Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] it [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thames 's equally well-meaning programme , Adoption — All for the Sake of the Children ( ITV ) , fell down because it was not about real people , only about actors pretending to be real people . |
| 2 | Their plan was turned down because it was not classed as infill development and the site lay outside the built-up area of the village . |
| 3 | This sale later fell through and it was not until the following August that Wyvis Hall was finally sold to a Mr and Mrs Langan for the much improved figure of £51,995 . |
| 4 | Towards the end of the 16th century when the President 's Lodge of Queens ' College was built its timber framework was plastered over and it was not until 1911 that the plaster was removed to reveal the massive but somehow delicate oak members which make up the frame . |
| 5 | Housewife Rita Davis , of Ilford , Essex , said : ‘ We would never have known what our taxes are going on if it was not for the Mirror . ’ |
| 6 | The Commissioner pointed out that it was not for him to decide how statutes should be interpreted but he was satisfied that the complaints about odours from the factory had not been ignored . |
| 7 | During this period , the American 8th Air Force squadrons of Flying Fortresses and Liberators , many of whom were stationed near to us in the vicinity of Cambridge and Huntingdon , were doing daylight raids deep into Germany , and were rapidly finding out that it was not as easy as they had expected . |
| 8 | So , for example , the paper by Benjamin Jowett ( 1817–93 ) ‘ On the Interpretation of Scripture ’ pointed out that it was not always easy to know what might be meant by ‘ proving a doctrine from Scripture ’ , and insisted that the Bible must be interpreted like any other piece of literature . |
| 9 | On March 10 Boutros-Ghali had appealed to all UN member states for voluntary contributions to cover UNFICYP 's US$196,000,000 cost ; he had pointed out that it was not right that the force should be funded as at present by voluntary contributions from the eight personnel -contributing states [ see also p. 38873 ] . |
| 10 | So there was nothing different " about that save that years later I found out that it was not his log hook at all . |
| 11 | In addition , Derry was a provincial town , distant from the corridors of power where lobbying could be carried out and it was not a natural locus for a pressure group like NICRA . |
| 12 | The evenings were drawing out and it was not yet dark but the hall of Moorlake was shadowy and insubstantial in the twilight . |
| 13 | He said the province had always lost out because it was not represented effectively at the Council of Ministers — where Government Ministers argue the case for funding . |
| 14 | Dipping her two hands in the neck of Cissie 's night-shift , Beth drew out the long brown locks , spreading them over the collar and fanning the hair out as it was not altogether dry . |
| 15 | He thought he had better leave the pistol where it was ; it was much too heavy to carry around if it was not going to work . |