Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] it was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps there was something wrong but it was not that serious . |
| 2 | The grant-aid earned under the new Regulations was adequate but it was not generous and although class programmes were extended to new centres and programmes expanded in existing branches , the costs of provision also increased and the District required overdraft facilities until 1950 when a small surplus was secured . |
| 3 | She felt light-headed and it was not just the swift change from lying down to standing . |
| 4 | Whilst the venue on this occasion was central and it was not the first time the A.G.M. had been held on a Friday evening , the Committee appreciates that perhaps the idea of holding the Meeting on the evening before the Dinner Dance to enable those travelling to London to attend both events was not a good one . |
| 5 | The narrow streets were crowded and it was not long before Gerald had discovered the cause of the exultant bedlam . |
| 6 | Of course the debate in government and Parliament was crucial but it was not the only way in which the educational reform was tested at the time nor the only way to assess it later . |
| 7 | Houses and some streets appeared after 1660 but it was not until 1775 when Bedford Square was laid out that the growth of Bloomsbury began . |
| 8 | Such an education was republican and democratic but it was not egalitarian : it aimed to encourage , in Fumaroli 's words , ‘ the only nobility compatible with political democracy ’ nobility of spirit . |
| 9 | Watkins died in 1935 and it was not until the 1960s that interest in leys again fared . |
| 10 | The great increase in air traffic made accidents almost inevitable and it was not long until Ayrshire had its first major air crash . |
| 11 | His apartment was certainly untidy but it was not dirty . |
| 12 | It began to spread to other areas after 1770 but it was not until about 1830 , when roads were improving , that this relatively isolated breed was gradually developed for dray-pulling as well . |
| 13 | These disappeared and it was not until 1991 that Mr Fothergills reintroduced them as ‘ Brighton Rock ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 15 | Naturally , some knowledge of the vein ahead would be invaluable and it was not unknown for a tiny probing tunnel to be driven ahead of a working face just before a new bargain was to be made . |
| 16 | It proved only a partial victory for Parker who had died in 1902 and it was not until 1919 that the first Moderators or de facto bishops were inducted to ensure higher , more uniform standards and greater control from London . |
| 17 | The earlier charters after 1135 gave rights to the latter but it was not until the 1220s that the authority of the episcopal servants was finally replaced by elected bailiffs , soon to become the mayors . |
| 18 | The spending may have been great but it was not being devoted to thousands upon thousands of undeserving and feckless claimants . |
| 19 | During the crisis which preceded the Civil War , an attempt had been made to tie the Crown to regular Parliaments with the Triennial Act of 1641 , but this Act had been repealed in 1664 and it was not until 1694 that an Act guaranteeing triennial Parliaments was passed . |
| 20 | War was declared in August 1914 but it was not until the following year that it made much of an impression on the affairs of the Union . |
| 21 | The cost of the Civic Centre project in Bucharest was enormous but it was not the fundamental cause of the poverty of Romania . |
| 22 | La Dolce vita had turned unimaginably sour and it was not long before the Italian stallions were heading back to the English First Division . |
| 23 | Setting up such a Common Fund proved even more difficult and it was not until 1986 that the required number of states ratified the agreement . |
| 24 | There was much more of the same but it was not long before she found what she was looking for . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ I had a public debate of this nature in 1983 and it was not a success . |
| 26 | The first English gold coin was struck only in 1255 and it was not until 1344 that the country was able to begin to sustain what proved to be no more than half a millennium of minting a gold denomination in its regular coinage . |
| 27 | It might be necessary but it was not fun , and nothing would ever be fun again . |
| 28 | The major modification was that where the judge thought that disclosure of a particular risk was obviously necessary but it was not medical pactice to disclose , then following standard practice would not avoid liability . |
| 29 | King James ' Bishop Auckland , made 84 for seven but it was not enough Hurworth , near Darlington , reached 87 for eight with the runs spread around . |