Example sentences of "not [vb infin] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would not present a problem to England 's selectors , since the 16-strong party picked for India already includes one-day specialists Graeme Hick , John Emburey and Neil Fairbrother with eight limited-overs games due to be played on the sub-continent . |
| 2 | Kelly , however , ventured the opinion that asking the manager for a statement on where the club were headed did not constitute a threat to Brady 's position . |
| 3 | However , Japan said that the visit did not mark a return to business as usual , even though Japanese banks and businesses had been rapidly reviving business activities . |
| 4 | Thus , as long as the marriage between the husband and wife ( assuming them both to be domiciled in the UK ) is not dissolved , transfer of property between them will not incur a liability to inheritance tax . |
| 5 | The land of a descent group is said to belong to the group as a whole and an outsider to the group does not have a right to cultivation inside the group territory when a member of the gens does so already . |
| 6 | A partner may not submit a dispute to arbitration on his or her own authority . |
| 7 | The precedents in this chapter ( with the exception of Precedents 9 and 10 which are not following a court order ) should not attract a charge to stamp duty as a result of The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) ( see Chapter 2 generally as to stamp duty ) . |
| 8 | Wealth does not restore a person to God . |
| 9 | While soccer 's purists quake at the thought of Graham Taylor bringing in the long-ball game , Ferguson insists Dublin 's arrival will not mean a switch to Route One football at Old Trafford . |
| 10 | Circumscribed by the injunction — voiced or not , that the machines built around it should not pose a threat to IBM Corp 's proprietary product lines , the designers of the Power RISC created a chip that was heavily slewed towards scientific and technical applications — but the IBM world has changed out of all recognition since then and the RS/6000 is at least as widely used in commercial applications as in technical , while IBM is finding it increasingly hard to sell proprietary systems . |
| 11 | Which of the following does not pose a risk to wildlife ? |
| 12 | It is claimed that the new levels of pesticide do not pose a risk to health . |
| 13 | ‘ I could not get a flight to Croydon . |
| 14 | Unlike some of its competitors , XVT does not charge a royalty to developers converting their software and then selling it on to their own customers . |
| 15 | We want , above all else , a system of inspection that does not derive from ideology , that is not a quick fix , that does not represent a commitment to privatisation on the ground that the Department of Education and Science must deliver its element of privatisation . |
| 16 | If you 've the time , why not combine a visit to Australia with an exotic Far East stopover such as Thailand , Singapore , Malaysia and Bali ? |
| 17 | But , of course , Nora can not waste a visit to York , and as Mr. Hudson is in the city … ’ |
| 18 | The court can not attach a meaning to words which they can not bear , but if the words are capable of bearing more than one meaning why should not Parliament 's true intention be enforced rather than thwarted ? |
| 19 | Do not reply a letter to Lewis until I contact you because I could not be here . |
| 20 | You do n't need a line to God now to see the way things are going . |
| 21 | Look , the point is , if that 's how it 's being taught , it 's not surprising that most of our alumni ca n't buy a bus-ticket to Bayswater . |
| 22 | When I 'm at a crossroads , if I find myself going back to the same place I had a happy encounter , I deliberately go the other way , so I do n't become a slave to habit . |
| 23 | It rained all that night , but that did n't stop a visit to Aunt Marjorie 's at Wimbledon . |
| 24 | ‘ You ca n't ride a Toddle-bike to school . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't have a thermometer to hand , but I 'll settle for 101 . |
| 26 | There are players now valued in the £2m bracket who ca n't hold a candle to Ian in terms of ability and George Graham must be thinking he has bought himself a star on the cheap . |
| 27 | Even manager Lawrie McMenemy admitted : ‘ There were times when teams could n't hold a candle to England but that 's all changed now . |
| 28 | But she does n't hold a candle to Beth . |
| 29 | The comedian Dom De Luise makes an amusing enough Wazir , but his singing ca n't hold a candle to Richard Van Allan 's and is n't always exactly in tune . |
| 30 | If you do n't make a will you ca n't leave a gift to charity . |