Example sentences of "[was/were] not [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 148 ) If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied . |
| 2 | The parties were not on an equal footing ; and generally the payer paid the sum demanded in ignorance that it was not due . |
| 3 | The parties were not on an equal footing ; and generally the payer paid the sum demanded in ignorance that it was not due . |
| 4 | In their inception , these authorities were based on the fact that the payer and payee were not on an equal footing and it was this inequality which gave rise to the right to recovery . |
| 5 | Stool soiling was difficult to assess , many children were not at an age to be toilet trained . |
| 6 | They were not in an easy position . |
| 7 | Best J. appeared to consider that the payment was involuntary inasmuch as the attorney , being in ignorance of the true situation , both parties were not in an equal position . |
| 8 | But they were n't on an island ; he had other relationships and she did not wish to complicate her life with his inadequacies and hang-ups . |
| 9 | However , a number of babies are born with Down 's whose mothers were n't in an obvious at-risk category . |
| 10 | Organiser Barry Clemo said after the event : ‘ Everyone really enjoyed themselves , but the pancakes were n't in an edible state afterwards . |
| 11 | The income of Henry Tudor was perhaps three times that of Henry VI in 1433 , but it was not of an order of magnitude greatly different from that of the richer medieval kings . |
| 12 | I was not on an errand , if that 's what you mean . ’ |
| 13 | Systematic strike breaking in Britain was not at an end . |
| 14 | Furthermore , a valuation merely provides assurance that the transaction was not at an under value but is not a defence . |
| 15 | The Supreme Court held , overturning the lower court , that Chiarella was not under an obligation to disclose his information or abstain from trading . |
| 16 | She was not like an 'orse who can 'ave bébés every year ! |
| 17 | He looked like a rat , she thought steadily , knowing that her love for him was not by an atom diminished . |
| 18 | In the language of p. 27 the electron originally was not in an eigenstate of position but in some superposition of such states ; after the act of measurement it finds itself in an eigenstate of position corresponding to the eigenvalue which is the result of that particular measurement . |
| 19 | Dixon had been in the business long enough to convey by a subtle nuance of tone that the Chief Constable was not in an amiable mood . |
| 20 | It was n't like an explosion . |
| 21 | I was n't like an elder brother to her , I was more like a father . |