Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were to he not only the routes to culture and the intellect but the means to romance and sort of sex . |
| 2 | Writing the play brought back a whole period of his early life : not merely the marriage to Vivien but the friendship with Emily Hale . |
| 3 | Teachers ' leaders have expressed concern in the past at the risks to which teachers are exposing themselves if things go wrong , not just the risk to life and limb , but in terms of the extent of their legal responsibility for doing work which is outwith paid requirements . |
| 4 | Erm but erm I I merely pose it as as an indication that erm it is possible for local authorities to erm not open the door to development , speculative development , er if they do not wish to do so erm because it does not ride override existing structure plan policies . |
| 5 | It would appear therefore that recruiting more volunteers is not always the answer to staff shortages . |
| 6 | There are various reasons for this change — financial economy , production convenience , the emergence of some imaginative designers , and not least the response to user needs . |
| 7 | I tried to make her understand that kids were n't necessarily the key to happiness . |
| 8 | It was n't just the flight to New York , the tedium of the long-drawn-out customs and transport formalities , and the helicopter trip between JFK airport and Manhattan that had been so tiring . |