Example sentences of "[verb] and it was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the preliminary issue the judge dismissed the application holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation even though no financial loss was pleaded or alleged , that where a local authority instituted proceedings in reliance on section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 it was for the local authority to decide on the expediency of litigating and it was not the court 's function to do so on an application to strike out , and that since the words complained of reflected on the local authority itself in the management and rectitude of its financial affairs , the statement of claim did disclose a cause of action against the defendants . |
| 2 | THE BARE STONE WALLS OBVIATED THE NEED FOR WALLCOVERING AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE ASHLEYS MOVED TO THEIR NEXT HOUSE THAT THEY PRESSED AHEAD WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF WALLPAPER . |
| 3 | The merged ‘ Norfolk and Suffolk Polled ’ could be any colour as long as it was polled and it was not until the Red Poll herdbook was formed in 1874 that the colour of the breed was formally agreed as red , preferably deep in colour , with a red udder ; white touches were permitted only in the tail switch , or on the udder and just in front of the udder on the inside flank . |
| 4 | In about February 1991 Mr. Mahdi had been proclaimed President of Somalia by the U.S.C. It was not clear on what basis such an assumption of office could be made and it was not accepted by the other clans . |
| 5 | He looked wise and solemn when he said this , because he knew that ladies — even sorceress 's daughters — had their own ideas about what they ought to wear and it was not to be supposed that Flame would be any different . |
| 6 | There was no official word on where and when Dubcek would be buried and it was not clear whether one of the country 's best-known modern politicians would receive a state funeral . |
| 7 | The principle of treatment by similars — that what a remedy could produce it could also cure — was as far as we know first put forward by the Greek physician Hippocrates in the fifth century B C. Over the centuries , however , it was forgotten or disregarded and it was not until the end of the eighteenth century that it was rediscovered empirically by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann . |
| 8 | Now I would be the first to admit that I I 'm not a judge as accountant , I 'm an insurance broker er and erm I do n't understand er and I 'm not aware of all of the rules and regulations that affect accountants er and affect the way audits are carried out , b but I must say I was a bit surprised t to hear during the debate , er that that was really what the problem was , the problem with B C C I was this conflict of interest , that fraud was known and it was not declared er and er I think that these er these regulations should now make that considerably er more clear . |
| 9 | It was a long document which took about forty minutes to read and it was not greeted with warm enthusiasm . |
| 10 | However , numerous difficulties were encountered and it was not until 1961 that a relatively successful programme budgeting system was introduced into the US Department of Defense by the Rand Corporation . |
| 11 | He took time to settle and it was not until the second half that he began to make a positive contribution to the match . |
| 12 | A blanket amnesty for those involved in guerrilla activity since 1985 had yet to be finalized and it was not known if there would be official inquiries into massacres by the military , especially that at Mooiwana in 1986 . |
| 13 | I was there to learn to dive and it was not without its problems . |
| 14 | The m public consultation meetings and the exhibition were advertised in the local press and I believe on the radio as well , so word of mouth I think in , in the event did overcome that but I can understand people 's feeling that they were excluded and it was not deliberate , it was an oversight . |
| 15 | It would appear that the small number of pupils in a country school had read all in which they were interested and borrowing declined and it was not until a new set of children were ready for reading that regular lendings became frequent again in 1911 and 1912 . |
| 16 | ( In Franklin there was a crime , larceny ( nowadays theft ) , but that crime was not mentioned and it was not in itself dangerous . ) |
| 17 | A further delay ensued and it was not until July that the two great armies finally set forth on the third anniversary of the Battle of Hattin . |