Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he saw it , his role was not necessarily to support the region but to be the earpiece and branch line for the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | This is true , but on the other hand it must be said that to give the wrong answer to a problem is not necessarily to miss the point of it . |
| 3 | To , to , not necessarily to hit the black , but |
| 4 | To be concerned about the fate of historic buildings when thousands of people were being uprooted was not necessarily to pity the plumage and forget the dying bird . |
| 5 | Their goal was not necessarily to keep the resulting ORS hypotonic . |
| 6 | But taking care is not enough to stop the kind of terrible crimes that are so often carried out by people who are truly evil or sick . |
| 7 | In general , there are many situations without a check in which enough of the energy of the returning hammer will be absorbed to prevent the hammer reaching the string for a second time , but not enough to stop the hammer bouncing up some way towards the string . |
| 8 | In the second period the Wildcats came back strongly , clawing back the deficit … but not enough to stop the Milton Keynes Kings from crowning their day with a 12-8 victory |
| 9 | The Sharks put some bite into their performance in the second and third periods but not enough to deny the Stars a sparkling victory 17-11 and a place nearer the final of the Autumn Trophy . |
| 10 | Coun. John Williams , leader of Darlington borough council , said their £10.324m. standard spending assessment the amount the Government says they need to provide services was not enough to give the town its planned facelift . |
| 11 | The symbolism of Ron Todd succumbing to superior card power , and pointedly declining to fight , fight and fight again , is electorally helpful but not enough to dispel the persisting impression that Labour is not quite serious about defence . |
| 12 | By then , such gestures were not enough to placate the civil rights supporters who decided to go ahead with a proposed march through Armagh City on 30 November . |
| 13 | President Reagan lifted the ban two years ago , but the Barnwell consortium says this is not enough to expunge the injury caused by Carter to its plans . |
| 14 | Great presentation lifts it slightly , but not enough to justify the high price . |
| 15 | But that was not enough to save The Witch . |
| 16 | He attracted new customers but not enough to save the company . |
| 17 | Stand-in keeper Trevor Matthewson immediately produced a penalty save from Jimmy Quinn , but it was not enough to save the Blues . |
| 18 | Against Team Cotswold , Partners started slowly and went 5–0 down and a late recovery was not enough to save the set . |
| 19 | But it was not enough to save the company 's jobs . |
| 20 | Still not enough to ease the misery for the Central South football sides . |
| 21 | It is not enough to acknowledge the importance of collective entrepreneurship ; clear and consistent signals must reinforce the new story . |
| 22 | Such a slight obstruction was not enough to affect the taking of the sortes , when they were opening the book with ceremony , both hands parting the leaves and a finger pointing the line . |
| 23 | as if it were not enough to battle the elements and their colleagues ( the crew includes a freaked-out Naval officer with a nuclear warhead and an itchy finger ) , Harris and Mastroantonio are a husband and wife with marital troubles . |
| 24 | In fact the ambassador had been attacked by members of the Abu Nidal faction , who had long severed connections with the PLO , but a small detail like that was not enough to deter the Israelis . |
| 25 | Manweb 's profit rise ‘ not enough to curb the bills ’ |
| 26 | It sold at a high enough price per pound to cover the cost of carrying it across the Atlantic , and Jamestown enjoyed a tobacco boom , though the increase in exports from 20,000 lb. in 1617 to 350,000 lb. in 1621 was not enough to enable the Company to show a profit , because the ( wholesale , pre-duty ) price fell from four or five shillings a pound to a shilling a pound at the same time . |
| 27 | In the event their prestige was not enough to hold the seat . |
| 28 | It is not enough to notify the regional chairman or committee members of what 's going on and hope that they will pass on the message to the members and supporters . |
| 29 | This implies a degree of bone destruction great enough to destroy the weaker elements but not enough to destroy the stronger ones . |
| 30 | Even the promise of a pay freeze for Ministers was not enough to take the heat out of the effective pay cut for millions . |