Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] to an end " in BNC.
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| 1 | The end of the Persian War did not bring to an end the Athenian Empire , though the existence of the confederacy was now harder to justify . |
| 2 | But Enterprise Neptune has not drawn to an end with the successful completion of its Silver Jubilee year . |
| 3 | It is coming to an end in May , it is not coming to an end in practice . |
| 4 | JANUARY 1st dawned in Czechoslovakia and the world did not come to an end . |
| 5 | 1 Samuel 4 renews the story of the conflict between the two peoples , and that rivalry remains a major feature of the account of Saul 's reign , and does not come to an end till victories won by David , described in 2 Samuel 5 . |
| 6 | Held , allowing the appeal , that although there was a strong presumption against interpreting a statute as taking away the right of silence of an accused person it was the plain intention of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 that the powers of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office should not come to an end when the person under investigation had been charged ; and that , accordingly , she was entitled to compel the applicant to answer questions on pain of commission of a criminal offence under section 2(13) of the Act of 1987 if he did not do so and no caution was appropriate ( post , pp. 68F–H , 81C–F , 83E , 86H ) . |
| 7 | Thus , a tenancy for a term of " seven years and thereafter from year to year " is not a term certain because the tenancy will not come to an end until notice is served . |
| 8 | My friends have also made it difficult for me , but the world has n't come to an end . ’ |
| 9 | And the whole point of credit cards and other forms of revolving credit is that they do n't come to an end . |