Example sentences of "not to a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | In the case of a buy-out , disclosure should be made at the first board meeting at which the proposed buy-out is considered , and should be made to the full board and not to a committee of it . |
2 | May L.J. , at p. 41 , refers to a submission made by counsel for the prosecution that Nolan J. 's reference to ‘ the alternatives ’ was a reference to a choice between breath on the one hand and blood or urine on the other hand and not to a choice between blood and urine . |
3 | I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff , South and Penarth ( Mr. Michael ) that it is doubly absurd to destroy jobs in the British tobacco industry — as has been done on a large scale — if that leads not to a reduction in tobacco consumption but to the substitution of imported brands of cigarette . |
4 | Certainly not to a man like Pete or to Henry . |
5 | Any enquiry about the work should be made to him , not to a member of his staff . |
6 | Most failures in examinations are due not to a deficiency of knowledge but chiefly to lack of familiarity with the techniques of playing the examination game . |
7 | ( 6 ) and not to a contravention of subs . |
8 | To acknowledge any such standard would be , in effect , to accept a principle that might lead to a lesser religious or other liberty , if not to a loss of freedom altogether to advance many of one 's spiritual ends . |