Example sentences of "not a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It promises , not a bedrock to philosophy and lifestyle , but a feast of weird explanations , a mental trip . |
| 2 | This is not a reference to problems such as the environment , about which there is a consensus . |
| 3 | This makes Stark 's reference to ideology as ‘ prejudice-begotten thought ’ clearly not a reference to Marx 's own writing . |
| 4 | With some horses , animation that is not a response to anxiety or fear , becomes a thing of the past ; but with others , especially Arabians , cheerfulness and animation continue as a consistent part of their personality . |
| 5 | Goldring says : ‘ It is not a response to PMA and contains nothing about civil defence ’ . |
| 6 | John How was a solid good preacher but not a magnet to multitudes . |
| 7 | But Mr Riley argued that the parking on Hollyhurst Road was not a hazard to pedestrians who had to cross between parked cars instead they slowed down the speeding cars . |
| 8 | It was not a call to workaholism and a sense of achievement , but to an abiding relationship with him . |
| 9 | Botulism tends to remain in one location , so it 's not a threat to Slimbridge . |
| 10 | Demerger is clearly the right road but it is not a freeway to success . |
| 11 | Accepting help thus does not entail an accumulation of debt nor does it imply subordination , and is not a route to subjugation . |
| 12 | Members must have been trading in the UK for at least two years and must disclose their turnover and profits — lack of profits are not a bar to membership however , he added , because ‘ we would hate to disallow the big international business machine companies ’ . |
| 13 | That man is not a menace to society , and there are a great many other similar people who should never be in prison . |
| 14 | Contrary to popular myth , and the suggestion of your recent correspondent ( Points of View , 10 March ) , ivy is not a menace to trees , and indeed is not a parasite in any sense . |
| 15 | Woolton told the House of Lords on 30 April 1952 that ‘ the work of the co-ordinators is not a responsibility to Parliament ; it is a responsibility to the Cabinet ’ . |
| 16 | The very philosophy of the Hegelians is therefore not a challenge to society but a way of making such challenge unthinkable . |
| 17 | So the new novel is not a party to faith , only to a faintly envious sympathy with those who are faithful . |
| 18 | He claimed scientific evidence had shown low levels of salmonella in water were not a risk to health . |
| 19 | It was not a conversion to Christianity . |
| 20 | Unlike other non-operative treatments , a non-functioning gall bladder with a stone impacted in Hartmann 's pouch is not a contraindication to treatment and stones were removed successfully in 15 of 16 patients with a return of cystic duct patency . |
| 21 | Not a temptation to vandals |
| 22 | This is a very good program but , if you are not a novice to spreadsheets or computers , you will find it frustrating as it will be too slow for you . |
| 23 | The generic label ‘ poststructuralist ’ is here useful merely as a shorthand to designate those contemporary writers who share not a hostility to history as such but a distrust of simple historicisms . |
| 24 | Surrounded by the commercial tat of a failed sexual ‘ revolution ’ , Punk Rock threw sex back into the face of society in an apocalyptic vision ; as the name Sex Pistols made clear , sex here was not a means to pleasure , or self-discovery but a weapon : ‘ 'It 's the only way to smash the wretched civilisation . ’ |
| 25 | No that 's a word that not a dot to dot |
| 26 | People who have HIV or AIDS are not a danger to others and they do not need to tell people at school , at work or people that they meet every day . |
| 27 | Now villagers feel that AIDS sufferers should be treated with compassion , and that they are not a danger to others if it is known how to protect oneself from the disease . |
| 28 | The favoured solution is therefore to find ways of slowing cars to speeds at which the short sight-lines are not a danger to children . |
| 29 | The provision of accommodation for a child under s20(1) is not a solution to homelessness and should not be offered to relieve a housing authority of its obligations under the Housing Acts . |
| 30 | However , physical restraint is not a solution to accident prevention and , indeed , excessive over protection will only deny a child the opportunity to explore and learn about the environment . |