Example sentences of "[adj] not [adv] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But its failure was due not primarily to the way it performed its functions , but to the nature of those functions . |
| 2 | That , however , was due not just to the complexity of turning the Political Community treaty into reality , but to the problems that the Six were facing in getting the EDC off the ground . |
| 3 | To have won the best single play award was a major coup , due not just to the craft of the makers but at least partly to the strength of the story of the Trawsfynydd shepherd bard who became a reluctant soldier and died in battle before knowing he had achieved his life 's ambition of winning the National Eisteddfod chair at the Birkenhead festival in 1917 . |
| 4 | The fact that Northern Ireland has weathered the recession better than any other region in the United Kingdom is due , to an extent , to the Government 's policies ; but it is due not least to the resourcefulness , intelligence and dedication of business people in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | The popularity of Wade 's sculpture was probably due not only to the fact that it was always comprehensible but that it was both ennobling and restrained in equal measure . |
| 6 | His success was due not only to the quality of his pens , backed by a five-year warranty , but also to his extensive advertising and publicity efforts . |
| 7 | A glossary of terms and acronyms used can be very helpful not only to the reader but also to the writer who is forced to consider carefully how he is using various technical terms . |
| 8 | The director of social services is the ‘ commander ’ of social services and is responsible not just to the council but to the community for social services . |
| 9 | It is essential not only to the establishment of unconditional authority but also because the lack of any foundational purpose lies at the heart of his distinction between civil and enterprise association . |
| 10 | Moreover , this raises other questions about Cnut 's predecessors , questions without definite answers , but worth air-ing nonetheless , because relevant not only to the issue of how Swegen conquered England but also that of whether Cnut was already familiar with administrative institutions of an English type when he became its king . |
| 11 | It is essential that we resolve this question because it is relevant not only to the process of calcium entry but also to the mechanism of calcium spiking in intact cells ( see later ) . |
| 12 | The image of the ascent of the ladder is relevant not only to the process of spiritual development he is about to describe , but also to the careful sequential structuring of his teaching where images and arguments accumulate to point towards a greater synthetic understanding . |
| 13 | This may be distressing not only to the child and his or her parents but also to the unit staff who have got to know the pupil well . |
| 14 | On coasts of coral atolls the effects of hurricanes are shown to be significant not only to the reef morphology but also to the organisms and the total environment ( Stoddart , 1962 ) and in drainage basins in general and along river channels in particular the impact of rare floods and the time necessary for recovery has been investigated . |