Example sentences of "[adj] be [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is not primarily to speed payments . |
| 2 | This is not simply to say that emotions are expressed , but that emotions are reformed , cleansed , redirected and redeemed . |
| 3 | This is not simply to force people into speaking blank verse , but to see how a person responds to the essential humanity of a character — for Shakespeare , of all the classical writers , is probably the most human , whose work is blessed with both grandeur and the common touch . |
| 4 | It is important to note that this is not simply to do with naturalistic notions of ‘ emotional maturity ’ . |
| 5 | This is not simply to enable the vet to work in comfort , or even to reduce his rage when the first words are ‘ I will just go and try to get a rope on her ! ’ |
| 6 | However , the best way of doing this is not simply to develop important new methods and techniques , but also to make them accessible to applied workers . |
| 7 | This is not only to do with the intellectual innovations that led to the idea of the first factual surveys through to the social psychological and , finally , to the explanatory surveys incorporating variable analysis , but also to do with what is indicated about the nature of society and social life . |
| 8 | But this is not enough to deal with the multiple expressions and experiences of subjectivity . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Stoddart uses a rate of rainwater solution of emerged reef limestones of 10–20 mm ( 0.4–0.8 in ) per 1000 years and suggests that this is not enough to destroy reefs in glacial periods , the last of which he reckons to have lasted 60 000 years . |
| 11 | Occasionally we may be able to identify a palm , fig , or olive tree , but even this is not enough to limit the location to a particular ecological zone ; oak trees , for instance , can be found from 680 metres down to sea-level . |
| 12 | This is not enough to show that anyone can have authority to introduce or enforce such a scheme . |
| 13 | As the Tabarin and Lothagam jaws share only primitive characters with the earliest australopithecines , this is not enough to establish them definitely as human ancestors . |
| 14 | And although some personnel may sit on several committees of the various bodies this is not enough to ensure adequate liaison , because there may be a conflict of loyalties . |
| 15 | Like most below-par beat-'em-ups , Millenium Warriors is better in two-player mode , but this is n't enough to save it . |
| 16 | On the plus side , the spells and weapons remain faithful to AD&D and a save game option is provided , but this is n't enough to rescue it . |
| 17 | This is often enough to stabilise a big float rig . |
| 18 | This is quite enough to lose , and it is the most efficient way to control weight loss . |
| 19 | This is quite enough to remove any resolvable rotational structure with the possible exception of sharp Q branches . |
| 20 | If the strip is one of the two top or two bottom ones then the respective Apx message is printed and this is usually enough to determine where the subject must be placed . |
| 21 | She caught a glimpse of a disfigured , oddly proportioned face in the depths of the shadowy hood , but this was n't enough to distract her from her purpose . |
| 22 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 23 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 24 | This was not merely to reassure his wife , but to make clear to Sarah that his love for Elizabeth had never wavered . |
| 25 | This was not merely to avoid high costs on difficult engineering problems , but to link as many villages as convenient with a system of transport , something that could only be done previously with wagons or packhorses . |
| 26 | Indeed , archaeologists now believe it was due to agricultural mismanagement combined with a booming population , for investigation of a major palace in the site at Copan , Honduras , has revealed that there was only a small contingent of specialist workers employed in constructing the elaborate structure , in other words that this was not enough to overburden the economy as is sometimes alleged to be the cause of the collapse of that civilization . |
| 27 | But this was not enough to keep away mosquitoes , which started to arrive and drift towards the flames . |
| 28 | But this was not enough to secure a break , particularly as an armistice with Turkey was fairly quickly obtained . |
| 29 | But success at Covent Garden and Sadler 's Wells , invitations from the Paris Opéra and La Scala , Milan , the chance to collaborate with leading composers and painters — all this was not enough to satisfy him or occupy his energies fully . |
| 30 | Even if men and women were removed from the center of the cosmos , this was not necessarily to diminish their status . |