Example sentences of "was not [adj] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the 1923 Report to the Board of Education by the Consultative Committee on differentiating the curriculum for boys and girls in secondary schools was not convinced as to ‘ clear and ascertained differences between the sexes on which education policy may be readily based ’ , it stressed the danger of ‘ over pressure ’ in the education of girls . |
| 2 | Darwin was not specific as to why males should typically compete more strongly for access to breeding partners than females and it was left to biologists of this century to provide the answer ( Fisher , 1930 ; Bateman , 1948 ; Trivers , 1972 ) . |
| 3 | Thus a defendant who has no knowledge of the falsity ( and was not reckless as to it ) when the brochure was published , could still lie guilty if he had acquired that knowledge before the brochure was subsequently read . |
| 4 | This was not surprising as by now instructions had been received from the Allies prohibiting any further Japanese initiative . |
| 5 | She was not precise as to the nature of Gray 's relationship with either . |
| 6 | She was n't sure as to whether er it would work out . |