Example sentences of "that it was [not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out that it was n't sited in farming country but in Main Street , Hull . |
| 2 | But she realised with irritation that it was n't followed by either a phone number or an address . |
| 3 | Parliament had voted 19 to five on Oct. 21 in favour of ratification , but had resisted the demand of the pro-EEA monarch , Prince Hans-Adam II , that the necessary referendum be held before that in Switzerland to ensure that it was not influenced by the Swiss result . |
| 4 | … As appears from the decision below , the plaintiff could have had no certainty of ultimate success , and we are of opinion that it was not called upon to take the risk of having its contracts disputed and its business injured and of finding the tax more or less nearly doubled in case it finally had to pay . |
| 5 | A purchaser is only likely to avoid liability for dismissals before completion if either the dismissal was for a reason unconnected with the sale ( eg gross misconduct ) or the dismissal was sufficiently far in advance of completion that it was not connected with the sale . |
| 6 | Although the V&A 's sculpture department tried to keep the sixteenth-century bronze statue in the country , it seems that it was not felt to be of sufficient merit to meet any of the Waverley criteria governing rules on the export of works of art from Britain . |
| 7 | Literariness being defined as the difference between automatism and defamiliarization , it was soon perceived that it was not constructed in the same way in all works , and that the devices manifesting difference in prose narrative were not the same as the devices manifesting difference in lyric poetry . |
| 8 | He announced that he was prepared to admit that the invisible undetectable substance existed on the moon , but insisted that it was not disturbed in the way suggested by his rival but in fact was piled up on top of the mountains so that they were many times higher than they appeared through the telescope . |
| 9 | It is clear , however , that it was not regarded as a useful adjunct to the civil rights agitation . |
| 10 | Rather than some forbidding official document , his report consisted of a letter to me with the disclaimer that it was not intended to be a major addition to the already considerable library of the National Health Service . |
| 11 | This magnificent object was found by a peat-digger in dismantled condition , the embossed plates being stacked in the bottom , a sign that it was not intended to be recovered but was deposited as an offering . |
| 12 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 13 | The court said that it was not intended in Seymour to cast doubt on Venna which had used the Cunningham definition ( but was pre-Caldwell ) , and Venna was approved in DPP v Majewski [ 1977 ] AC 443 and seemingly by Lord Diplock himself in Caldwell . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal held that his dismissal was fair and that it was not vitiated by a failure to consult him over the reorganisation . |
| 15 | that it was not bound by the resolution of the House to the effect that the matter was privileged , for it affected the rights of subjects outside the House ; |
| 16 | Ltd [ 1944 ] 2 All ER 293 ( CA ) the Court of Appeal decided that it was not bound by a previous decision of that court , if satisfied that the decision in question was reached per incuriam . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) On good cause being shown , the sheriff may hear an appeal under this section notwithstanding that it was not lodged within the time mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) above . |
| 18 | from the first it was apparent that it was not destined to be the faultless pageant which the stewards and controllers of the Kha-Khan 's household had both intended and arranged . |
| 19 | For one thing it seems that Ho 's reply , via Saigon , was held up deliberately by the French authorities so that it was not received in Paris until after the war had begun . |
| 20 | This had not been an issue as long as Edward IV was in good health , and his death was so unexpected that it was not preceded by a political regrouping around the heir . |
| 21 | This had not been an issue as long as Edward IV was in good health , and his death was so unexpected that it was not preceded by a political regrouping around the heir . |
| 22 | If we see a plane in the air we can be sure that it was not assembled by randomly throwing scrap metal together , because we know that the odds against a random conglomeration 's being able to fly are too great . |
| 23 | ( i ) The plaintiffs challenge the validity of the section 39 notice , on the footing that it was not issued for the purpose of the Bank exercising its own supervisory functions under the Act , but rather for the purpose of enabling the U.S. Federal Reserve Board to pursue its own inquiries in relation to its own functions as the U.S. regulatory authority ; it is also contended that the notice is defective in form . |
| 24 | In 1975 the Council agreed to the award of the degree of Master of Education , on condition that it was not taken as a precedent for a variety of other masters ' degree titles . |
| 25 | However , s 2(8) did not apply to information provided under s 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 , and it was argued on Mr Naviede 's behalf that disclosure of the transcript to the SFO should only be made on condition that it was not used in evidence . |
| 26 | The condition was named Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and , as more cases emerged from the USA , Europe and Africa , it became apparent that it was not confined to gay men . |
| 27 | Instead of elation felt only that it was not addressed to me . |
| 28 | What we know about the Ukrainian Division is that it was not retained by 5 Corps in Austria , and that by the end of May it had turned up in Italy . |
| 29 | We must be grateful to those who did visit the island and for ever regret that it was not included in Dr. Johnson 's itinerary . |
| 30 | We must be grateful to those who did visit the island and for ever regret that it was not included in Dr. Johnson 's itinerary . |