Example sentences of "not a [adj] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the strongest is that there are species in which some females reproduce sexually , and others by parthenogenesis : if there was not a short-term advantage to sex , the parthenogenetic females would long ago have replaced the sexual ones . |
| 2 | Accordingly , perception of a gap between social and private returns was not a major handicap to investment . |
| 3 | Clause 16 was not a genuine reservation to Mr Antoniades of a power to share the flat … |
| 4 | It is not a passive witness to creation , but is the dynamic conscious activity which constitutes creation . |
| 5 | It is not a comprehensive guide to symptoms and services , but it should point you in the right direction and show you where to go for help . |
| 6 | It is not a comprehensive guide to symptoms and services , but it should point you the right direction and show you where to go for help . |
| 7 | But the lack of sleep , washing facilities , privacy and the delay in settling usefully into your studies is not a good start to college life . |
| 8 | This benefit is not a free gift to women , as its enemies claim , but the equivalent of a tax allowance for having children ( recognised in other European countries ) , and it is targeted upon the very person on whom responsibility falls — the mother . |
| 9 | This is not a clear path to Maastricht that the Prime Minister has set out . |
| 10 | This requires personal understanding of each individual situation , not a blind response to ideals and opinions . |
| 11 | Thus , reflux symptoms reflect poorly prolonged exposure of the oesophagus to acid and are not a reliable guide to acid injury of the oesophagus in PSS . |
| 12 | I would just like to point out to anyone thinking of tackling the Lakeland Fells that a small guidebook alone is not a sufficient aid to path finding . |
| 13 | Krystom , and its inevitable rivals , is not an instant route to success . |
| 14 | This was not an opportunist concession to Derry 's Catholic majority , since he also stressed that any weakening of the link with the United Kingdom was unacceptable to the NILP and that the constitutional issue should not become ‘ a party shuttlecock ’ . |
| 15 | Spending is not an infallible guide to results or intentions . |
| 16 | The paper argues that ‘ on grounds of environmental cost , loss of hosing and expense of construction , road building in urban areas is not an acceptable solution to traffic congestion ’ . |
| 17 | Not an unfamiliar sight to city dwellers ! |