Example sentences of "was not necessarily a " in BNC.

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1 One had the reputation of being always drunk , and the other was a Scotsman , which was not necessarily a different thing .
2 first , the failure of Robinson 's ( 1955 ) study to reveal an effect was not necessarily a consequence of the test procedure as DeRivera ( 1959 ) , who used stimuli and a pre-training procedure closely similar to those used by Robinson , was similarly unable to find an effect on test in spite of using a test procedure that required further associative learning .
3 Perhaps more of us would have accepted that marriage was not necessarily a licence for eternal happiness if those in the position to influence us — such as agony aunt Marje Proops — had been as honest as Mr and Mrs Toye .
4 Naturally , her tennis and school regimes changed also , although as she sees it , this was not necessarily a bad thing !
5 It was not necessarily a kindly mood — the number of types of crimes that carried the death penalty went up steadily in the early eighteenth century — but it was practical rather than cruel .
6 Protectionism it seemed , was not necessarily a hindrance and could even be a help in the transformation of an economy .
7 The father in one family , himself a compositor with both a son and daughter following his trade , was described as " a first-class workman , clever , thoughtful and well-read … he is in the Trade Union " and also attended Labour Party meetings ( indicating incidentally that it was not necessarily a sign of disaffection from the union for a comp to send his daughter to the trade ) .
8 It was not necessarily a world of fantasy .
9 The accord followed a decision reached in July by the European Court of Justice that waste was not necessarily a " commercial good " , and could thus be exempted from the principle of free movement of such goods , as enshrined in the Single European Act .
10 Although she says that it was not necessarily an easy step to take , her community was behind her , and the reactions she has had from friends and teachers have convinced her that the step she took was an important one , challenging stereotypes in the West about what it means to be a Muslim girl , and bringing her a great sense of identity and of no longer being at odds with herself .
11 In the fluid political context , nationalism was not necessarily an overriding objective , but a tentative foray , a provisional objective that , in the right circumstances , might be relinquished .
12 Youthful Roy Jenkins was recommended to fight the Hillhead election for the SDP and a judge proved that youth was not necessarily an advantage by deciding that a 17-year-old girl , a victim of rape , was guilty of contributory negligence by thumbing a lift at night .
13 Such alienation from official institutions is common to many societies with isolated peasant populations ; it was not necessarily an outgrowth of colonialism .
14 While Tikhii said that the effect of radiation on animals was not necessarily an indication of the likely effects on humans , he claimed that the results warranted detailed investigation .
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