Example sentences of "if not to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court of Appeal had ruled that whether or not such material might be ‘ beneficial to those who were sexually repressed or perverted or deviant ’ did not make its publication ‘ an object of general concern ’ , since otherwise any form of pornography could be defended on the ground that it was beneficial to some people , if not to the public at large . |
| 2 | In general , areas of tabular relief seem best suited to the preservation , if not to the formation , of incised meanders , e.g. the Mesozoic areas of the Paris Basin and the lower Wye gorge , although why this should be so is not certain . |
| 3 | Orders for discovery rarely are made in criminal appeals and , when made , generally go , if not to the prosecution , then , as here , to a statutory body . |
| 4 | Wilfrid , however , reacted passionately , if not to the partition of his diocese then to his expulsion and to the bishops who were appointed from communities other than his own — Eata , who had been obliged to leave a new monastic foundation at Ripon to make way for Wilfrid in Ealhfrith 's time , now consecrated bishop in Bernicia with his see at Wilfrid 's monastic foundation at Hexham ; Eadhaed , a former companion of Chad ( HE 111 , 28 ) , bishop of Lindsey ; and Bosa , trained at Whitby where the community under Abbess Hild had opposed acceptance of the Roman Easter at the council of Whitby , bishop of Deira at York ( HE IV , 12 ) . |
| 5 | Despite his pessimism , the Prince has , of course , made a considerable difference , if not to the world , then certainly to a number of individuals living in it . |
| 6 | It was apparent to Theodora , if not to the Inspector , that they simply did not know . |