Example sentences of "[not/n't] by accident " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not by accident that the excellent report by Norman Thomas on Improving primary schools for the ILEA ( ILEA 1985 ) was governed by the requirement |
| 2 | It is not by accident , therefore , that Fujitsu was first to take this route in Japan . |
| 3 | Not by accident , the leaders in chip design and production in Japan are also the strongest computer companies . |
| 4 | It is not by accident that the countries within the ERM — viz Spain and Ireland — and countries shadowing the system — such as Sweden and Norway — believe that the price of higher than warranted interest rates , from their domestic point of view , is nevertheless worth paying , in return for the longer-term stability that the ERM will provide . |
| 5 | G. says he thinks the man is lying , that the vat went over not by accident but because the ice cream was not up to standard and pouring it away was the most convenient way of getting rid of it . |
| 6 | It was not by accident that Clare walked next to Tess . |
| 7 | It had been left to Halifax — surely not by accident — to broadcast a rejection on the radio . |
| 8 | ‘ It did not occur to them that the wrong drug had been introduced not by accident but deliberately . |