Example sentences of "it [was/were] not [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surprise at the gentle way he lifted her breast as though it were not part of her . |
| 2 | In Tuberville v Savage , the accused laid his hand on his sword and said : " If it were not assize time , I would not take such language . " |
| 3 | The air that stirred round their trunks seemed green , thick , rippling — as if it were not air but drifting water . |
| 4 | It was not girl trouble , the others said . |
| 5 | However , regarding the actions of coalition forces , " we want to believe it was not a crusade , it was not colonialism … subsequent actions will prove all this to us " . |
| 6 | It was not sex , but I could feel |
| 7 | It was not fairy gold that had fallen into their open laps : the first Mrs Headleand , it was true , had conveniently died , but Charles and Liz thereafter had worked for their position . |
| 8 | It was not hype or cleverly taken pictures designed for ‘ sophisticated ’ audiences , sated daily by instant coverage of war and disaster ; the problem is real enough — and in real terms , it very nearly defies description . |
| 9 | It was not diversity for environmental reasons , towards a cleaner source of energy . |
| 10 | ‘ It was not logic that carried might one say that the quicksilver in the barometer changes the weather . |
| 11 | It was not sarcasm . |
| 12 | It was not licence he wanted ; alas ! not even freedom — his goal was the forcible enlightenment of mankind … . |
| 13 | The answer to that question I think is that it was not Marxism . |
| 14 | And it was not Marxism for a number of reasons and this is almost certainly going to be very controversial so I hope that it will feed discussion in the , in the second half . |
| 15 | This time , however , it was not indecision that held him , but relief — relief at not having to play a role any more . |
| 16 | For that reason , many people , at least until recently , would have been forgiving of Germany 's decision to abandon the symbol of its guilty conscience by repealing the right to asylum : the reformed character had done enough to show that it was not recidivist . |
| 17 | But Mr Mellor replied said that ‘ thank goodness in this free society ’ it was not part of his job to decide whether prosecuting authorities should prosecute . |
| 18 | When he was sure it was not part of geriatric panic or imagination , he went quickly to the Pearman 's stable , found a crowbar , and levered the cottage door open . |
| 19 | It was not part of the Sakata residential sector , which had its own workers ' and managers ' houses where the Lomaxes lived , but was much more run-down . |
| 20 | However , invariably in practice , and with the single exception of Cramlington in principle , it was not part of strategic planning for modernization . |
| 21 | The mother argued that the society could not rely on this defence as it was not part of the state . |
| 22 | In reality it was not part of the city at all ; the builders of Kinsai had carved away the plateau and slotted the massive stones of the defences into place around the old structure so that the marvellous symmetry of the circular layout would not be interrupted . |
| 23 | It was not part of the Primary Needs Programme but the method was advocated through PNP INSET . |
| 24 | It was not part of our brief to undertake a comparative study of policy , strategy and professional roles and relationships in different LEAs , but we strongly commend the study as an adjunct to the appraisal of Authority practices to which Leeds committed itself in response to the recommendations in our final report . |
| 25 | ‘ I know very little , ’ Lucien said , and was about to add , ‘ it was not part of the Vibrancy studies ’ , but remembered in time that that was a remark suitable only for Walterkin 's ears . |
| 26 | Adorno and Marcuse both argued that popular culture did not have critical potential in that it was not part of an autonomous cultural sphere as were certain high cultural works of art . |
| 27 | The court ruled that there was sufficient evidence for a sixth charge , of complicity in the execution of seven Jewish hostages in 1944 , but that this was not a crime against humanity since it was not part of a " methodical extermination plan " , and that it therefore fell under a 20-year statute of limitations for the prosecution of " ordinary " war crimes . |
| 28 | It was not part of my plan to make a detour via Chastlecombe , but since you wo n't talk to me on the phone I did n't have much choice . |
| 29 | It was not life that connected them so firmly , but death . |
| 30 | 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 . |