Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] it was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have played some great football and it was not more than the team deserved , and was great reward for manager Doug Williams in his first year in charge . |
| 2 | The Benedictine monasteries regarded themselves as islands of true Christianity in a sea of pagan barbarism and it was not until the eleventh century that the monks of the abbey of Cluny and its affiliated houses began a campaign that was able to educate the laity and local clergy . |
| 3 | Sophia tried to see her sister as a spinster and it was not so very difficult — a rather eccentric spinster not even looking as if she might once have been ennobled by some tragic love affair . |
| 4 | Due to sudden and unexpected problems the last Q.T. day had to have a shortened and condensed programme and it was not possible to provide tea at the end of the day . |
| 5 | judgement was in favour of Aston Villa and it was not until fifty years later that a fresh legal challenge over contract terms was made , by George Eastham against Newcastle United . |
| 6 | It was a long time since she had felt fear and it was not at all exhilarating . |
| 7 | The organizations faced uncertainty and it was not clear whether the time when they might need to reduce their labour force would coincide with the date of expiry of a fixed-term contract . |
| 8 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the potential causes of instability , but that was not the subject of our discussion last Friday and it was not discussed other than in the margins of the meeting . |
| 9 | Musicale was blocked for a run in the home straight and it was not until Pat Eddery secured an opening just over a furlong out that the filly looked likely to cut down Lord Huntingdon 's Wiedniu . |
| 10 | He had problems forming an administration and it was not until 1st July that he was able to tell the Queen of his main ministerial appointments . |
| 11 | Eamonn de Stafort , public relations officer for SPAG , said two cattle had already died from lead poisoning but it was not certain whether dust or water pollution was responsible : ‘ What we are worried about is what will happen when the lake starts to dry up completely ’ . |
| 12 | Writers , poets and bards had been telling the stories for centuries but it was not until the Victorians that a visual interpretation was recorded and that was essentially romantic and ill-informed . |
| 13 | Hawaii was of the United States but it was not in it . |
| 14 | As a consequence the PFA continued to support George Eastham 's legal battle and it was not until 1964 that the case came to court and Sir Justice Wilberforce established the players ' legal right to the second freedom that had already been negotiated in 1961 . |
| 15 | The pharmacist saw it as a breakthrough and it was not done for personal profit , said the lawyer . |
| 16 | Neither Mrs Longhill nor Mrs Peterson understood what was wrong with Ruth and it was not until half-past five next morning , when the doctor at last arrived , that a name was put to it . |
| 17 | Instead of sending in his officers to haul out the occupiers , Alderson argued that this was a civil issue , there had been no breach of the peace and it was not his job to suppress dissent . |
| 18 | It was only wide enough for one vehicle but it was not so rough , and Maggie took a few deep breaths to get control of her rage . |
| 19 | ‘ Peter wanted to do anything he could to help catch Paul 's killers but it was not easy for him to help with the pictures . ’ |
| 20 | Andrew Sentance , economics director at the Confederation of British Industry , said the economy was balanced on a knife-edge but it was not possible to say whether it was heading irretrievably for recession . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The ascension of Sidney Poitier in the '60s was perceived as a major breakthrough but it was not until the ‘ blaxploitation ’ films of the '70s ( such as ‘ Shaft ’ and ‘ Superfly ’ ) that there was any talk of an indigenous black cinema . |
| 23 | In the following years many proposals were made for the construction of a railway between Welshpool and Llanfair Caereinion but it was not until 1898 that a company was formed to build the present line and the then Earl of Powis became its Chairman , an office which he held until the grouping in 1922 . |
| 24 | I did in December but it was not relative to any of the specifications it was simply to try and ascertain how long the contract was was still live , to find out get this guy |
| 25 | A further claim for , inter alia , unlawful means conspiracy was brought against Company B but it was not alleged that the predominant purpose of the conspiracy was to injure the plaintiffs since the defendants were obviously concerned to protect their own position . |
| 26 | If you have , for example , never been a telephone subscriber before ( that is , even if you have had communal use of a telephone but it was not in your name ) you will have to pay a new subscriber charge plus a connection charge . |
| 27 | The oil crisis and following economic recession of the 1970s reinforced any protectionist tendencies of the individual member states and it was not until the early 1980s that the political will developed to re-focus the creation of a single market . |
| 28 | But I had a very strict Mormon church upbringing and it was not exactly a taboo subject , but it was just taken for granted that you did n't do that until you got married . |
| 29 | The financial constraints were initially rather phantom-like ( in the first year , for example , there was prolonged and somewhat inconclusive discussion with the Ministry about the budget and it was not finally authorised until the financial year was over ! ) , but the physical constraints were none the less effective in limiting the industry 's expenditure . |
| 30 | At the start of the hearing he told the jury that no-one was on trial and it was not their job to blame anyone . |