Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 2 | I must stress that it was not a first-hand observation , but in fact is third-hand . |
| 3 | Time would show that it was not quite , perhaps , such a close union as the Queen thought and that mutual esteem between sovereigns , while useful , was no substitute for hard and fast agreements between states . |
| 4 | He did not succeed but it was not for lack of trying . |
| 5 | It 's something she would naturally do but it was not the job alone that spurred the gentleman to buy her flowers . |
| 6 | On the first occasion something will go well , but maybe after a time you will see that it was not right . |
| 7 | Those who listened to him critically were dismayed he could not see that it was not disapproval by pacifists , intellectuals or even cowards that made the Nazi assaults an atrocity . |
| 8 | Alice could see that it was not going to be easy for any of them to admit obligation to Jasper , even though he was being correctly impersonal , sitting somewhat to one side of the scene waiting for their approval , the image of a responsible cadre . |
| 9 | He was on a white horse but even she could see that it was not Ana 's horse . |
| 10 | But it was n't ; she could see that it was not a real smile at all . |
| 11 | That balance is biased to the degree that an unknowing observer might well conclude that it was not conservation nor recreation but agriculture that was the primary concern of many of the park committees . |
| 12 | The inquiry would show the American at the listening-post in the basement apartment did not move because it was not his job to move . |
| 13 | Firstly one should note that it was not until about 1846 when Liouville published two of his papers that Galois ' work became better known . |
| 14 | Their Lordships said that if it had been saleable only at a ‘ throw away ’ price , that would indicate that it was not of merchantable quality . |
| 15 | ‘ requiring a seat belt ’ Means per regulation 6 of the Motor Vehicles ( wearing of Seat Belts ) Regulation 1982 : ‘ The classes of vehicle mentioned in regulation 4 are ( a ) a vehicle to which Regulation 46 of the Construction and Use Regulations applies ( see later ) ; and ( b ) a vehicle which is equipped with anchorage points and seat belts and to which that Regulation would apply if it were not for the circumstances that the vehicle — |
| 16 | Not only that , it made me wonder if it was not time to give the game another chance . |
| 17 | The treaty was based on fear of the ‘ dark terrors ’ of what might happen if it were not ratified . |
| 18 | We should not forget that it was not that long since Samuel Butler had published ( in 1878 ) his famous poem ‘ A Psalm Of Montreal ’ which was evoked by finding that Canadian ‘ philistinism ’ , had removed a Greek statue of Discobolus to a side-room in the Natural History Museum , presently used by a taxidermist , because of its ‘ vulgarity ’ . |
| 19 | Recognising that as movement caused him to return to his normal self , he would soon realise that it was not Elizabeth who had found him , Sarah took one last chance . |
| 20 | The survey also made me realise that it was not enough to have read about the early beginnings of any religion ; one needed to study it as a living faith and see the development of thought and interpretation . |
| 21 | The girls knew how soon this mood could change if it was not fully entered into . |
| 22 | It was a job of the utmost precision , and even a large-scale blow-up might not reveal that it was not genuine . |
| 23 | It was soon clear that few of those present could comprehend that it was not simply another shooting incident in the army 's war against the Provisional IRA . |
| 24 | Or you might plead that it was not slanderous because it was true . |
| 25 | The extremities of the cloud are rotating so fast that the cloud would disperse if it were not held together by some force of gravity . |
| 26 | On the whole , during what Duiker has called ‘ the Stalinist years ’ , this was something that was accepted by the Vietnamese Communist Party but one can imagine that it was not always so easy to accept the advice which came to them from their French comrades . |
| 27 | I may say that it was not my intention to allow Harold Wilson to become involved in a full-scale lawsuit in circumstances where not so much odium but ridicule would be poured on him . |