Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the mass media do not single-handedly give shape to the contours of the political system . |
| 2 | The section is intended to give the police power to impose conditions on ‘ coercive ’ marches which will not necessarily give rise to disorder ; a National Front march through a predominantly Asian district may well prompt many of the citizens simply to board up their properties and remain indoors . |
| 3 | Overall , the objective is not only to give prominence to the life and work of a highly original and much underrated communist intellectual and novelist , but also to scrutinise the example of Nizan as a guiding principle for action in the present . |
| 4 | By the 1930s not only had admission to a profession become the goal of every middle-class family in the land , but they had come to seem bulwarks of society . |
| 5 | Bell , the Company 's Managing Director , explained why it was in the interests of the Company 's policyholders that levels of reversionary bonuses not only had regard to the investment outlook but also preserved the Company 's ability to invest freely so that its total performance would not be adversely affected . |
| 6 | Essentially what all are saying is that a right to consent to medical treatment , whether required under the common law ( see Gillick 's case ) or under statute ( section 8 ) , must and does carry with it a right not only to refuse consent to treatment , but to refuse the treatment itself . |
| 7 | Eugenists not only opposed charity to the poor , but also favoured child allowances to the better-off to encourage the breeding of superior specimens . |
| 8 | As Duchess of Aquitaine she had inherited the ducal claim to Toulouse , but at Limoges Raymond had not only done homage to the Dukes of Aquitaine , he had also done homage to the Young King . |
| 9 | This analysis of the dominant building styles of our society suggests that a set of representations derived from the interests and perspectives of a particular group in society not only denies access to this aspect of culture to alternative perspectives , but at the same time causes these representations to appear to be the image of those who have been excluded . |
| 10 | To be sure , he still upheld the standards of his father ; he played a full role in the family business on the manufacturing side , but the crown went to his younger brother , Horace , who had not only secured field-promotion to Captain , but went on to bring the family business — and his industry — to new heights , for which he was awarded the OBE several years later . |
| 11 | In point of time , however , one can find the specific civilian proposition from the US Ambassador in Paris a week earlier , on 11 December , not only to extend aid to Vietnam from the President 's special $75 m. fund but also recommending direct ‘ Marshall plan ’ financing for Indo-China : which the French had tentatively asked for at the beginning of 1949 . |
| 12 | The scene can be " replayed " in ways suggested by the spectators , as if the spectators not only have access to the rewind button of a video recorder , but can also change what is enacted before them . |
| 13 | The valves enclosing the tentacles not only give protection to these soft delicate structures , but concentrate the water into a steady stream so that it flows more effectively over them . |
| 14 | In normal or right sexuality , argues Scruton , we not only give recognition to the other 's person in and through our desire tor him or her , we also accord them accountability and care in the process . |
| 15 | Greek civilization not only gave rise to philosophy but it also produced , in the fifth century BC , the first real historians . |
| 16 | Once this happens , the medium is said to not only reduce ammonia/nitrite to nitrate , but go one step further and , by means of the anaerobic bugs , convert nitrate to harmless nitrogen gas . |
| 17 | And it needs not only to provide access to files or data , but actually to connect applications running anywhere on the network — and through the application , to connect the minds that are putting the applications to work . |
| 18 | These tools should enable all children , not only to gain access to the curriculum but also to allow and encourage them to respond to it in a way which clearly expresses their understanding . |
| 19 | Stepson of a rabbi and product of a broken home , Laszlo was brought up in an orphanage , and it is clear that from a very early age this intense , obstinate man sought not only to bring order to his own life but to control to an unprecedented degree the environment of his future family . |
| 20 | It is the reasonable foreseeability of harm arising from one 's conduct which in many types of cases not only gives rise to the duty of care to avoid inflicting such harm , but also provides the test for determining whether a person injured by the careless conduct of another falls within the class of persons to whom a duty of care is owed . |
| 21 | The exclusion from the survey of land held by customary tenures not only restricts attention to a minority , but seriously distorts the profile of effective ownership , for not infrequently the lord of the manor 's control was more apparent than real : |
| 22 | This not only adds power to the punch , but also gives the karateka a second strike in readiness , should it be needed . |
| 23 | If one takes this as a statement obliquely concerning the Marxist political project , it has a certain validity , in that it brings out the difference between Marxism and ‘ meritocratic ’ , or social-democratic notions of ‘ equality of opportunity ’ : the Marxist project is not merely to allow access to the privileged classes for the most ‘ able ’ individuals from all sections of society , but to transform the class structure ( to eliminate private possession of the major means of production and hierarchical management , and to institute a democratically socialised appropriation ) . |
| 24 | There was a strong belief that radio should not merely give prominence to the national leadership but also take measures to reduce foreign influence and content in its programmes . |
| 25 | Corporation tax that is repaid as a result of a carry back of ACT will not generally give rise to a repayment supplement . |
| 26 | What do the Government intend to do not just to offer help to individuals but to give areas such as mine the opportunity to be again a fully participating part of this nation ? |
| 27 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
| 28 | ( Midland Bank will not normally give credit to applicants under 18 years of age . ) |
| 29 | ( Midland Bank will not normally give credit to applicants under 18 years of age . ) |
| 30 | Midland Bank will not normally give credit to applicants under 18 years of age . |