Example sentences of "[be] not to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternating periods of flood and drought are not to the liking of any plant , certainly not to roses . |
| 2 | Yeah , cos we 're not to the end of Feb yet are we ? |
| 3 | It is hoped to provide a convincing explanation of why such surrenders of so-called national sovereignty were or were not to the advantage of nations . |
| 4 | However , Christian symbols certainly were not to the taste of Elena . |
| 5 | If , for example , the local authority is unable to find a suitable placement for the child because of a shortage of foster parents the court may decide that a care order is not to the child 's benefit despite the shortcomings of his own parents . |
| 6 | The shock and trauma of an accident or a physical injury may also bring about immediate inability to think clearly — even when the injury is not to the head . |
| 7 | In both cases it can be argued that the succession is not to the treaty , but to the territory as defined . |
| 8 | Needless to say , this is not to the exclusion of men but in co-operation with them . |
| 9 | When Winston Smith and O'Brien pledge themselves to a revolution against dictatorship , the toast is not to the future but to the past which , as O'Brien puts it with mock gravity , is ‘ more important ’ . |
| 10 | The need to ensure that water use by by people is not to the disadvantage of the natural beauty of the countryside or animal habitats . |
| 11 | If that choice is not to the liking of those with voting power , many of whom will be ratepayers , they can make their views evident through the ballot box . |
| 12 | Prime ministerial power , and therefore prime ministerial government is challenged ; Cabinet government and collective responsibility are challenged because of the claim that the first allegiance of a Labour minister is not to the Cabinet but to the mandate given by the party conference ; parliamentary government and the autonomy of MPs to deliberate as representatives is challenged through the notion of mandate reducing them to delegates ; and liberal-democracy itself is challenged because of a refusal to accept limits to participation and to the role of the state in the struggle to attain socialism through democracy . |
| 13 | It seems a lot of money but it 's not to the man who 's prepared to pay it |
| 14 | Whether they go on late at night , or , hair cut the next morning , it 's not , it 's not to the wall , but er , this would appear to cut right across the board . |
| 15 | The Royal Commission rejected the proposal for a number of reasons , and it was not to the fore of government thinking when the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill was being drafted . |
| 16 | When Stewart said the boom in consumer credit during the previous decade had been phenomenal and some said dangerous , the danger to which he was alluding was not to the consumer/borrower who might incur overindebtedness , but to the professional finance houses . |
| 17 | It was not to the Israelites in the ancient world , as they recited Psalm 128 . |
| 18 | When at length Isambard moved his hands to his belt it was not to the hilt of his sword , but to the buckles from which it hung . |
| 19 | Even here , as the fact of policing came to be established , opposition was not to the police per se , but to specific operations or tactics . |
| 20 | So it was not to the White House but the Treasury Building next door that the embassy car delivered Maxim at three o'clock that afternoon . |
| 21 | He suddenly felt horribly drunk , but his wits had not altogether left him and he had a nasty inkling that his speech was not to the point . |
| 22 | This was not to the liking of the Social Democrats , who took a more nationalist position , placing national unification above Western allegiance in their order of priorities , and advocating a spurious ‘ third way ’ between East and West , a kind of German ‘ special path ’ . |
| 23 | This made geographical sense : both valleys drain west to the River Lune and the Irish Sea and are separated from the rest of Yorkshire by the barrier of the Pennines ; nevertheless , the breaking of traditional ties was not to the liking of all the inhabitants . |
| 24 | … If there are problems we must and shall follow the path of peace ’ , although this was sound advice , it was not to the liking of his audience . |
| 25 | When he was shown up , it was not to the office of the Internal Accountant , but to that of the General Manager . |