Example sentences of "not [adv] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he saw it , his role was not necessarily to support the region but to be the earpiece and branch line for the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | This is true , but on the other hand it must be said that to give the wrong answer to a problem is not necessarily to miss the point of it . |
| 3 | To be concerned about the fate of historic buildings when thousands of people were being uprooted was not necessarily to pity the plumage and forget the dying bird . |
| 4 | To call an activity , or aspects of an activity , or even a person ‘ professional ’ is not necessarily to apply a seal of approval . |
| 5 | The notes of guidance to the Code stress that the purpose of any interview is not necessarily to obtain an admission but to obtain from the suspect his explanation of the facts . |
| 6 | To establish a correlation is not necessarily to establish a connection . |
| 7 | But taking care is not enough to stop the kind of terrible crimes that are so often carried out by people who are truly evil or sick . |
| 8 | In general , there are many situations without a check in which enough of the energy of the returning hammer will be absorbed to prevent the hammer reaching the string for a second time , but not enough to stop the hammer bouncing up some way towards the string . |
| 9 | Coun. John Williams , leader of Darlington borough council , said their £10.324m. standard spending assessment the amount the Government says they need to provide services was not enough to give the town its planned facelift . |
| 10 | Even if he had brought his kingship pure and intact back from Rome and launched a holy crusade such as apostles dream of , two years is not enough to sew a kingdom together . |
| 11 | President Reagan lifted the ban two years ago , but the Barnwell consortium says this is not enough to expunge the injury caused by Carter to its plans . |
| 12 | But that was not enough to save The Witch . |
| 13 | He attracted new customers but not enough to save the company . |
| 14 | But it was not enough to save the company 's jobs . |
| 15 | Against Team Cotswold , Partners started slowly and went 5–0 down and a late recovery was not enough to save the set . |
| 16 | Still not enough to ease the misery for the Central South football sides . |
| 17 | It is not enough to acknowledge the importance of collective entrepreneurship ; clear and consistent signals must reinforce the new story . |
| 18 | Such a slight obstruction was not enough to affect the taking of the sortes , when they were opening the book with ceremony , both hands parting the leaves and a finger pointing the line . |
| 19 | One of the lessons we learned early on from QES was that it 's not enough to appoint a number of specialist trainers , brilliant though they may be , and expect them to lead change . |
| 20 | It is not enough to agree a deal in principle with a receiver , the purchaser will have to deliver the cash before anyone else in order to win . |
| 21 | It sold at a high enough price per pound to cover the cost of carrying it across the Atlantic , and Jamestown enjoyed a tobacco boom , though the increase in exports from 20,000 lb. in 1617 to 350,000 lb. in 1621 was not enough to enable the Company to show a profit , because the ( wholesale , pre-duty ) price fell from four or five shillings a pound to a shilling a pound at the same time . |
| 22 | In the event their prestige was not enough to hold the seat . |
| 23 | ‘ On Friday night there would have been no water in the basin after two , not enough to float a cork . ’ |
| 24 | And Wycliffe 's own note of his conversation with Penrose : ‘ There would be no water in the basin after two o'clock , not enough to float a cork … ’ |
| 25 | Even the promise of a pay freeze for Ministers was not enough to take the heat out of the effective pay cut for millions . |
| 26 | Most carers have attachment and affection to sustain them ; recognising that the deepest levels of such feelings are not enough to see the process through , involves some grief . |
| 27 | The final circuit dropped Marrs back to 14th while Barthelsson had worked his way steadily up from 12th after one lap to 4th at the finish , a systematic climb through the top of the fleet but not enough to put a Swede in the top three placings , the initial group ( except Marrs ) not having changed throughout the race . |
| 28 | And 99 per cent of women have jobs , even if they have children , because one salary is not enough to support the family . |
| 29 | It is not enough to enlarge a peasant 's piece of land , he must have the wherewithal to cultivate it . |
| 30 | ‘ And under the law , it is simply not enough to design a kitchen with good equipment in it — you must now have the means to monitor and control operations , ’ he said . |