Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pity , in a way , that the dancing would be merely metaphorical : this was a house large enough to accommodate dancing , but their friends were not of the dancing classes , would gaze in astonishment , alarm , sophisticated horror , intellectual condemnation , at dancing in a private house … another year , perhaps , for the dancing . |
| 2 | He would have been happier with a committee , but the owners , of whom several rented rather than owned their boats , were not of the substance from which committees are formed . |
| 3 | There must be equality of rights for all citizens regardless of nationality ; and there could be no excuse for discrimination against any of them , nor for ‘ extremist gatherings ’ which had terrorised local people who were not of the majority affiliation . |
| 4 | It is not quite clear what he meant by this ; the point may well be not that the new kings — Eardwulf in Northumbria , and Coenwulf in Mercia — were of non-royal stock but that they were not of the lineage , respectively , of Aethelred and Offa — but it could easily be construed as a slur . |
| 5 | A similar distinction lies at the base of J. R. Walsh 's treatment of the muftis : doubtless writing about a period later than that under consideration in the present study , he states , in regard to what Hezarfen would call the that aside from the occasional retired kadi or " a member of one of the local learned families in the larger cities , … the were not of the class " . |
| 6 | But when he had finished eating he seemed to want it known that he was not of the company . |
| 7 | So far as the Yek were concerned any man who was not of the race of the True people — the Yek , the N'pani , the Ch'noze — was an alien , barely human , and as such was forever suspect . |
| 8 | Lord Reid went on to point out that this case was not of the type which would usually have been described as in restraint of trade ; there was for example no provision which prevented the plaintiff from working once the contract had run its course . |
| 9 | Even though the defendant knew the names and addresses of all customers , the quality of contact was not of the degree required in order to establish that he was ever regarded as " being the business " or even had any influence over the customers . |
| 10 | An emergency prohibition order was served on the restaurant and joint proprietor Mohammed Uddin , 29 , was later charged with selling an item which was not of the substance of the food demanded by the purchasers . |
| 11 | The warden pointed out that time was not of the essence as it has taken since 1977 to strengthen the bell tower and rehang the bells , all carried out by villagers , needless to say I did not visualise the same time cycle for my part of the job . |
| 12 | It was held that time was not of the essence . |
| 13 | Though , when he did speak , it was not of the detestation of an interview at all , but to enquire loftily , ‘ How do you plan to get to Prague — they 've returned your car ? ’ |
| 14 | Ramsay certainly obtained a kiss and a hug from Mariot in farewell , but in front of the others it was not of the sort to analyse carefully ; indeed he got a similar embrace from Black Agnes . |
| 15 | It has given my mother a complete raison d'être , since she was n't of the generation that had careers or outside interests to involve themselves in . |
| 16 | There was of course a massive mistake in that general election campaign , but it was n't of the trade union making . |
| 17 | But I was n't of the seniority to be one of the inner group of ministers which all prime ministers tend to work most closely with . |