Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time part of the site had become private property , so that it was not possible to consider clearing the whole length of the Plane , nor to reveal the lower basin into which the Plane descends . |
| 2 | A control non-diabetic group was not recruited in this study so that it was not possible to determine whether the prevalence of hypertension in diabetics was greater than in non-diabetics . |
| 3 | Her figure was ungainly in the late stages of pregnancy but she wrapped her red wool shawl well round and kept her hands clasped in front so that it was not so noticeable . |
| 4 | She was often out all evening and did not reappear until the small hours , so that it was not until the next day , not until the next evening , that Anna began to be alarmed at her absence . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Rostov rocked back to sit on his heels and the gold on the floor reflected his face , distorting it so that it was not recognisable . |
| 7 | Obviously the ring had to be designed so that it was not uncomfortable to wear , but at the same time the key part needed to be intricate enough to serve a lock . |
| 8 | Finally , the requirement that a bystander should be terrified was qualified where the offence occurred in public , so that it was not necessary to prove either that a bystander was actually terrified , or even present , or even that a bystander was even likely to be present . |
| 9 | This was not really convenient as space was tied-up on the dressing floors , whilst below ground it had to be handled so that it was not inadvertently intermixed with other material . |
| 10 | Both door and window were curtained so that it was not possible to see inside . |
| 11 | Instead of elation felt only that it was not addressed to me . |
| 12 | Mark : I was in a relationship from about 1981 to 1984 and , in a sense , I did not think AIDS affected me very greatly and it was not very high in my consciousness . |
| 13 | However , the Soviet pilot of the aircraft chartered to transport the missiles refused to do so and it was not until mid-February that a US aircraft set out . |
| 14 | Girls themselves may feel very sensitive and embarrassed to be having sex in their parents ' house , especially if it was not allowed before . |
| 15 | Yet , perhaps because it was not televised , it produced mighty little stir . |
| 16 | Although the Chicago School made passing reference to Freud 's work in discussing the biotic level , it did not explore it in detail , perhaps because it was not fully available in English during the 1920s and 1930s . |
| 17 | Thames 's equally well-meaning programme , Adoption — All for the Sake of the Children ( ITV ) , fell down because it was not about real people , only about actors pretending to be real people . |
| 18 | Their plan was turned down because it was not classed as infill development and the site lay outside the built-up area of the village . |
| 19 | At first , this stress on ‘ natural religion ’ , as it was called , did not necessarily mean the abandonment of Christianity as revealed in the Scriptures ; so long as it was not inconsistent with reason , it could be accepted . |
| 20 | They were bound by it so long as it was not in conflict with their statutory duty . |
| 21 | Now it was again being ruled that the Yugoslavs should be handed over , so long as it was not necessary to use force — but to this a subsequent note now added a very important qualification . |
| 22 | An early morning call from Doogie and Miranda left a lot to be desired , especially as it was not yet nine o'clock . |
| 23 | Only when it was not possible to squeeze another inch from the land do they stop , allowing the coarse heather to take hold on the steep cliffs . |
| 24 | She tried to picture him getting flustered , but conceded bitterly that it was not possible . |
| 25 | ( He should have won a Nobel Prize for general relativity , but the idea that space and time were curved was still regarded as too speculative and controversial , so they gave him a prize for the photoelectric effect instead — ; not that it was not worth the prize on its own account . ) |
| 26 | Software selection and use in this school has been guided by the policy stated above and it was not until such policy decisions were taken that appropriate software could be chosen . |
| 27 | This sale later fell through and it was not until the following August that Wyvis Hall was finally sold to a Mr and Mrs Langan for the much improved figure of £51,995 . |
| 28 | Towards the end of the 16th century when the President 's Lodge of Queens ' College was built its timber framework was plastered over and it was not until 1911 that the plaster was removed to reveal the massive but somehow delicate oak members which make up the frame . |
| 29 | In James ' view , it could not because it was not , and , as he had throughout the previous decade , he remained implacably opposed to the Soviet regime under Stalin . |
| 30 | Two doors shut the glass away when it was not in use , as if to remind me that too much self-admiration was unacceptable . |