Example sentences of "not [art] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not the present intention to point to inconsistencies , in order to undermine the revolutionary claims . |
| 2 | He 's not the first gentleman to turn to crime to pay off his debts , but I suspect that had we brought him before a court he would have been declared insane . ’ |
| 3 | Happiness was not the first quality to come to my mind when I thought of Jennifer and Christopher . |
| 4 | Spitting and firing are not the first words to spring to mind when Yorkshire 's venerable left-arm spinner Phil Carrick is mentioned . |
| 5 | It was wonderful because so many people came down to Hackney which is not the easiest place to get to . |
| 6 | ‘ Now that 's not a nice thing to say to a fellow vice president . |
| 7 | BELFAST International Airport 's new £5 million hotel will be a slap in the face for those who allege that Northern Ireland is not a safe place to travel to or do business in . |
| 8 | And the fitness for purpose at the back of all this , indicates that it 's not a bad idea to talk to the client . |
| 9 | Rachel was not an easy person to go to with such a strange and garbled fear . |
| 10 | I 'm sure he meant it for the best — I always told you , he means well — but I have to admit , he 's not an easy man to talk to . |
| 11 | As far as its lyrics are concerned , ‘ Creep ’ is a dark , desperate trawl through unrequited obsession , heavy on self-loathing and personal inadequacy ; not an easy song to listen to , but one whose disquieting subject matter makes it nothing short of stunning . |
| 12 | Nevertheless the authors claim that A levels are not an artificial barrier to access to higher education , given the relative performance of students entering via the three routes and the association between A-level scores and degree performance . |
| 13 | He was n't an easy man to talk to . |