Example sentences of "not [verb] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For the purposes of all legal proceedings any question as to the meaning or effect of any of the Treaties , or as to the validity , meaning or effect of any Community instrument , shall be treated as a question of law ( and , if not referred to the European Court , be for determination as such in accordance with the principles laid down by and any relevant decision of the European Court ) . ’ |
| 2 | Section 3(1) of the European Communities Act 1972 expressly provides that the meaning or effect of any of the Treaties ‘ shall be treated as a question of law ( and , if not referred to the European Court , be for determination as such in accordance with the principles laid down by and any relevant decision of the European Court ) ’ . ’ |
| 3 | If we choose not to attend to the higher-level activity during cycling we simply do not notice our surroundings and may take an incorrect route . |
| 4 | If we take from ( 1 ) the phrase distant cousin , we can remark that it is closely analogous to another phrase — near relative — in which it is quite plain that the adjective is not assigned to the referential locus of the following word , but qualifies the property which it expresses in just the way that the same word does in : ( 5 ) a near impossible task The facts of intensional qualification are not in the least altered because traditional grammar has customarily described near as an adverb in phrases like ( 5 ) , but as an adjective in near relative . |
| 5 | It does need teaching , though we must be careful not to go to the opposite extreme , as many courses do , and patronizingly treat adult learners like new-born babes . |
| 6 | So I decided not to go to the Literary Club but to stay at home . |
| 7 | You 'll promise not to go to the next race , on Monday , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | If the interpretation of the point is not given to the ordinary courts then the error will not be an error of law at all ; the criterion laid down by the tribunal will be the accepted standard . |
| 9 | All the preceding research and analysis can be sabotaged in seconds if careful thought is not given to the initial approach . |
| 10 | We can not EXPLAIN to the disabled person the presence of God among us . |
| 11 | This not merely makes direct comparison difficult , but it may also mean that such comparisons would be of questionable value given that they would not relate to the actual situation in which traditional and non-traditional students are competing for places , and in which their work and achievement can be meaningfully compared . |
| 12 | The first is that sometimes the rules do not relate to the actual language use of native speakers . |
| 13 | It occurs when teaching programmes do not relate to the final assessment of learning . |
| 14 | I also operate with the assumption that , although my results pertain strictly only to the sample of forty housewives I interviewed , there is no reason why they should not relate to the wider population of housewives , since it can not be shown that the forty women are unrepresentative of the larger population . |
| 15 | Could I say that the actual issues that go to the House of Lords do not relate to the earlier events to which the right hon. Gentleman has referred . |
| 16 | Later causes of decline are clearly different , and do not relate to the same age-groups or causes of death , and there are better data to argue over . |
| 17 | 2 ) In the relationship of " hole " to " block " two touching faces indicate a through hole , if the faces do not relate to the same end of the hole . |
| 18 | Women lose this image of attractiveness with ageing , a process that men do not experience to the same degree . |
| 19 | But let us think about what would have happened if the Allies had not retaliated to the indiscriminate bombing of this country and the dive bombing tactics of the Luftwaffe on refugees on the continent . |
| 20 | But this would not be the case where the trust assets were not exposed to the same risk that the other vendors accept . |
| 21 | The trend is not limited to the individual consumer . |
| 22 | This shift in emphasis is not limited to the developing countries . |
| 23 | This proposition is not limited to the oft-cited example of the use of increased doses of morphine , a practice which specialists argue is no longer necessary or appropriate , but extends to any treatment decision . |
| 24 | ‘ ( a ) relating to or having any connection with the 1987 year end audit of Atlantic … and the production of the audited accounts for Atlantic … including any material relating to its subsidiaries ; ( b ) which relate to or have any connection with the acquisition by [ B. & C. ] of Atlantic … including but not limited to the working capital review conducted by [ the appellants ] and the production of a working capital letter ; ( c ) which relate to or have any connection with the 1988 year end audit of Atlantic … and the production of the audited accounts for Atlantic … including any material relating to its subsidiaries . |
| 25 | When speakers are looking for different ways of accomplishing the same goal ( in Coveney 's example , successfully requesting information ) they are not limited to the various possibilities in the linguistic system for constructing formal interrogatives . |
| 26 | The depression was not limited to the coffee-growing area ; there was also a decline in employment in the packing industry in Colombo , and many temporary emigrants from maritime areas who had earned their livelihood providing services in the previously-expanding economy of the central highlands were forced to return home . |
| 27 | The use of effective co-operation between industry and education is not limited to the secondary sector , and many primary schools are introducing existing curriculum activity for their pupils by working closely with industry . |
| 28 | Thus a description of R. & R. Clark 's works in 1896 commented that " for straightforward setting , ordinary stonework , simple imposition and first proof-reading , the women are found to be fully qualified , though of course they do not attain to the all-round excellence of first-class men " , |
| 29 | There was the commander of the Cigognes , Captain Brocard , wounded during the first days of the fighting at Verdun , and relieved of his command the following year — because he simply could not adapt to the new conditions of air warfare the old form of single combat that had brought the Cigognes such renown in the early days . |
| 30 | It also shows that , when Russian enterprises reacted to the reforms by jacking up prices and withholding output , they were not doing so because they could not adapt to the bewildering change around them ; they were reacting to the incentives they faced , which said that goods were stores of value while money was not . |