Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two problems are thus solved at once : it becomes clear that terminology does not refer only to grammar , and the reasons for the terminology come before the terminology itself . |
| 2 | Strictly speaking , marriage does not contribute directly to population change , but , because of its association with the legitimacy of births in most countries , marriage rates have been of some interest . |
| 3 | THE owner of a Newtownards pub targeted by loyalist bombers because it hosted folk music sessions has vowed that he will not give in to terrorist threats . |
| 4 | ‘ We can not run back to Uncle ! ’ |
| 5 | During October 1989 the Bush administration appeared to take a more positive stance on perestroika , playing down the views of Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gates , the leading proponent of the view that the USA should not react strongly to perestroika , because the reformist Soviet administration under Gorbachev might not survive for long . |
| 6 | Those who can not allow themselves to experience the pain and the guilt that goes with it can not move through to acceptance and therefore some more creative response . |
| 7 | Those who can not measure up to text-book success may feel a sense of guilt or failure . |
| 8 | Though after a moment of considering her question , seemed to think that there was no harm in revealing , ‘ I believe the dog does not take well to city life — he is up at the house . ’ |
| 9 | But she does not take kindly to criticism . |
| 10 | The rest were written off to the Chinese , who did not take kindly to violation of their air-space . |
| 11 | The pace of change in our lives is growing ever-swifter and that does not apply simply to technology . |
| 12 | Although this Act does not apply directly to animal feedstuffs , as compounders , we consider ourselves part of the human food chain . |
| 13 | Revised pay scales do not apply solely to employment within the NHS . |
| 14 | They resent disturbance so do not respond well to division . |
| 15 | Furthermore , young people themselves do not respond uniformly to unemployment . |
| 16 | Clearly , then , the provision of railways does not lead inevitably to industrialization . |
| 17 | The corporate approach demands , as Bains outlined , a central focus in both departmental and committee structures , and John Stewart has argued that this does not lead necessarily to domination by officers or to policies favourable to any particular groups in society . |
| 18 | Imagination does not lead necessarily to belief , but belief can not happen without the ground being prepared by imagination . |
| 19 | But this intuition does not stand up to inspection . |
| 20 | But it will not stand up to detergent . |
| 21 | Nevertheless Dynamius accused Theodore of plotting against Guntram , had him arrested and sent to the king for trial ; again the accusations did not stand up to scrutiny . |
| 22 | Given his concern with the exchange rate , the argument does not stand up to analysis . |
| 23 | The assertion , by Mr Guy Woodall , 37 , of Leatherhead , Surrey , that his sparkling British drink was the 400-year-old tradition known as elderflower champagne did not stand up to analysis , said counsel Mr Nicolas Bragge . |
| 24 | Yet the Imperial side of the argument — whatever view may be taken of the fiscal , economic and domestic — would not stand up to examination . |
| 25 | Its contents are hard to classify , and its quality is hard to define : it is a good-bad play , which does not stand up to examination once it is over but provides some striking effects while it lasts . |
| 26 | Assessment shows that the rhetoric of community involvement did not stand up to examination in the way that bids were compiled . |
| 27 | Many people wake up in the night with a wonderful " eureka " idea which does not stand up to examination in the cold light of morning . |
| 28 | It will not stand up to examination by the electorate in the coming election campaign . |
| 29 | Do not go on to fill in the objectives list until you and your partner have begun negotiations on your expectations . |
| 30 | It may or may not go on to say " produced in conjunction with brand X or company Y " . |