Example sentences of "[vb pp] not to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice the new discourse was addressed not to the population at large but to potential members of an elite of " the educated " . |
| 2 | The principle appears to be related not to the Crown as such but to the Crown when performing a particular function . |
| 3 | Although there were gaps in the system , such as the provision for small firms and for high-risk finance , the fundamental problem with the financing of industry in the UK was correctly attributed not to the lack of availability of external financing , but rather to the inadequacy of industrial performance . |
| 4 | Her antiseptic presence transformed Mr Sunderland 's office into a place where children were condemned not to the cane or detention but to threadworms or impetigo or a terrible weakness of the chest that could only be treated in some distant sanatorium . |
| 5 | The Williamson Tender , named after the case in which it was first used , is directed not to the pursuer but to a joint wrongdoer from whom a contribution is hoped for , be that joint wrongdoer another defender or a third party . |
| 6 | The police are directed not to the Polytechnique , but to a nearby student residence , and do not arrive at the Polytechnique until nearly twenty minutes past five . |
| 7 | But in a reply to a letter from prospective Stockton South Labour MP John Scott , a senior ambulance officer says : ‘ The account was submitted not to the patient but to a relative whose name and address were given to us at the time of the booking . |
| 8 | It is attached not to the back of the mouth as ours is , but to the front . |
| 9 | Moreover , most attention was paid not to the conditions of work as such but to the moral and spiritual degradation said to accompany female employment . |