Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] it [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a procession is organised without notice , no offence is committed if it was not ‘ reasonably practicable ’ to give such notice , either at all , or within the specified six clear days . |
| 2 | For example where the handbrake of a motor car is released and the car is allowed to run down a hill by itself the offence under section 12 would not be committed as it was not for his or another 's use . |
| 3 | He would have laughed if it were not for the echo of the screaming in his head . |
| 4 | Poland was condemned because it was not a proper nation-state , but it was condemned for its efforts to become one . |
| 5 | Its potential use was limited because it was not absorbed from the gut and so was ineffective if given by mouth , and because tyrocidine , in concentrations liable to occur during therapeutic use , damaged or destroyed red blood cells . |
| 6 | The Criminal Law Revision Committee 's Eighth Report , Theft and Related Offences , Cmnd 2977 , 1966 , 39 , said that electricity could not be stolen because it was not a substance and the Divisional Court held so in Low v Blease [ 1975 ] Crim LR 513 ; instead a separate offence , s.13 , abstracting electricity , was created . |
| 7 | To these can be added rough figures from Staincline wapentake in Yorkshire , where status had to be inferred as it was not recorded . |
| 8 | ‘ We will open on Friday , Saturday and Sunday throughout the summit with a big display showing the prices that would be charged if it were not for the Common Agricultural Policy , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 9 | Alia , however , in a letter on Feb. 19 to Catherine Lalumière , Secretary-General of the Council of Europe , stated that Omonia was excluded because it was not a political party . |
| 10 | And if this only worked because it was not ‘ real life ’ why did it work now ? |
| 11 | A ‘ Society for Promoting Ecclesiastical Knowledge ’ was formed in 1829 ( a balance to the older , Anglican Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge ) ; in 1846 the Evangelical Alliance was begun although it was not , at least in the beginning , mainly Nonconformist . |
| 12 | The second contract could not be ignored since it was not an ‘ independent and disconnected ’ transaction ; the same buyer bought the same goods from the same seller . |
| 13 | The Statue of Liberty had just arrived from Paris and was being assembled so it was not in New York harbour when they arrived . |