . |
| 7 | In Grampian , there were seven murders last year compared with two in 1991 , in Dumfries and Galloway two rather than one and in Northern , where there was not a single murder in 1991 , last year brought five . |
| 8 | This year we 've restricted it to primary , partly because we felt that 's where the enthusiasm was , and partly , if people wo n't mind me saying so , to keep out the computer science specialists — we felt that , you know , we did n't want a club for boffins or for the experts , we wanted a club and we felt that if we started at the primary end , where there was n't a lot of expertise , we would probably be of more use . |
| 9 | Not a cabbage leaf or there was n't orange peel |
| 10 | Although there was not a deliberate effort to discriminate on the grounds of sex , it was clear that the opportunities for girls to take CDT or for boys to take home economics were severely limited by the way the curriculum was organised . |
| 11 | At the strategic level of integrating the territories into the Israeli economy , the competitive edge of Israel 's highly developed and heavily subsidized productive capacity in industry and agriculture destroyed the Palestinian sector almost in its entirety — although there was not an enormous amount to destroy because of the Jordanian legacy of economic neglect . |
| 12 | Although there was not much probability in my case , the answer is that I wish I had . |
| 13 | Although there was not one single reason why Harry might suddenly see her not as a sister or friend but as a woman he might fall in love with , deep down inside she still hoped that this unlikely miracle could occur . |
| 14 | ‘ I continue to do so , Master , ’ said the Robemaker and , although there was not the smallest trace of subservience in his voice , Nuadu , listening intently , received the impression that the Robemaker was choosing his words with care , as if he was in some and of thrall to this being . |
| 15 | Crowther 's concern that the lay press was weak in its coverage of science led him in 1928 to confront The Manchester Guardian 's legendary editor C. P. Scott with the quip that although there was n't such a profession as science journalism , he , J. G. Crowther , proposed to invent it . |
| 16 | Although there was n't a separation announcement , we were told that the Prince and Princess of Wales would no longer live under the same roof . |
| 17 | Barrow 's indiscretion brought about Quakers ' goal , although there was n't much quality about it not that Quakers were bothered . |
| 18 | This story should not imply that there was not still a great deal of grief to be expressed by the children , but it serves to demonstrate that enforced anticipatory grief can do a great deal of harm if the timing of it is interfered with . |
| 19 | He cheered himself with the thought that there was not ‘ an idea I 've ever had that I have n't put down on paper . ’ |
| 20 | The chief reason given for closure ( by 78% ) was that there was not enough competition in the school ; that against closure , that pupils received more individual attention ( 67% ) . |
| 21 | ‘ It seems from this statement that there was not one class of domestic servants , but within this type of employment people belonging to different classes . |
| 22 | It was a pity that there was not time to come to Toronto . |
| 23 | The Committee was disappointed that there was not an evening round-up of each day 's business ; it found the morning programme a less than adequate substitute . |
| 24 | The critics complained that there was not ‘ a single new ballet to spice interest ’ . |
| 25 | And the body of the Cid was prepared after this manner : first it was embalmed and anointed as the history hath already recounted , and the virtue of the balsam and myrrh was such that the flesh remained firm and fair , having its natural colour , and his countenance as it was wont to be , and the eyes open , and his long beard in order , so that there was not a man who would have thought him dead if he had seen him and not known it . |
| 26 | One of the reasons for the high prices was , according to the expert talk , that there was not much of the wine made . |
| 27 | She was constantly promised that there was not going to be a war and that she would soon go back to her family . |
| 28 | But the records suggest that the hard school of child rearing prevailed , at least to the extent that there was not too much sympathy for youngsters who were not entirely happy with their foster parents . |
| 29 | The Commission considered that there was not only one beverage packaging market comprising glass , plastic and cans , but that packaging products may belong to separate markets which only compete to a limited extent . |
| 30 | I realised straight away that there was not an awful lot happening over here ; the country scene was far bigger than the blues at that time . |