Example sentences of "was not [adj] [conj] [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 | Although Clive & Stokes took on one partner from Barker , Peter Bingham ( who had been personnel Director of Bowater ) , the strategy was not successful and in 1986 the connection with Barker was severed . |
| 3 | For example , at TMI the ECCS was not successful because of human error and because steam and a hydrogen bubble generated by interaction between hot fuel and steam inhibited the natural circulation of water through the core . |
| 4 | The manoeuvre was attempted five or six times but was not successful because of the violent motion of the casualty in the heavy swell . |
| 5 | Held , allowing the application , that the provision in article 5(1) of the 1968 Convention conferring special jurisdiction in respect of ‘ matters relating to a contract ’ required the existence of either a contractual relationship between the parties giving rise to actual contractual obligations , or a consensual relationship closely akin to a contract and with comparable obligations ; and that , since the transactions between the plaintiffs and defendants had been void ab initio , no contracts existed within the meaning of article 5(1) ; that the jurisdiction under article 5(3) was restricted to claims based on tort , delict or quasi-delict and did not extend to claims for restitution ; that article 6(1) was not applicable since under the terms of the order of Steyn J. the restitution claims would not be heard and determined together and , in any event , any irreconcilable judgments would be subject to a final decision of the House of Lords , binding in both England and Scotland ; and that , accordingly , there were no grounds for invoking the special jurisdiction to allow the defendants to be sued in England ( post , pp. 836F , 837B–D , 838E , 840B–D , 842H — 843B , G , G–H ) . |
| 6 | In one of these studies the FVC in low birthweight children was not lower than in a reference group . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Visibility was not good because of approaching darkness but the crew were able to see some trees at the approach end of the field . |
| 10 | The members of the court held that the cause of action was not complete until after the birth of the plaintiff when the damages were suffered . |
| 11 | As Professor Duckham has pointed out , the combined mileage was not great until after 1790 ( up to then it was well under a thousand miles ) but in terms of strategic linking they were already beginning to turn the " golden key … to unlock the riches of the inland coalfields " . |
| 12 | Her complaint was that she had the right to return to the job she had left : if this was not possible because of redundancy , she had a right under s 45(3) of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 to be offered alternative employment if there was a suitable available vacancy . |
| 13 | Further assessment of this problem was not possible because of the small number of cases but knowledge of histological type could further assist in determining the sensitivity of this method . |
| 14 | Although direct access between the two properties was not possible because of the ravine , both properties fronted onto the same beach which , though public , was not much used by outsiders . |
| 15 | The roof of the Victorian section was not water-tight and in some places it was leaking like a sieve . |
| 16 | Given this cast of mind , it was not surprising that during Mrs Thatcher 's occupancy the Great and Good found the doors of 10 Downing Street more closed than at any time since the war . |
| 17 | It was not surprising that at this moment the image of her mother — the canon 's widow in the dark flat near Westminster Cathedral should rise up before her . |
| 18 | It was not surprising that after 5 October , leadership of the mass movement which they had evoked was gently , but firmly , taken out of their hands . |
| 19 | This was not surprising as by now instructions had been received from the Allies prohibiting any further Japanese initiative . |
| 20 | Much of this was not respectable but at least it showed that popular music and humour could be channelled into the conventions of legitimate theatre . |
| 21 | Her output was not impressive but at least she succeeded for a couple of hours in driving the memory of Sybil 's murder into the back of her mind . |
| 22 | In 2 studies the quality of life was not assessable because of poor compliance and a rapid deterioration of the patients ' physical and cognitive status . |
| 23 | This was not ideal because of fatigue and farm work that had to be carried out at those times . |
| 24 | was not clean and in good working order |
| 25 | ‘ was not clean and in good working order ’ This point means among other things that the lamps in question must be kept clean as mud or snow could hide the light . |
| 26 | ‘ was not clean and in good working order ’ The defect must be described in detail to prove this point , e.g. ‘ Both bulbs were blown in the front obligatory lights and two white lights were not being shown to the front ’ or ‘ The rear nearside reflector was broken and part of it was missing , leaving only about a square centimetre of reflective material ’ etc . |
| 27 | Understood thus it avoids the questions ( and therefore the problems ) , which Leonard nowhere addresses : such as the historicity , canonicity and the like of the world-faiths — to his mind a species of academic involvement with which he was not interested and of which he was even disdainful . |
| 28 | Moreover , it was not popular because of its cut-price work . |
| 29 | She was not precise as to the nature of Gray 's relationship with either . |
| 30 | It was not clear whether by this time children were possible for the couple ; it was not apparent that the author knew much about that kind of thing . |