Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun sg] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | Even if it were true that the war is over and the Serbs have won , victory will not bring stability to Bosnia & Hercegovina . |
2 | The Druze leader , Walid Jumblatt , said in Amman yesterday that the Taif deal would not bring peace to Lebanon and that , although he did not intend to block it , he would not accept it either . |
3 | Thus the car did not belong to the customer who therefore could not transfer ownership to X. |
4 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
5 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
6 | Regulations have also been discussed regarding the suspension and dismissal of public employees who do not express loyalty to General Noriega . |
7 | But words ca n't do justice to Jan Ormerod 's wonderful animal pictures , which make each spread in this large-format picture a joy to look at . |
8 | Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune , but it still did n't bring happiness to Boris Becker . |
9 | Er er er I mentioned er in an earlier interjection the fact that Price Waterhouse in this country er would n't give evidence and did n't provide information to Price Waterhouse partners er er i i in the United States er er the government I think , can only er deal with this by some effective regulation er of auditing er and by some er er effective er independent regulate . |
10 | But that 's peanuts compared with what I stand to lose if I do n't get Seawitch to Athens by the fourth . ’ |
11 | She certainly would n't say boo to Rodney but get her out from under his shadow and she 's got plenty of … character . ’ |