Example sentences of "not [vb infin] an [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Synod 's decision does not signal an end to ecumenical relations . |
| 2 | But it did not bring an end to the speculation and confusion which was rending the civilized world . |
| 3 | Mr Maskey added that internment in any form would not bring an end to the republican campaign . |
| 4 | We are quite clear , and we were clear when we conducted the talks this summer , that they were not peace talks because they would not bring an end to the violence , but were one of the pressures that can be mounted against the terrorists . |
| 5 | After a meeting with the US secretary of state , Warren Christopher , in Washington , Britain 's Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , warned that all non-humanitarian goods would be blocked from going into Serbia and Montenegro if the talks did not bring an end to the conflict . |
| 6 | The words of the statute , as they stand , do not give an answer to the question before the judge ; and the question is therefore legislative rather than interpretative . |
| 7 | But the linear structure of her stage sequence does not present an alternative to the structure of Kohlberg 's theory : it merely parallels it . |
| 8 | The promise refers to the post-resurrection days ; it does not provide an exception to Mark 's sharp portrait of Jesus alone as the man uniquely possessed by the Holy Spirit . |
| 9 | This still might not provide an answer to the problem , if only because he might be deceived by others as well as by the stranger himself . |
| 10 | ( The precise scope of executive privilege was unclear : the only Supreme Court ruling on the doctrine — the 1974 decision against Nixon — found it to have a basis in the Constitution but adjudicated that it should not provide an impediment to criminal prosecution . ) |
| 11 | But a boy could not become an apprentice to a bricklayer , or a tradesman . |
| 12 | It appears reasonable to claim that a man without the capacity to put himself in another 's place could not understand a moral appeal ( even if he should happen to be a law-abiding man who accepts commands and prohibitions on external authority ) , just as someone incapable of shifting temporal viewpoints could not understand an appeal to his future interests . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman does not set an example to others in the consumption of champagne , as I do not believe that he seeks such a tipple |
| 14 | These cause more of a problem as it is thought that a scheme of arrangement under CA 1985 , s425 can not bind a member who did not have an opportunity to be present or represented at the court-ordered meeting . |
| 15 | and it can not produce an alternative to a defective police case . |
| 16 | This did not imply an end to the CME 's fungible link with SIMEX , but it did signal the realisation that regulatory complications made it unlikely that the mutual offset system could be extended around the globe . |
| 17 | Early attempts to eradicate mink failed , despite a reward on its tail , but the relaxation of bounty-hunting does not mean an end to suspicion and enmity . |
| 18 | They do not require an appeal to effects specific to the discriminative stimuli . |
| 19 | 570 an order deciding a preliminary issue of documentary construction was held to be a final order for the purposes of an appeal under the Supreme Court Act 1981 which does not allow an appeal to the Court of Appeal in England without leave from an interlocutory order . |
| 20 | Speaking at the launch of the Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992–93 RFU president Danie Serfontein warned that this could happen if the union feels that it can not put an end to illegal inducements , which he described as being ‘ widespread ’ . |
| 21 | The eight-year Iran-Iraq war , which ended in 1988 , did not put an end to the hostility between the two countries . |
| 22 | However , this legislation did not put an end to complaints about military obligation . |
| 23 | The Commonwealth did not put an end to the masque . |
| 24 | This did not put an end to their hunt for a privileged place in allied planning , nor did their efforts go unrewarded . |
| 25 | Obviously , I did not receive an answer to my question from the Scottish Office and , even under the priority written procedure , I have not yet received an answer from the Secretary of State for Transport . |
| 26 | Lucien could not summon an objection to this observation . |
| 27 | Its appraisal must be made by reference to the market position and the economic and financial power of the parties ; to alternatives available to suppliers and users ; to access to suppliers or markets ; to the structure of the markets affected , to take account of international competition ; to consider legal and factual barriers to entry ; and the interests of consumers and the development of technical and economic progress ( provided that the latter is to the consumers ' advantage and does not form an obstacle to competition ) . |
| 28 | It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq . |
| 29 | The Swedish government welcomed the positive opinion , and reiterated its view that neutrality or defence considerations would not form an obstacle to Sweden 's accession to the EC . |
| 30 | It must also take account of : ( 1 ) the market position and economic and financial strength of the parties to the merger ; ( 2 ) the availability of alternative products ; ( 3 ) barriers to entry ; ( 4 ) the interests of consumers ; and ( 5 ) the development of technical and economic progress as long as it is to consumers ' advantage and does not form an obstacle to competition . |