Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb infin] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble is , this does not necessarily lead to greater understanding of why something represents good practice . |
| 2 | In opposition to this , Kay and Silberston ( 1984 ) argue that competition would not necessarily lead to equal efficiency , since publicly owned concerns have the deep purse of public funds on which to draw . |
| 3 | Keeping staff to a minimum and paying them very little obviously reduces costs , but it does not necessarily lead to good quality care . |
| 4 | It was clear that he and Sarah could not easily talk to each other about sexual issues . |
| 5 | However , as in Burma , the demobilised soldiers did not just return to civilian life : they formed a quasi-military organisation similar to the PVO , though on an ever larger scale , the People 's Security Organisation , Badan Keamanan Raykat ( BKR ) . |
| 6 | Here , however , the clause does not just apply to one disposition , but confirms all the dispositions in the will . |
| 7 | Certainly platelets do not normally adhere to arterial endothelium if it is not damaged but the explanation for this antithrombotic property of intact endothelium remains obscure . |
| 8 | Platelets do not usually adhere to normal endothelium but the reasons why normal endothelium is inert with respect to stimulating platelet adhesion and aggregation is not fully understood ( Shattil & Bennett , 1981 ) . |
| 9 | It is characteristic of the Government that although the Minister spoke for one quarter of an hour , he did not once refer to new clause 2 or defend the Government 's record . |
| 10 | " As initially present to the mind " is to be taken strictly in terms of the syntactic-semantic construction of expressions ; it does not directly refer to any aspect of an external situation which may be represented by an expression . |
| 11 | From our unpublished data we conclude that TBP does not directly bind to internal pol III promoters ( or to cryptic TATA-sequences in the plasmid-vector ) . |
| 12 | The lower entrance qualifications held by mature students ( on average 2 points lower ) did not always lead to poorer degree results . |
| 13 | Similarly , the Labour government 's policies on the reduction of the number of private pay beds did not always lead to enthusiastic implementation in the late 1970s . |
| 14 | The ideological nature of social contracts means that they need not always correspond to individual self-interest . |
| 15 | Bream do not always conform to this pattern . |
| 16 | He argues that Y-cells are so rare in the retina they can not possibly contribute to visual perception because their resolution , by themselves , is inadequate to convey any useful information . |
| 17 | I could not possibly go to another doctor . |
| 18 | It was rarely possible to unambiguously identify incorrect memories , where descriptions were produced which did not clearly correspond to any junction on the video there was usually no way to decide what event the description represented an incorrect memory for . |
| 19 | Partially defective wrap , however , did not inevitably lead to abnormal reflux in our patients . |
| 20 | Each contributed much , but they did not often speak to each other , and indeed almost literally could not speak to each other . |
| 21 | Existing members New members Governing coalition Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) 185 63 Christian Social Union ( CSU ) 49 German Social Union ( DSU ) — 8 Free Democratic Party ( FDP ) 48 9 Opposition Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) 193 33 Greens/Alliance 90 42 7 Party of Democratic Socialism ( PDS ) — 24 Other* 2 0 * Former Green members who did not now belong to any group . |
| 22 | If you scatter seed on the ground you will build up a substantial clientele of birds such as chaffinches which do not readily come to hanging food and birdtables . |
| 23 | According to Economic Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Dorrell , inside information would be widely defined to include anything which affects a company 's share price , even if the information did not specifically relate to that company . |
| 24 | my Lord that that 's with respect right , erm certainly what , what he says that does n't necessarily lead to that conclusion all it does is have void what maybe authority between |
| 25 | Problems usually arise because many reef species are capable of more than a little antisocial behaviour — and it is difficult to lay down precise guidelines regarding their compatibility because marine fish , like people , are individuals and do n't necessarily conform to generalised behaviour patterns . |
| 26 | ‘ Firstly , do n't just stick to one exercise . |
| 27 | Soap opera watchers do n't just stick to some sort of naive interest in characters and plot . |
| 28 | Well I do n't know Jane , I do n't really listen to any gossip up that end , you know what I mean ? |
| 29 | You ca n't even superimpose to that extent cos they 're slightly different ca n't even superimpose that my fingers ca n't superimpose cos they 're slightly different . |