Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were to he not only the routes to culture and the intellect but the means to romance and sort of sex . |
| 2 | ( iii ) Pupils should consider not only the extent to which English has changed since Shakespeare 's day but also some of the ways in which it is changing now . |
| 3 | In the process it will be necessary to examine not only the extent to which geographic issues feature on the policy issues agenda in these fields but also the institutional context which governs decision-making and the extent to which data are available for research and policy analysis purposes . |
| 4 | The uncertainties concerned not only the ends to be sought but also the means chosen to achieve them . |
| 5 | The generation before the Revolution saw not only the opposition to royal power offered by the parlements and their allies but a growth in criticism of the monarchical regime of a more fundamental and ultimately more dangerous kind . |
| 6 | He must know … not only the influences to which he may be made to respond , but those to which his nature is now day by day responding — the complex environment which … is the unconscious education of his body and mind and will . |
| 7 | Change in rural transport is not only the key to many of the changes outlined in Chapters 4 and 5 , but it is also a central connecting factor linking service provision and rural deprivation . |
| 8 | Green candidate , Bill Hughes sees investment in more public transport as not only the key to an improved environment , but also to an improved economy . |
| 9 | The Royal Commission publishes an Annual Review of its work ( with maps and photographs ) and this is a worthwhile document to seek out , for it gives not only the background to the work undertaken but keeps the publications record up-to-date . |
| 10 | A variation on this is to hold in each entry in the translation table , not only the value to be placed in the destination string , but also the address of a new translation table to be used for the next source character . |
| 11 | Writing the play brought back a whole period of his early life : not merely the marriage to Vivien but the friendship with Emily Hale . |
| 12 | Er and the proposal that I shall report is the and in particular those matter our certainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm it arose obviously are much more widespread than in the past week , but er I was granted in fact to give consideration to this result of the parish meeting , conventional routine parish meeting at Barnham er on the fourth of January erm which led to the largest parish meetings I think they 've had in many years erm when because people were incensed with the suffering and the hardship that they had as a result of the flooding on the night of Thursday the thirtieth of December erm should let me say first of all that erm I would congratulate all those who were involved er in dealing with the present emergency operations erm it 's quite superb , it 's erm it seemed to be erm a remarkable reflection on the capacity er that to deal with certain circumstances reflects very well on this authority and in saying that I mean it 's not just the opposites to the men and women who are involved , but also whereas I 'm sure many members are here that members amongst our numbers have putting on very long hours in dealing with the present circumstances and I congratulate on the activities . |
| 13 | Well , this is better than nothing , but you must remember , it is not just the length to the armhole because this must match with width of the sleeve head . |
| 14 | Teachers ' leaders have expressed concern in the past at the risks to which teachers are exposing themselves if things go wrong , not just the risk to life and limb , but in terms of the extent of their legal responsibility for doing work which is outwith paid requirements . |
| 15 | It is not just the disruption to my life , but it is also the waste to the hospital . ’ |
| 16 | Erm but erm I I merely pose it as as an indication that erm it is possible for local authorities to erm not open the door to development , speculative development , er if they do not wish to do so erm because it does not ride override existing structure plan policies . |
| 17 | It would appear therefore that recruiting more volunteers is not always the answer to staff shortages . |
| 18 | Not really the answer to the question but it 's the best I can do . |
| 19 | ‘ In some ways I 'm not really the guy to be asking about all this , because Quo have such a one-off sound . |
| 20 | Particularly in parts of the world such as Australia the planation surfaces contribute a major part of the geomorphological story and Ollier ( 1979 , p. 534 ) has concluded that process studies are of limited value ; the present is not invariably the key to the past , much of Australia is not in equilibrium with the present conditions of base level , tectonics or climate , and cyclic theories do not fit the Australian scene very well . |
| 21 | There are various reasons for this change — financial economy , production convenience , the emergence of some imaginative designers , and not least the response to user needs . |
| 22 | I tried to make her understand that kids were n't necessarily the key to happiness . |
| 23 | It was n't just the flight to New York , the tedium of the long-drawn-out customs and transport formalities , and the helicopter trip between JFK airport and Manhattan that had been so tiring . |