Example sentences of "[is] not a [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Demerger is clearly the right road but it is not a freeway to success . |
| 2 | With some horses , animation that is not a response to anxiety or fear , becomes a thing of the past ; but with others , especially Arabians , cheerfulness and animation continue as a consistent part of their personality . |
| 3 | Goldring says : ‘ It is not a response to PMA and contains nothing about civil defence ’ . |
| 4 | Woolton told the House of Lords on 30 April 1952 that ‘ the work of the co-ordinators is not a responsibility to Parliament ; it is a responsibility to the Cabinet ’ . |
| 5 | Accepting help thus does not entail an accumulation of debt nor does it imply subordination , and is not a route to subjugation . |
| 6 | This is not a reference to problems such as the environment , about which there is a consensus . |
| 7 | That man is not a menace to society , and there are a great many other similar people who should never be in prison . |
| 8 | Contrary to popular myth , and the suggestion of your recent correspondent ( Points of View , 10 March ) , ivy is not a menace to trees , and indeed is not a parasite in any sense . |
| 9 | The provision of accommodation for a child under s20(1) is not a solution to homelessness and should not be offered to relieve a housing authority of its obligations under the Housing Acts . |
| 10 | However , physical restraint is not a solution to accident prevention and , indeed , excessive over protection will only deny a child the opportunity to explore and learn about the environment . |
| 11 | So the new novel is not a party to faith , only to a faintly envious sympathy with those who are faithful . |
| 12 | Unlike other non-operative treatments , a non-functioning gall bladder with a stone impacted in Hartmann 's pouch is not a contraindication to treatment and stones were removed successfully in 15 of 16 patients with a return of cystic duct patency . |
| 13 | MATURITY IS : Recognising that it is not a commitment to self which brings happiness in life but rather a commitment to others . |
| 14 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |
| 15 | Botulism tends to remain in one location , so it 's not a threat to Slimbridge . |
| 16 | Erm that is n't a constraint to consideration of new settlement sites in the A sixty four corridor . |
| 17 | It 's plann i Planning is now policy led yes , but but but er planning is n't a slave to policy . |