Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | e.g. to generalize about the significance of an event : " The basic weakness of the Treaty ( of Versailles ) lay in the fact that it left the German people in a frame of mind not conducive to a lasting peace . |
| 2 | The physical condition of the Pottery Hut is not conducive to a pleasant working atmosphere . |
| 3 | Such razzmatazz is not conducive to a proper spirit of inquiry . |
| 4 | The main trouble with the scheme is that we can not be sure that an apparent X effect is not due to a differential influence of some extraneous factor(s) on the S 1 and S 2 groups . |
| 5 | This is not due to a simple depletion of transcription factors as twelve copies of the transgene in Long 7 , and 30 copies in Long 12 gave the expected expression ratio . |
| 6 | The finding that even severe depression does not lead to a lowering of blood pressure suggests that the mild depression and decreased wellbeing associated with low blood pressure in the studies referred to above is not due to a causal effect of the former on the latter , which strengthens the case for the existence of a hypotensive syndrome . |
| 7 | Since we want to address the question of involvement of cysteine residue *177 of the enzyme in the molecular mechanism of methyltransfer catalysis , it is necessary to demonstrate that the loss of catalytic activity of the Cys177Ser mutant is not due to a folding defect . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I suppose so , but our creations are perhaps not accessible to a trivial mind . ’ |
| 9 | All the rest depend on this being present , for if a procedure is not appropriate to a particular patient 's condition it can not be judged quality care ( Shaw undated ) . |
| 10 | Under these conditions , however , the open complexes formed at P A3 were not resistant to a short heparin challenge . |
| 11 | The company may still , of course , deal with these assets as if they were not subject to a floating charge . |
| 12 | This doubleness is not dissimilar to a deconstructive view of language as a field of play : |
| 13 | So I 'm not opposed to a new settlement , but let's have a very sensible approach to the question of sustainability and viability , journeys to work , er okay six to ten miles is not too much , but we can do better than that . |
| 14 | Jewish leaders insisted they had no argument with blacks and were not opposed to a black Vice-President . |
| 15 | From parents , children can acquire habits and tastes that are peculiar if not exclusive to a particular class . |
| 16 | Subsidiary to that , though still important , are the issues of what it has to say and how it came to be : ‘ sources ’ and ‘ designs ’ once more , both things Tolkien disliked , but useful if not essential to a proper reading . |
| 17 | There is a plausible consistency about a well-developed derivational argument ( for examples see pp. 96–9 ) that can not be gainsaid except by a more inclusive one , for most such theses are not open to a direct test . |
| 18 | Rather than just giving a ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ to a carefully put question from the interviewer the informant can control much more the direction of the discussion and can therefore decide what is or is not relevant to a particular situation . |
| 19 | His battle against deportation and extradition was lost when the US Supreme Court ruled in December 1991 that he was not entitled to a new asylum hearing . |
| 20 | If you are not entitled to a State pension in your own right , you will receive the dependant 's rate of benefit , i.e. about 60 per cent of the full rate ( or less if your husband is not entitled to a full pension ) . |
| 21 | Successes have included gaining removal expenses for a woman who had been refused them , and furniture from Calderdale Voluntary Services for another woman who was not entitled to a Single Payment from the DHSS . |
| 22 | If you have never paid anything but reduced rate contributions , you are not entitled to a basic pension in your own right but instead must rely on your husband 's contributions for the married couple 's pension . |
| 23 | The Secretary of State maintained that because of section 82 the applicant was not entitled to a statutory redundancy payment . |
| 24 | Apart from perceptive observations , he had a nice literary touch and was n't averse to a Shakespearean allusion . |
| 25 | It is n't dangerous to a healthy adult or child , but it can be harmful to a foetus . |
| 26 | What man is n't susceptible to a beautiful woman , believing that she both graces the Earth and helps to civilize it . |