Example sentences of "[noun pl] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 This has guaranteed not only resources but also access to national databases not always open to others .
2 There were several discernible influences at work here — one was undoubtedly her father 's piping , which suggested decorations to the melodic line at North-east songs not always accustomed to such , and the other was acquaintance with young English revival singers who had incorporated into their singing styles something of the sean nos tradition of the West of Ireland .
3 She looked with horror at the fingers which had cruelly raked Bill Yardley 's face , and heard her own voice uttering words not even fit to be heard in the alleys .
4 This difference can not be attributed to more enlightened guessing when subjects knew the title because recall of words closely related to the title and of words not closely related to the title was equally improved .
5 These traces not only witness to a sad history , but also hint of glorious possibilities .
6 Normally the sale of books is confined to the sale of fiction and factual books not directly related to any course of study .
7 Indeed , it was on those occasions when Branson had invested in projects not obviously related to the pop milieu that the losses had been greatest ; clothes , restaurants , Event magazine .
8 We tested this out by taking it around the office and the people in the office thought it was a bit boring we er thought it was great for the youngsters who probably like it so er erm and the merchandise we 've actually , we 've made up certain things , T-shirts and , and , and wacky items that again er relate to , to young people so that they get into the , the , the theme of the thing and the , the whole year carries forward on a , on a certain colour theme and , and , and so on , so er we 've done our best as sailing coaches not only learning to be marketeers again the money , where 's the money come from ?
9 Note that for synchronous rotation the orbital and axial periods not only have to be equal but also both prograde or both retrograde .
10 The Christians not unnaturally responded to Muslim protests with alarm .
11 Everyone was keen to work hard at seeing as much as possible in the time given — including some places not normally open to the public , for which Martin Randall had made special arrangements .
12 As far as we are concerned it may mean that we will have to pay some costs not previously charged to us .
13 Its main principles would be : ( i ) Czechoslovakia would be a federative state consisting of the two sovereign and equal republics of the Czech Lands and Slovakia ; ( ii ) the two republics would be linked voluntarily by the free will of their citizens , as expressed in a joint declaration of coexistence ; ( iii ) the fundamental document of the state would be the federal constitution ; and ( iv ) all powers not explicitly given to the federation in the constitution would belong to the republics .
14 The draft constitution confirmed the federal nature of Czechoslovakia , based on a joint and voluntary declaration of co-existence between the two republics , and declared that the republics would exercise all the powers not explicitly given to the federation .
15 Our own powers certainly do not extend to making permanent allowances for children in families not otherwise entitled to supplementary benefit .
16 These beliefs not only explain to the ordinary language-user things she might have observed for herself , they also regulate linguistic behaviour .
17 These figures not only lead to partisan squabbles and gerrymandering but also affect the amount of money that states and local jurisdictions receive from the federal government .
18 Ekeus also indicated that Iraq had conceded " full , final and complete disclosure " of various other ballistic and chemical weapons programmes and had admitted to destroying up to 800 missiles not previously declared to UN inspectors — a move subsequently verified by Boothby on March 23 .
19 Delegates expressed the hope that the environmental damage caused during the Gulf War — in particular Iraq 's release of oil slicks and the firing of Kuwaiti oil wells and the UN coalition 's bombing of nuclear , chemical and biological warfare facilities — would focus governments ' attention on the need to deal with the environmental dimension of modern warfare and to outlaw environmentally damaging actions not directly related to war arms .
20 In some ways not altogether opposed to the hygienist school ( they did not very much approve of cuddling , although as early as 1932 Ian Suttie had protested against the ‘ taboo on tenderness ’ ) , nevertheless a basic interest in the child 's natural intellectual and social development , together with a less inhibited approach to sexual function , opened the door to greater permissiveness generally .
21 I had spent many happy hours with Frank , recording details not generally known to the public of his own and his father 's involvement with the BCR .
22 Cross-tabulation confirms this , with relatively few items not positively related to this issue .
23 Whilst it is perfectly true , as Roth points out , that any of the attributes of profession listed by such writers as Greenwood , Gross and Goode can also be found in occupations not usually assigned to the category ‘ profession ’ , we all ( Roth included ) , use the terms ‘ profession ’ and ‘ professional ’ both descriptively and analytically .
24 Concomitant symptoms are symptoms not directly related to but arising at the same time as , the main complaint such as a headache with diarrhoea or cold sores with a fever — things which are repeatedly associated , so that the patient might say ‘ Whenever I get this problem I always get a stomach upset ’ or whatever it may be .
25 Graduates not only contribute to industry with their knowledge and practical experience of current practice and methodologies , they bring new ideas to that industry .
26 Much of the discussion at the meeting was about issues not directly related to cycling , such as the wearing of rear seat belts .
27 Questions 4–9 , and question 11 , were on accounts-related issues not specifically addressed to sole practice .
28 I shall suggest that these attempts to find what I call compensatory factors not only fail to be counterbalances , but also represent the undoing of Christology .
29 Many other factors not directly related to cold have been involved .
30 Residents not only object to the volume of traffic , but also the speed at which motorists drive through the village .
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