Example sentences of "was not [adj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time American global responsibilities were such that it was not feasible to give an unlimited guarantee to south Korea . |
| 2 | That it was not straightforward gave the deal an added excitement to Pink . |
| 3 | But the Government was not keen to give blanket cover on the mainland . |
| 4 | Earlier in the week Pipe was not sure to give his Gold Cup candidate a race on the firm ground but the stable is in tremendous form and the inmates do not seem unduly affected by the state of the ground . |
| 5 | She was such a heroine in her own way because it was not possible to give her the attention and comfort she deserved yet she never complained . |
| 6 | It was not possible to give a home to all , so how could he pick out one or two ? |
| 7 | This was not surprising given that the Parliament was dominated by Faulknerites but even so , it was not clear to Ulster Protestants what it was that the DUP wanted in Ulster 's relation to the mainland . |
| 8 | There seemed to be a high proportion of classical scholars — Denys Page , Hugh Last and T. B. L. Webster among them — which was not surprising given the traditional Civil Service preference for the logical mind associated with the products of Greats or the Cambridge Classical Tripos . |
| 9 | She had overslept which was not surprising given the amount of rich food and drink consumed the previous day at the Danbys so it was as well the meet did not assemble until eleven-ish . |
| 10 | In Chambers v Goldthorpe [ 1901 ] 1 QB 624 , the Court of Appeal had to assert , at some length , that a formulated dispute was not necessary to give arbitral immunity to an architect certifying payments due to a contractor under a building contract . |
| 11 | He was not free to give her the untrammelled life that she deserved . |
| 12 | He felt that , with a wife and child to support , he should be paid what he was worth , and he made it clear that he was not prepared to give in when he thought he had a good case . |
| 13 | 1 was not prepared to give it . |
| 14 | Constance , whose confidence was growing daily , was not prepared to give in to Nicky 's wishes merely because of his sex . |
| 15 | She was not prepared to give her mother the satisfaction of knowing that Nicky had deceived her . |
| 16 | Cruelly and coldly , Joe made her understand that he was not prepared to give the other woman up . |
| 17 | But shortly afterwards , er , I was in confrontation with the chairman the basis of my contract with was such that it was not to his liking and I was not prepared to give way in the matter and was dismissed within six months of the acquisition of by . |
| 18 | As in every case the recalcitrant MPs had been chosen from a list of several hundred aspirants by the very persons now so aggrieved , Patten was not inclined to give much weight to their judgement . |
| 19 | But he was not able to give any more specific guidance to the jury on how they should seek to compare the harm suffered by Donovan as a result of the libel with that suffered by those claiming damages in personal injury cases . |
| 20 | The brief glimpse the signalman gained of the stranger was not sufficient to give a good description except that he was male and he appeared to be carrying a bag . |
| 21 | The other curse was directed at the committee members of the local Working Men 's Club when they banned my father , on the pretext of his epilepsy , but really because he always won at cards and was n't keen to give people a chance to win their money back . |
| 22 | The bossy sister confirmed that it was n't possible to give an address . |
| 23 | Stan was n't eager to give evidence . |
| 24 | But he was n't prepared to give a contract to start with . |
| 25 | Loving Niall , she wanted … needed … a total commitment in return , and that , it seemed , was the one thing he was n't prepared to give . |
| 26 | He was n't supposed to give me any objections |
| 27 | But Phoebe was n't ready to give in yet . |
| 28 | The result of this drama was that Brown Owl was n't able to give Mr. Gordon an answer to his marriage proposal either yes or no . |
| 29 | Not to apologize — that would be asking for explanations he was n't able to give right now — but to see that she was all right . |
| 30 | : Fb The kind of erm cinema that will have being two-screens , it 's going to allow the sort of variety that probably the Regal in the past was n't able to give to them , because we can as a policy have a constantly erm a constant turnover of different films . |