Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concert 's aim , Ms Maggs says , was not only to raise desperately needed funds for the CABA , but also to raise Institute members ' awareness of the CABA 's funding problems . |
| 2 | It was not enough to patch up existing gaps in the criminal law , the commission said . |
| 3 | Chilled though she was by the bleakness of his voice , it was not enough to damp down the new life in her head . |
| 4 | But this was not enough to keep away mosquitoes , which started to arrive and drift towards the flames . |
| 5 | DEFENDING champions Ajax Amsterdam were knocked out of the UEFA Cup last night when a 1–0 home victory was not enough to claw back a 4–2 first leg deficit to French club Auxerre in the quarter-finals . |
| 6 | The world No. 1 gave the tie her best , however , but even that was not enough to make up for the shortcomings of her second in command , Claudia Kohde- Kilsch . |
| 7 | as smokers but coming on to th the real point of the experiment was n't to look at fitness , and was n't just to set up a stop smoking project , but what I wanted to look at was whether people gain weight or not . |
| 8 | as if the cold was n't enough to put up with , Detective Lomax 's disgust and discomfort were increased by the damp clinging fog , which was gradually thickening and reducing visibility . |
| 9 | I told him they said there was n't enough to go on , but if anything else happened it would all count . ’ |
| 10 | It would n't be their fault that there was n't enough to go round . |