Example sentences of "it was not [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it was n't profitable it might n't be welcoming , either . |
| 2 | Well it was more , it was n't profitable you see the the the profit lay in the er in the in the packaging of the goods . |
| 3 | We were also glad to report that the lease holders at the time found that it was n't profitable and relinquished their rights . |
| 4 | Perhaps scenting less than total absorption from his audience , he concluded , ‘ Like us , if we 'd have clung on to liveries when it was n't profitable . |
| 5 | It was n't convincing . |
| 6 | It was n't easy . |
| 7 | ‘ When I started , ’ he recalls , ‘ I did try to follow old patterns , but it was n't easy , so I followed my imagination . |
| 8 | I arrived to a house stricken with grief in Plaistow Grove , Bromley , and it was n't easy . |
| 9 | So much of his daily duty took him to the general neighbourhood of these places it was n't easy , but mercifully no bumping into the angry Charity occurred . |
| 10 | ‘ It was n't easy to make a fitting with her in LA and me in Paris , ’ says the designer , though at Christmas Madonna found time to visit him in Paris , where she spent her time ‘ jogging and pumping iron ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It was n't easy , ’ Kegan said , nettled . |
| 12 | It was n't easy ; as wife of the British Air Minister she had many official engagements to attend en route and needed a suitable wardrobe . |
| 13 | It was n't easy to argue with Nutty . |
| 14 | It was n't easy to make a show with such diverse voices pull together and some of what I wrote did n't fit in ( I kept it for The Pie of Damocles later that year though ) . |
| 15 | But it was n't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy good home cooking — stews with dumplings and meat pies with pastry crusts and steamed sponge puddings , and there was no money to spare for proper hairdressing salons . |
| 16 | But it was n't easy . |
| 17 | It was n't easy , but it 's better than burning yourself out making pictures you do n't like for people you do n't respect … |
| 18 | We did n't go under , but it was n't easy on our relationship . ’ |
| 19 | My mother did n't like my seeing Rob , so it was n't easy for him to get in touch with me . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't understand people who think women are weak because it was n't easy for my mother , ’ he says . |
| 21 | It was n't easy to get Nigel out of the window — and the large oval bed of rose bushes with the most vicious imaginable thorns , immediately underneath the window , did n't help — but eventually he was again steered into the back of the Volvo , and Alan drove off with Dei at his side . |
| 22 | It was n't easy , and it is going to cost a great deal of money , and business is not at all bright at the moment . |
| 23 | Although she was trained , she was still a beginner — like me — and it was n't easy to settle her down in front of all those kids , who , naturally , were all pointing and whispering when we came into the classroom . |
| 24 | It was n't easy to avoid James Salperton . |
| 25 | I kept on at the council , but it was n't easy to get a council flat in those days . |
| 26 | Leaving the brightness of the house behind it was n't easy to get my eyes used to the darkness . |
| 27 | It was n't easy . |
| 28 | We tried to keep about a mile in front of the runners , grabbing photographs whenever we could , but it was n't easy . |
| 29 | " It was n't easy , " she said grimly . |
| 30 | It was n't easy . |