Example sentences of "not to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the case of a buy-out , disclosure should be made at the first board meeting at which the proposed buy-out is considered , and should be made to the full board and not to a committee of it .
2 May L.J. , at p. 41 , refers to a submission made by counsel for the prosecution that Nolan J. 's reference to ‘ the alternatives ’ was a reference to a choice between breath on the one hand and blood or urine on the other hand and not to a choice between blood and urine .
3 I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff , South and Penarth ( Mr. Michael ) that it is doubly absurd to destroy jobs in the British tobacco industry — as has been done on a large scale — if that leads not to a reduction in tobacco consumption but to the substitution of imported brands of cigarette .
4 It will be noted that failure to comply with a direction regarding structural alterations to a seamen 's canteen may result in a refusal to renew the licence It the next application , and not to a fine as under s.36 .
5 The title Kirkby Hill Races is something of a misnomer , as it refers not to a race but to an election .
6 ‘ But not to a midget who 's just eaten my lunch and whom I 've subsequently insulted , who then turns out to be one of the world 's top dress designers .
7 Older people may take longer to retrain for new tasks than younger , but not to a degree that makes such retraining not worth while .
8 Mr. Armitage [ junior counsel for the plaintiff ] suggested that clause ( b ) applies only to a mistake made by the officials in the Registry and not to a mistake made or induced by one or other of the parties .
9 His vocabulary was curiously outdated : he went , not to a film or the cinema but to the ‘ movies ’ , and ha'penny was always by him pronounced ‘ half-penny ’ .
10 Unlike Design Changes , SPRs and SSRs are related to specific versions of a module and not to a module name .
11 Certainly not to a man like Pete or to Henry .
12 She had been tricking herself earlier into thinking that he did , that their friendship was nearly as important to him as it was to her , but seeing him in the garden with Marise tonight , and hearing about his marriage , unhappy though it had been , had made her realise that friendship was never as important as passion — at least , she was sure , not to a man .
13 Any enquiry about the work should be made to him , not to a member of his staff .
14 The result is an industry-standard PC network built to perform — and not to a price ( although , as you 'd expect , our buy-direct prices are highly competitive ) .
15 I wanted to get rid of him , but not to a cop .
16 What is particularly interesting , however , is the fact that the shorter prologue ascribes the Pactus Legis Salicae to the Franks , their nobility and these four individuals , and not to a king .
17 ‘ Where are you taking me , if not to a hotel ? ’
18 Most importantly they come to see a film , not to a language class , so the language is a means to an end .
19 Most failures in examinations are due not to a deficiency of knowledge but chiefly to lack of familiarity with the techniques of playing the examination game .
20 The self interest of the senior managers has promoted the interest in the Trust application and not to a commitment to provide and maintain high quality care .
21 The dissent in Bolduc & Bird repays study : if consent is to a doctor and student it is not to a doctor and friend .
22 It was contended that purchasers looking for a good-quality carpet would go to a conventional carpet shop and not to a carpet superstore which they considered was more applicable to the lower end of the market .
23 Thus they considered it an affront to a man 's dignity — but not to a woman 's — to earn a wage only on a par with social security benefits .
24 If not to a woman , ’ he added , apparently as an afterthought .
25 The hon. Member for Lancaster rightly said that what the Home Secretary called the fast-track applicant will go not to a tribunal but to an adjudicator with no new evidence .
26 But Shakespeare 's manipulation ultimately disrupts Harsnett 's design : ‘ In Shakespeare , the realization that demonic possession is a theatrical imposture leads not to a clarification — the clear-eyed satisfaction of a man who refuses to be gulled — but to a deeper uncertainty , a loss of moorings , in the face of evil . ’
27 The Act was needed to make up for the shortcomings of the Sale of Goods Act , 1979 , which applied only to the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer and not to a situation where goods were being provided as part of a service , such as building work and car repairs , for example .
28 ( 6 ) and not to a contravention of subs .
29 Since the uncle is the boy 's heir , this shows that the jurist must regard a transmissible interest in the estate as having vested in the boy before his death ; which means that he is taking dies cedens to have passed , although the boy has not lived until age sixteen ; and that in turn means that he is interpreting the trust as subject not to a condition but to a term ( dies ) .
30 Section 61(1) of the Sale of Goods Act defines a warranty as ’ … an agreement with reference to goods which are the subject of a contract of sale , but collateral to the main purpose of such contract , the breach of which gives rise to a claim for damages , but not to a right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated . ’
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