Example sentences of "[noun] not [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train your eyes not merely to look but also to see . |
| 2 | Before very long , however , it was to be made abundantly clear to her that legal equality was not enough ; the ability to exert force was the key not merely to ascendancy , but also to genuine equality . |
| 3 | ‘ Social responsibility for the librarian , then , means responsibility not simply to society as it is , but to the society of the future and the past . |
| 4 | There is a recurrent failure not only to ground the subject fully in its historical context , but also to propose an adequate theoretical model by means of which to assess socialist realist literature . |
| 5 | She may wish to look at it , but the shadow Chancellor has made it plain that he will not , telling readers of the Morning Star , the only newspaper to support the minimum wage , that he regards it as ’ an unwavering commitment not open to negotiation . ’ |
| 6 | All plant has been specifically designed for multi-purpose usage so it can be easily adapted to many different chemical processes , enabling Fluka to adopt a versatile and flexible approach not only to production but also to specific customer developments in which they are actively seeking to become involved . |
| 7 | She had been Form Mistress of Junior C from 1950 to 1962 and taught with patience , sympathy , and understanding , introducing many boys not only to drama ( as was to be expected ) but also to cricket and football . |
| 8 | It seems essential that critical studies should be undertaken to examine the consequences not only to agriculture but also to visual amenity , recreation , conservation , etc , of alternative afforestation strategies . |