Example sentences of "not a [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It promises , not a bedrock to philosophy and lifestyle , but a feast of weird explanations , a mental trip . |
| 2 | With some horses , animation that is not a response to anxiety or fear , becomes a thing of the past ; but with others , especially Arabians , cheerfulness and animation continue as a consistent part of their personality . |
| 3 | It was not a call to workaholism and a sense of achievement , but to an abiding relationship with him . |
| 4 | Demerger is clearly the right road but it is not a freeway to success . |
| 5 | Accepting help thus does not entail an accumulation of debt nor does it imply subordination , and is not a route to subjugation . |
| 6 | Members must have been trading in the UK for at least two years and must disclose their turnover and profits — lack of profits are not a bar to membership however , he added , because ‘ we would hate to disallow the big international business machine companies ’ . |
| 7 | That man is not a menace to society , and there are a great many other similar people who should never be in prison . |
| 8 | Woolton told the House of Lords on 30 April 1952 that ‘ the work of the co-ordinators is not a responsibility to Parliament ; it is a responsibility to the Cabinet ’ . |
| 9 | The very philosophy of the Hegelians is therefore not a challenge to society but a way of making such challenge unthinkable . |
| 10 | So the new novel is not a party to faith , only to a faintly envious sympathy with those who are faithful . |
| 11 | He claimed scientific evidence had shown low levels of salmonella in water were not a risk to health . |
| 12 | It was not a conversion to Christianity . |
| 13 | Unlike other non-operative treatments , a non-functioning gall bladder with a stone impacted in Hartmann 's pouch is not a contraindication to treatment and stones were removed successfully in 15 of 16 patients with a return of cystic duct patency . |
| 14 | The generic label ‘ poststructuralist ’ is here useful merely as a shorthand to designate those contemporary writers who share not a hostility to history as such but a distrust of simple historicisms . |
| 15 | Surrounded by the commercial tat of a failed sexual ‘ revolution ’ , Punk Rock threw sex back into the face of society in an apocalyptic vision ; as the name Sex Pistols made clear , sex here was not a means to pleasure , or self-discovery but a weapon : ‘ 'It 's the only way to smash the wretched civilisation . ’ |
| 16 | No that 's a word that not a dot to dot |
| 17 | The provision of accommodation for a child under s20(1) is not a solution to homelessness and should not be offered to relieve a housing authority of its obligations under the Housing Acts . |
| 18 | However , physical restraint is not a solution to accident prevention and , indeed , excessive over protection will only deny a child the opportunity to explore and learn about the environment . |
| 19 | MATURITY IS : Recognising that it is not a commitment to self which brings happiness in life but rather a commitment to others . |
| 20 | He did n't find her remotely attractive , and the meal and wine were simply fuel to replenish spent energy , not a prelude to seduction . |
| 21 | During his speech at the inauguration ceremony , Sharon said that Jewish settlement was not an obstacle to peace , but was instead an obstacle to war . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |