Example sentences of "not [adv] from [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The spirit of brotherhood travels not only from country to country but also from time to time .
2 However , one can see that the relative emphasis on these four factors may vary ( and sometimes conflict ) not only from job to job ( in some cases expertise is of the essence , in others the degree content is virtually irrelevant , and ability and ‘ personality ’ are the key things ) but from one employer and even personnel manager to another .
3 These practices , they further note , ‘ varied not only from region to region and from time to time but also from social class to social class , so that their impact on field systems and rural settlement patterns is complex and not easy to determine . ’
4 How do you ring the changes so that the mood alters , not only from month to month but from one part of the garden to another ?
5 Moreover , they fluctuate in their supposed order of priority , not merely from Government to Government , nor even from year to year , but almost from day to day at the whim of public and parliamentary opinion .
6 Does he further agree that , at this critical time of ordering , building and commissioning that submarine fleet , we should not pay attention to the recommendations of the two main Opposition parties , whose opinion appears to vary , not merely from day to day , but from hour to hour ?
7 Bettelheim has said in The uses of enchantment ( 1976 , p.3 ) that ‘ If we hope to live not just from moment to moment , but in true consciousness of our existence , then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives ’ .
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