Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb infin] [noun] 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 | The fact that his life is totally unrecorded until 866 need not suggest that Ermentrude 's own influence was limited , but shows that a royal marriage did not necessarily bring honours to the bride 's close kinsmen . |
| 4 | It has been SCOTVEC 's consistent view that centres can not only prepare students/trainees to the level of occupational competence , but can also model the requirements of the workplace . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The right of reply privilege does not merely protect responses to criticisms made in Parliament , of course : it is a privilege of general application , arising from the legitimate interest of individuals in protecting their reputations , and it is shared by the media when it facilitates that interest . |
| 7 | In a unit where most of the people were drug abusers it would not exactly endear Lizzy to them to have a mother who was a ‘ filth ’ . |
| 8 | Corporation tax that is repaid as a result of a carry back of ACT will not generally give rise to a repayment supplement . |
| 9 | Unlike negotiation , consultation procedures do not generally allow disagreements to be referred up to higher levels of the machinery ; once the formal consultation has taken place , management may implement its measures with or without agreement . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ( Midland Bank will not normally give credit to applicants under 18 years of age . ) |
| 12 | ( Midland Bank will not normally give credit to applicants under 18 years of age . ) |
| 13 | Midland Bank will not normally give credit to applicants under 18 years of age . |
| 14 | Consequently , 20 smaller cities and their surrounds , which would not normally have access to world-class exhibitions , would have a permanent , but changing , Prado exhibition . |
| 15 | A special link is used in conjunction with passwords and allows users who do not normally have access to a user 's modules without supplying a valid password ( as they are in a different branch of the user tree ) . |
| 16 | Fernand was employed by the previous owner and does not always see eye to eye with Alain on the way the estate should be managed , but no … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Added to which the Reichsführer and Admiral Canaris do not always see eye to eye . |
| 18 | An existing right is one where the landlord can not unreasonably withhold consent to the tenant 's exercise of the right , or where the tenant does not need consent but must meet the landlord 's costs . |
| 19 | Koshland also found that the depolarisation and ACh acted in similar but parallel ways ; habituation to , say , ACh stimulation did not also produce habituation to depolarisation . |
| 20 | Do not automatically add salt to a meal . |
| 21 | Knowing our past does not automatically yield solutions to the problems of the present : but without a knowledge of the past it would be impossible even to contemplate addressing these problems . |
| 22 | Another disadvantage of yield to maturity is that investors do not typically hold bonds to maturity . |
| 23 | ‘ The figures show that people do not really watch television to be informed , they watch it to relax , ’ said David Graham , whose research company compiled the top 100 . |
| 24 | Our black-and-white picture does not really do justice to its chameleon-like metallic paintwork , which seems to appear as green , silver or blue according to the light . |
| 25 | Many think that in spite of strenuous efforts by Mill , utilitarianism can not really do justice to the concept of justice . |
| 26 | Cocaine addiction does not invariably give rise to physiological addiction and there may be no significant physical effects of withdrawal . |
| 27 | ‘ We did not even offer protection to goalkeeper Stephen Pears , who was being watched by England number two Lawrie McMenemy . |
| 28 | I could not even give instructions to a painter . |
| 29 | Worse still , it may not even make sense to the target reader . |
| 30 | Some of the words did not even make sense to her but , through the confusion , she 'd been able to salvage enough to piece together roughly the contents . |