Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | It was a long time since she had felt fear and it was not at all exhilarating . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The pharmacist saw it as a breakthrough and it was not done for personal profit , said the lawyer . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | With Tyrell he also picked up valuable Formula Two experience and it was not long before Formula One manufacturers were after his signature . |
| 22 | Although the crossbow is known to have existed as early as the fourth century , its main use was as a hunting weapon and it was not until the latter part of the twelfth century that it became a major military weapon . |
| 23 | And when he sagged and said he 'd had enough of the place and it was not what he had thought it would be , she said life never was and that if he wanted to stay in Fleet Street he would be foolish to leave without a new job to go to . |
| 24 | Only through Cunhaval was she aware of life in the forest and it was not a life-form that encouraged them to slow down and set a trap . |
| 25 | I would go further I am not sure whether my Hon. Friends presented such an amendment but it was not called and ask that such a consultative committee comprise a large number of women bus users . |
| 26 | Several times they crossed paths that led into the forest but it was not until another hour had passed and the moon was paling in the light of the false dawn that they were at last among strange scattered rocks like those which strewed the fringe of the forest where they had first entered the Waste . |
| 27 | Her article in the Mail on Sunday was seriously prejudicial to the burglary charge but it was not a contempt . |
| 28 | In Hornby 's view , for example , Hatfield ‘ had a sort of Academic Board but it was not a very coherent one ’ , and yet Hatfield 's Academic Board was at that stage probably the farthest advanced in its production of a development plan . |
| 29 | GARY Lineker scored his first goal today since being sidelined from the Japan League for three months with a broken foot but it was not enough to save Nagoya Grampus Eight from defeat in the opening match of the Nabisco Cup . |
| 30 | And he mantled his wings and reared up his head and it was not whispers or meekness or acceptance that came from him . |