Example sentences of "was not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was easier for workers and their organisations to accept private property and industrial capitalism where economic inequity was not compounded by apparently hopeless social stratification . |
| 2 | If the litigant was not assisted at first instance , or before one of the appellate tribunals , a full application for a legal aid certificate must be made . |
| 3 | Dad 'eard 'er an' 'e told 'er that while 'e 'ad two 'ands she was not to borrow money off 'er . |
| 4 | The museum staff knew the name of Damiani , although it was not recalled with much enthusiasm . |
| 5 | If the relationship between recall and other measures is entirely mediated by characteristics of the different junctions we would expect to find that within an individual junction there would be no consistent differences between those occasions when it was recalled and those when it was not recalled on any of the other variables . |
| 6 | As we now know , the integrated programme was not pressed forward , but a start was made . |
| 7 | There was some opposition in the Committee but it was not pressed to division , and it seems that the restrictions were reluctantly accepted as part of a package deal to get agreement on the report as a whole . |
| 8 | It is not clear whether he was tempted or not , but the suggestion was not pressed . |
| 9 | The reduction in the quorum was not pressed . |
| 10 | It is true that Sir Thomas Dugdale insisted on resigning over the Crichel Down case in 1954 but he was not pressed to go . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , as Gordon Phillips has argued , the pattern of trade union activity and industrial relations was not altered by the General Strike . |
| 12 | Insulin doses were not altered throughout the study except to ensure ( on the basis of the home blood glucose test results ) that glycaemic control was not altered or to avoid unacceptable hypoglycaemia ( mainly during the run in phase ) . |
| 13 | Biliary lipid composition was not altered significantly but bicarbonate output was increased at all doses tested . |
| 14 | Therefore the clearance of G17 was not altered by the eradication of H pylori . |
| 15 | By contrast , the expression of the α v containing fibronectin binding integrin was reduced to 53% by treatment with DNJ but was not altered by DMJ . |
| 16 | Expression of the α v chain mediating adhesion of fibronectin was not altered by DMJ treatment but was reduced to 53% by DNJ . |
| 17 | The bedsides of the dying were therefore thronged , not only by pastors saying prayers , but also by relatives and friends , listening attentively for a last instructive word or , in the case of a sinner , for some hopeful indication that all was not lost . |
| 18 | After the second last Pitman sneaked another look behind him , and this telegraphed to Brian Fletcher that all was not lost . |
| 19 | ‘ How is your mother ? ’ he inquired in a slightly off-key tone that was not lost on Ari . |
| 20 | This implication was not lost on some members of the Eastern District , notably several in Essex where the views of leading WEA activists were such that the District eventually decided to do without a tutor-organiser for the county altogether . |
| 21 | The amount of money they had to spend made Chalk and Fowler outstanding , and this detail was not lost on three of the gang . |
| 22 | rankled with the Caribbean public on whom the social and political significance was not lost . |
| 23 | Once a recommendation for deportation had been made it was rare for the Movement to try to reverse the order , though the irony of sending youngsters back to the source of their unhappiest memories was not lost on refugee workers . |
| 24 | But all was not lost as the ladies of Denby Dale had a ‘ resurrection pie ’ ready within a week . |
| 25 | I 'll gladly accept responsibility for this single mistake , although the essence of the paragraph was not lost because of it . |
| 26 | This principle was not lost on the creative . |
| 27 | It was not lost , after all . |
| 28 | ‘ All was not lost . ’ |
| 29 | A third aide travelling with the royal household insisted all was not lost between Charles and Diana . |
| 30 | The irony was not lost on the smiling Scot yesterday when he said : ‘ I wo n't be making comparisons or drawing conclusions on Wednesday . |