Example sentences of "not [adv] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the 1st May an odd selection of individuals , myself included , set out to travel not only South to Totnes Castle , but also back in time about 530 years . |
| 2 | It is also subject to all kinds of criticism ; not just listeners to Radio Four , but the employers of graduates speak disapprovingly of the way the English language is spoken . |
| 3 | The imaginary conversations he held as he travelled the country roads were not simply distractions to while away his lonely journeys but rehearsals of the arguments he would use to outsmart the hunters and send them back home empty-handed . |
| 4 | We also hear , incidentally , that Dr Mowlam and Tory candidate Robert Goodwill shared the last waltz ( ‘ not quite cheek to cheek ’ says the gallant Goodwill ) at the Langbaurgh council 's chairman 's ball on Friday . |
| 5 | Making no attempt to disguise his anger at the Ulster decision John Hunter added : ‘ The fact that it was a blanket no , and that it was n't even person to person , made it all the more galling . ’ |