Example sentences of "[noun sg] that it was not [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact this put severe restrictions on the committee 's deliberations , and the chairman repeatedly had to advise counsel for both the GMC and the defence that it was not their function to comment on the relative merits or otherwise of alternative forms of medicine . |
| 2 | And therefore in a sense , it might be down to departmental management that it was n't something that the suggestion system should encompass . |
| 3 | This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller . |
| 4 | I must admit to a certain degree of hurt masculine pride that it was n't me who tempted you , but , as a businessman and a major shareholder in the station , I have to admire your dedication . |
| 5 | It was that which made his anger so violent : the knowledge that it was not his alone ; that it was shared and felt by thousands upon thousands of others , rich and poor , strong and weak , man and woman , parent and child , all around the world . |
| 6 | Oh , heavens , she thought , and tried to discount a dreadful feeling that it was n't his secretary so much that he was furious to see , but her ! |
| 7 | ‘ My government wants your assurance that it was n't my fault . ’ |
| 8 | In the city , for example , there was the thought that it was n't ours , it was just there to be exploited . |
| 9 | It had been clear from the conversation that it was n't something that concerned the gallery , but her personally . |
| 10 | She was a bit troublesome to me to begin with but I soon cottoned on to the fact that it was n't her but the girl she was sitting next to within the class . |