Example sentences of "was not [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not conceived that these made up , in present-day terms , a system for securing and guaranteeing quality . |
| 2 | It was not intended that the Villa would be used as a residence ( the east wing of the old mansion being retained as the family residence ) , but mainly for the exhibition of the fine collection of paintings and sculptures which the Duke had gathered together , including examples of Holbein ; Rembrandt : Leonardo da Vinci ; Titian ; Van Dyke and Rubens . |
| 3 | Making war in the twelfth century was rather like going on strike in the twentieth : it was a method of exerting economic and financial pressure on your opponent — it was not intended that it should end in his death . |
| 4 | It was not intended that colleges should have to resubmit or revise their current schemes at the point of transfer . |
| 5 | The truth of the matter was that in the absence of relevant reliable information any global sum had to be determined in a somewhat arbitrary way , but in any case it was not intended that everybody should be paid the full value of their claims . |
| 6 | To ask how a piece of machinery worked was not to deny that each part had been designed with a function in mind . |
| 7 | To make the recognition now was not to deny that she and her father had been aware of their flaws and petty vices ; but to consider themselves only commonly fallible was less than half the tale . |
| 8 | It was not disputed that the effect of Rule 4.90 between Mr Sawar and BCCI was to reduce his indebtedness to BCCI by the amount outstanding to his credit in the deposit account . |
| 9 | Before me it was not disputed that if the joint tenancy was severed , she and her husband thereafter were beneficially interested in the two properties in equal shares . |
| 10 | The evidence produced included a transcript in English of Price 's evidence before the City Court of Gôteborg ; and it was not disputed that this evidence was admissible under paragraph 12 of the Schedule 1 . |
| 11 | It was not disputed that such interference with business is tortious if any unlawful means are used . ’ |
| 12 | It was not disputed that teachers ought to be aware of the relation between educational success and failure and the language children being to school , or that some teachers need to give a good deal of time to the study of reading . |
| 13 | There was however no detailed evidence of the employer 's turnover or size although it was not disputed that the profit under the contract amounted to $10.8 million . |
| 14 | LORD Justice Clerk Ross , delivering the opinion of the court , said that it was not disputed that there was sufficient evidence if the jury accepted it to establish that the appellant Low ( the first appellant ) was guilty of charge 3 , the murder charge , on the basis of his own actings . |
| 15 | But if he decides for Mrs. McLoughlin , then he has intervened in Mr. O'Brian 's life even though the latter was not warned that this would happen . |
| 16 | It was not felt that the information produced was of sufficient quality to assist in planning services . |
| 17 | It was not felt that the changes would be likely to deflect future military unrest . |
| 18 | At that time it was not realised that the investigating team were already in possession of the evidence necessary to determine the cause of the accident and it was entirely fortuitous that the body that was removed from under the pathologist 's nose was not one containing vital evidence . |
| 19 | In this case it was not contended that the appellant had not acted dishonestly . |
| 20 | He said he was not suggesting that Mrs Swami had tried deliberately to mislead the jury about the number of beatings . |
| 21 | Pauline Mitchell , director of housing , said the council was not suggesting that Tracy had been negligent . |
| 22 | This was not to say that he did n't spend time with the army , lending vigorous help as the trains of oxen dragged the batteries into position , and the wagonloads of food and fodder , weapons and powder bumped fifty miles south-east from Kyrenia to where Famagusta lay , lodged in its bay , divided by ninety broad sea miles from Syria . |
| 23 | Which was not to say that he intended to be a martyr tonight , if he could help it . |
| 24 | But that was not to say that people had a right to it , that they were entitled to it . |
| 25 | This was not to say that organized and structured prayers for the dead had ceased , for the Roman Rite included plenary intercessions for the living and the dead at every mass ; the annual mass for the departed was on All Souls ' Day , a standard event in the Church 's calendar , set apart for the benefit of souls in purgatory . |
| 26 | She was a powerful woman , trained in the arts of self-defence , but that was not to say that she lacked feminine charm . |
| 27 | That was not to say that she herself thought of the films as being an easy option . |
| 28 | ( He was not to know that Charles Olson , after next to no apprenticeship at all , would recklessly try to emulate him . ) |
| 29 | He was not to know that because she never spoke about her feelings , she could not express them on demand . |
| 30 | Stalin was not to know that his criteria would exclude many nations that were subsequently to emerge ( for example , Pakistan , without a common language or territory , but with a common religion ) , and force some groups into being nations ( the most notorious example being the black American population ) . |