Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] it was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | For technical reasons it was not always possible to obtain good results for the three probes on tissue from the same patient . |
| 2 | In this case it was not contended that the appellant had not acted dishonestly . |
| 3 | In this case it was not possible to explore the effects of different levels of risk on recognition of different exemplars of the same junction . |
| 4 | Now that they were working different hours it was not so easy for him to contrive to meet her ‘ accidentally on purpose ’ as Anne privately called it . |
| 5 | Disgruntled Conservative agriculturalists and imperialists resented Bonar Law 's dropping of the ‘ food taxes ’ in the winter of 1912–13 , and although he survived the initial furore sparked by this decision it was not clear that the ill feeling had been fully dissipated or his leadership wholly secured . |
| 6 | In some cases it was not clear at first sight whether exclusive possession was in fact granted . |
| 7 | He felt like telling the old folk it was not New Year 's Eve , but he doubted if they would believe him . |
| 8 | On this diet it was not long before spawning activity was underway . |
| 9 | The temptation to say the coin caused the bar to come out can be explained by seeing it for the ordinary cause that it was , and of what event it was the cause , and of what nearby event it was not the cause . |
| 10 | You may have read in the press what he said — though for some reason it was not reported in the RTV news coverage of the event . |
| 11 | As rather over 5,000 gliders were built in this country it was not possible for ‘ experts ’ to inspect them all continually so Mark Pryor issued instructions that he should be informed if they stank . |
| 12 | For this purpose it was not necessary for me to stay on at school after I was sixteen and attend university . |
| 13 | This applies to a certain extent to the solution of the detailed stress distribution around a crack and until this was known in some detail it was not possible to predict what a crack would do when it met an inhomogeneity such as the interface between a fibre and a resin . |
| 14 | Again the Cobblers held them to a goalless draw after being reduced to ten men , but this time it was not through injury : half-back Manning was sent off after twenty-five minutes for tripping Forest 's West from behind . |
| 15 | The depletion , or reduction , in ionic plasma density was again observed but this time it was not as strong . |
| 16 | The man with the concertina , whom Ruth had noticed on the day they sailed from Liverpool , struck up a tune ; only this time it was not a dance , but a hymn of thanksgiving and praise , in which everyone joined . |
| 17 | This time it was not a question of skirmishing along the border , but of a major re-occupation of territory lost since 1183 . |
| 18 | He opened his door and called for the maid , but this time it was not Christine . |
| 19 | This time it was not Ana who took her breath away . |
| 20 | Only … this time it was not so easy . |
| 21 | This time it was not because of the cold . |
| 22 | During this time it was not possible to determine oesophageal bicarbonate outputs by the pH/pCO 2 method as the pH was below 6.1 . |
| 23 | If any sweat was lost in reaching this target it was not noticeable , and a six-wicket win was duly recorded . |
| 24 | At this stage it was not the intention to explore the real world on the basis of the model , but to use the model as a starting point for further development , and the analysts concentrated on specifying the transformation required , without too much concern about the system ownership , actors , etc . |
| 25 | By a respondent 's notice dated 20 February 1991 the plaintiffs gave notice of their intention to contend that the judgment should be affirmed on the additional grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) leave to appeal from the order of 4 November 1988 should have been refused ; ( 2 ) there was no ground for interfering with the judge 's finding that the first defendant was not the agent of the plaintiffs ; ( 3 ) there was no evidence that the second defendant was at any material time under the influence of or dominated by the first defendant so as to be prevented from exercising independent judgment ; ( 4 ) in so far as the first defendant repeated his over-optimistic expectations to the second defendant it was not a misrepresentation , fraudulent or otherwise ; and ( 5 ) as to whether there was manifest disadvantage , the charge was required as a condition of further increased overdraft facility to Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. , without which that company , whose success would have been of benefit to the second defendant , would have been in financial difficulties . |
| 26 | Under Kandyan law it was not an offence to kill a high-caste woman who had had sexual relations with a low-caste man . |
| 27 | After thirty years the memory which abides with me of the Suez episode that began with Egypt 's nationalisation of the Canal on 26 July 1956 is of complete bewilderment and the sense of watching an unintelligible drama It was not surprise that Egypt had appropriated the Canal . |
| 28 | In the early days it was not always easily secured . |
| 29 | Judged on the facts and on comparison with the outside world it was not so . |
| 30 | It was a personal letter addressed to his family , and like any personal letter it was not intended to be read by outsiders . |