Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be an inconvenience which ‘ materially interferes with the ordinary comfort of human existence , not merely according to elegant or dainty modes and habits of living , but according to plain and sober and simple notions among the English people ’ . |
| 2 | Not now belonging to any Particular golf club , joining the Seniors was something I greatly looked forward to . |
| 3 | The appeal to the sense of touch in Leapor 's description entails that descriptions are organized not simply according to visual planes , but around the persons in the poem . |
| 4 | Yeah , so , so what happens then if they say I 'm not even going to that interview then because I could n't live on it , even with all the other benefits , what happens then ? |
| 5 | He has command , but he is closed to everything which is not exclusively pertaining to military order . |
| 6 | Sadly , pregnant girls were not yet flocking to this club , even after a launch day at the civic centre , and radio advertising . |
| 7 | For many it seemed expedient and not seriously damaging to British interests to give the Soviets the benefit of many doubts — at least for the time being . |