Sentence examples for was not affirmative from inspiring English sources

The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the ban citing insufficient evidence but said the decision was not "affirmative finding of innocence in relation to Mr Bin Hammam".

Mr. Quah of the London School said that it was not affirmative action alone that had driven the brain drain and that higher wages and economic growth, and good schooling opportunities, were vital to enticing expatriates home.

(It was not affirmative action, however, that cost him his job as a commentator on ABC's "Monday Night Football" in 2002: the network dropped him to hire John Madden).

Here is a very brief précis of the Court's ruling: The question at stake was not affirmative action per se.

"And the answer wasn't affirmative.

"It's not that they were setting aside places for blacks, so it's not affirmative action in the Police Department or the Fire Department or the University of Michigan.

Only gradually do you realise how wrong it all is: he's depressed, the angels and family all look just as isolated in themselves, and the song is not affirmative, it's grimly ironic.

As art, and without speeches to tell us what it's about, this is a weird and bizarre sculpture whose stark silhouette against the London sky is not affirmative or reassuring but aggressive, not to mention phallic, ungainly and hysterically strident.

"It's not affirmative action.

That's not affirmative action -- it's simple economics.

What I am advocating is not affirmative action for veterans.