Example sentences of "[conj] it [was/were] not [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most cases this was slander but I have seen instances where it was not far from the truth . |
| 2 | This came to an end during the Seven Years War ; and although it was refounded in 1775 it seems to have been designed merely to produce men capable of filling such relatively minor posts as those at Warsaw and The Hague , where it was not necessary for the Prussian representative to be of high social rank . |
| 3 | This policy caused great hardship in villages where it was not possible to grow enough rice for the needs of the residents . |
| 4 | Although quite early in World War I both sides moved underground into elaborate trench systems , there were areas where it was not possible to dig deep trenches . |
| 5 | But their view on how this should be achieved was quite different : correction was to be an applied science whose goal , where feasible , was to be the rehabilitation of individual offenders ( where it was not feasible , segregation or elimination , for the protection of society , was to suffice ) . |
| 6 | I served for two years , 18 months of which where in Egypt , during the so called Middle East Crisis , where it was not unusual to be sniped at , almost daily , by an unseen enemy who did n't always miss . |
| 7 | ALTHOUGH it was not apparent at the time , the legal commission of the German athletic federation ( DLV ) may have , in the long-term , bestowed a huge favour on world sport by quashing the four-year suspension imposed on Katrin Krabbe , Grit Breuer and Silke Moller . |
| 8 | The Colonel was there with his wife and children , and although it was not compulsory for the men to attend mass , there were a large number of legionnaires present , mostly Latin or East European . |
| 9 | The source of the slick was unknown , although it was not far from the site of a 25,000-tonne oil spill from a Spanish supertanker , Aragón , on Jan. 2 . |
| 10 | Earlier , on Dec. 5 , President Ibrahim Babangida had formally inaugurated the National Assembly , whose members had been elected in July 1992 [ see p. 38994 ] , although it was not due to begin sittings until January 1993 . |
| 11 | I taught her for several hours every day in the library , although it was not easy to make her concentrate on anything for long , as she was clearly not used to the discipline of lessons . |
| 12 | Although it was not easy in the beginning attracting regular work , the players all had sufficient confidence in the quality of the product , that they decided to concentrate their energies on the ensemble , rather than seek the immediate security of orchestral contracts . |
| 13 | Second , we found that ill health was an important factor in the decision to retire early , although it was not possible to say whether or not it was the overriding factor . |
| 14 | Although it was not possible to evaluate the completeness of the sickness absence records directly , the records were used for pay purposes and were therefore likely to be complete for most participants . |
| 15 | In England these were the buyers of boroughs and seats in Parliament , and although it was not possible to do this in Scotland , as there were never any ‘ rotten boroughs ’ in the English sense , those who arranged and meddled in the burgh elections were called ‘ Boroughmongers ’ after the English traffickers in boroughs . |
| 16 | Thus , although it was not possible to obtain a detailed analysis of the relation between P o and V c o m at different Ca 2 + concentrations , the available data show that under these experimental conditions , K + channels were sensitive to changes in the concentration of Ca 2 + bathing the cytosolic surface of the membrane . |
| 17 | Well now , although it was not much more of a job really than an errand boy 's , but as I did that for five and a half years I got to know the people at the pawnbrokers , the cycle agents I got to know them so well , I knew the staff , I got to know the people who were pawning clues and that regularly , I was getting more information every year . |
| 18 | They were also resistant to becoming involved , although it was not clear whether anyone had tried hard to encourage them . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman proudly proclaimed that the new council tax was a perfect compromise , although it was not clear what it was a compromise between . |
| 20 | The Department of Justice also published the names of 787 people granted indemnity for leaving the country without authority , although it was not clear how many of them could still be liable for prosecution for other offences . |
| 21 | Last year 's IWC meeting agreed in principle a new scientific procedure for sustainable catches of whales , although it was not clear if Norway used the procedure to calculate its catch . |
| 22 | Although it was not clear when the equipment would arrive at North Tees , managers hoped it would be installed in good time for Christmas . |
| 23 | Li also told reporters that China would not object to the participation of the Taiwan and Hong Kong " economies " in the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation ( APEC ) forum , although it was not prepared to join APEC as one of " three Chinas " [ see p. 37613 ] . |
| 24 | Sex is also included as a controlling factor , although it was not significant . |
| 25 | Thomas Edison saw that the public were deserting cylinder records for discs , so he announced his ‘ Diamond Disc Phonograph ’ in 1911 , although it was not ready until 1913 . |
| 26 | Although it was not incompatible with the view that new species had arisen during the earth 's long history , it was incompatible with evolutionary theory as conceived by Darwin . |
| 27 | However , although it was not unusual for preachers to criticize social abuses and injustice , this was not necessarily given a revolutionary tone ( 230 , pp.291 , 296 ) , and the significant point about Ball was that he adapted a traditional idea to revolutionary ends . |
| 28 | I told him , although it was not true , that the local carabinieri had said he would not remain locked up there for long , but I am sure he did not believe me . |
| 29 | The European Court of Justice held that it was not relevant whether the ownership of the undertaking was transferred . |
| 30 | Judge Kenneth Richardson told him : ‘ You have been convicted of a shocking murder and it is only by sheer luck that it was not two . ’ |