Example sentences of "not [adv] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ' ’ But not on to the other ? ’ |
| 2 | At the back of the fort they diverted the Jumna and laid in its place a main road so that the delicate Mughal pavilions look out , not on to the source of the Waters of Paradise , but on to Mahatma Gandhi Marg , the most noisy and polluted stretch of the Delhi Ring Road . |
| 3 | They are simple to install ; all that is required is that they be level from side to side , and with the lip of the lowest basin protruding sufficiently so that the water empties directly into the pool water and not on to the edging of the pool . |
| 4 | Some people , brought up in the expectation of forging a career and getting near the top if not right to the top in their profession , may be deeply committed to their work . |
| 5 | To a typesetter , the closure in 1960 of the last Liberal daily , the News Chronicle , might simply mean he must take his typesetting skills elsewhere , and not necessarily to a newspaper . |
| 6 | Parents should be held to some degree , not necessarily to a tune of a thousand pound , but they should be made in some way , to be responsible for their |
| 7 | - , and to applications ( such as PipeDream ) , but not necessarily to the filing system . |
| 8 | However , if there is no free charge in the space between the conductors , and strictly for two-dimensional problems , there is a method to which the adjective " general " might be attached , a method that provides plenty of answers but not necessarily to the questions asked . |
| 9 | In short , if you crept up behind a chameleon and shouted ‘ boo ’ it would respond by changing colour but not necessarily to the colour of its surroundings . |
| 10 | However , Davis and Latter ( 1989 ) concluded that such developments are not necessarily to the benefit of any other centre , and orderly removal of excess capacity should be seen as a normal component of London 's evolution . |
| 11 | This is an advantage to the consumer , but not necessarily to the manufacturer , who may well have made both ! |
| 12 | He was more involved with the businesses and the actual mergers than Mr Milken ever was , but not necessarily to the good . |
| 13 | The Body Shop had brought a complaint against the Board , claiming that it was prejudging the Commission 's view , and that it was paying too much attention to industrial lobby groups and not enough to the concerns of consumers and environmental organisations . |
| 14 | more than seemed to be indicated in the figures that we 've got , because Buck 's figures for the extent of supplementary income are I know they 're significant but they 're not enough to the kinds of levels people had been living at . |
| 15 | Far too much attention goes to the final judgements readers offer on the text , not enough to the context within which such remarks are generated . |
| 16 | It refers not only to a present which is constantly breaking down to form reveal the fragments of the past , but a view of our surroundings which may seem whole and contiguous , but which in fact is forever splintering and reshaping itself as our minds piece together the fragments that our eyes actually perceive . |
| 17 | We shall end with a brief survey of the fragmented current scene and a pointed reminder that International Relations is heir not only to a tradition of scientific explanation but also to one of historical understanding . |
| 18 | The fusion of culture and entertainment that is taking place today leads not only to a depravation of culture , but inevitably to an intellectualization of amusement . |
| 19 | That applies not only to a decision but to appearing under an appellate process . |
| 20 | Another change has been extensive draining of moorland ( Stewart and Lance , 1983 ) and this allied to increased sheep numbers and other factors ( Anderson and Yalden , 1981 ) has led not only to a decrease in moorland vegetation but to a reduction in wildlife , notably grouse . |
| 21 | Once , the oral tradition ensured that knowledge went not only to the brain but to the heart , to become the synthesis from within . |
| 22 | This led not only to the aggravation of unemployment problems but also to the lowering of labour force participation rates through earlier retirement and fewer married women returning to work after child-rearing — a phenomenon which , not surprisingly , was particularly marked in northern cities and industrial towns . |
| 23 | Moreover , this raises other questions about Cnut 's predecessors , questions without definite answers , but worth air-ing nonetheless , because relevant not only to the issue of how Swegen conquered England but also that of whether Cnut was already familiar with administrative institutions of an English type when he became its king . |
| 24 | That application form put him on the ladder , not only to the top of the Japanese profession , but to international recognition — on 1 January this year he took over the chairmanship of the International Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 25 | To do so was to court death and to surrender , not only to the hurricane , but to surrender a nation , however small , into the hands of killers . |
| 26 | Moreover , in determining what is extraordinary or unreasonable the courts can have regard not only to the interests of the defendant but to the public interest as well . |
| 27 | Richard Branson agreed to advance £200,000 to complete The Great Rock ‘ n ’ Roll Swindle — but on the basis that Virgin had rights not only to the film but also to recoup the money from the group 's record royalties . |
| 28 | The two conditions implied by section 14 extend , not only to the goods actually bought , but also to goods ‘ supplied under ’ the contract , e.g. a returnable bottle , Geddling v. Marsh ( 1920 K.B. ) . |
| 29 | From now on , the message would go to everyone and not only to the synagogues . |
| 30 | ‘ A lot of the credit for that goes not only to the photographers themselves who have argued their case for greater prominence , but a great debt is owed to people like the editor Harold Evans who pioneered the creative use of photography in papers . |