Example sentences of "[is] not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which latter is not however to say that ‘ correct thinking ’ overturns society . |
| 2 | To believe that people have been sensible of God in other ages is not however to accept what I may call the ‘ vehicle ’ of the Christian myth which has carried their religious sensibilities . |
| 3 | What we have done is we have erm been able to utilise some A C T capacity or generate some A C T capacity within one of the subsidiaries within the group um the reason for highlighting it highlighting it is not particularly to make a song and dance about it but is particularly to say that on the cash flow statement there is this in-flood and it is a one off in-flood we 're not going to be seeing that being brought forward every year , but basically what it is is we have profits in previous elements of the group which enabled us to generate A C T capacity enabled us to off set this A C T which we paid on dividends and bringing forward earlier than we would otherwise have done . |
| 4 | In addition , the party groups often appoint Whips , whose job it is not just to enforce party discipline , but by operating what is referred to in Parliamentary jargon as ‘ the usual channels ’ can assist in the smooth running of the authority , by , for example , effecting agreements on nominations to committees or outside bodies . |
| 5 | The point of his advice is not just to authorise " medeled liyf " which the lord is anyhow pursuing : He can cut from one kind of state to the other with joy ; this is for him precisely how love is to be ordained . |
| 6 | The secret is not just to talk to them when you are trying to sell something . |
| 7 | the inspectors ' function is not just to pronounce judgement , but also to encourage and develop education |
| 8 | The talisman will have become a docket , and a docket with a sinister purpose ; for the change is not just to conform with the requirements of the EC but signals a fundamental change of function . |
| 9 | Yet because the function of theory in social science is not just to explain , clarify and add to understanding , but also to legitimate some courses of action over others , the contemporary ‘ bonfire of the certainties ’ adds one more difficulty to the normal dilemmas of policy making in developing countries . |
| 10 | The effectiveness of that is not just to make Ransom 's struggle real , but also to demonstrate the metaphysical excitement of all moral choices , on the silent planet as well as beyond the music of the spheres . |
| 11 | My difficulty , however , is not just to show you that this is the case but rather to show you just what is the case ! |
| 12 | The whole point of allowing the big schemes to go ahead at this difficult economic time , after all , is not just to get roads and railway lines built but to cut unemployment and get the economy moving . |
| 13 | The counsellor 's task is not just to understand only one facet of the counsellee 's life , but to know something about the totality . |
| 14 | Our central task is not just to understand the past but also to relate the past to the present . |
| 15 | The aim of animal breeders is not just to produce more animals but to produce better animals . |
| 16 | The Conservative philosophy is not just to increase spending . |
| 17 | I am convinced that what is needed in initial teacher education is not just to instil respect for a particular form of academic learning . |
| 18 | In public relations campaigns , the object is not just to inform but to persuade effectively , or dissuade a part or the whole of the population to or from a particular opinion . |
| 19 | ‘ [ It is our task ] to create a taxation system whose purpose is not just to re-distribute wealth , but also , and perhaps chiefly , to redistribute opportunity . ’ |
| 20 | " The point of conventionalism is not just to protect litigants against surprise , but instead the more complex goal , which includes this one , of achieving the social benefits of coordinated private and commercial activity . |
| 21 | The challenge is not just to help to preserve living communities today , but also to preserve a living countryside for the benefit of the future community . |
| 22 | The purpose of the intervention is not just to help parents sort out a specific behaviour problem . |
| 23 | Sabine is not here to confirm or deny their conversation , and neither can she confirm or deny how much of her work went into the Durances . |
| 24 | As she put it : ‘ That man is not here to ask me questions . |
| 25 | I certainly can not stop you and she is not here to ask . ’ |
| 26 | Does the Secretary of State agree that it is quite outrageous that people should stand up in this Chamber and attack the character of someone who is not here to defend himself ? |
| 27 | I am sorry that the hon. Member for Blackburn is not here to set the hon. Member for Leeds , Central right . |
| 28 | Thank you yes , I mean our purpose is not here to try and judge competing bids for the new settlement , but to try to come to if we can , objective appraisal of if we are minded to recommend the new settlement , could we in fact come up with a district location . |
| 29 | Mr Crawford proves that if he has not buried the Frank Spencer TV image , at least he is not here to praise it . |
| 30 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |