Example sentences of "not a [noun sg] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 For the rich the cost of legal services is not a barrier to the use of lawyers .
32 It is an interesting idea but not a solution to the problem .
33 Does your husband accept that perhaps he ought to be looking after the baby alternate weeks , or is that not a solution to the problem ?
34 There 's not a lot to the game really : just barge the other skater off the ball and race for goal — the computer-goalie is totally useless .
35 Why is it not a detriment to the mother to have to prove a fact to the father — something she has no prior obligation to do ?
36 Molly , anxious again to show that she was not a stranger to the life of Mondano said , ‘ Is it true , do you think , about her parents ? ’
37 It is not an exception to the rule gives details of alibi witnesses .
38 In my respectful submission there could be A , no question that the jury would be discharged and B , in the submission er some er judicial displeasure of an experienced police officer volunteering what any police officer must know is A inadmissible and B not an answer to the question .
39 Under the Act an offer of shares in or debentures of a private company , or an invitation to subscribe for shares or debentures will be regarded ( unless the contrary can be proved ) as being a ‘ domestic concern ’ ( ie not an offer to the public ) if it is made to :
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