Example sentences of "was not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not here to enjoy herself — well , not primarily — but to get that interview under way . |
| 2 | The former Ryder Cup man was not here to work on swings ; merely to pass on some of his knowledge on course management . |
| 3 | ‘ For someone who started out by stating he was not here to make judgments , you would appear to have a few already to hand , ’ he said acidly . |
| 4 | In two closely argued and provocative essays Alfred Rieber claimed that the object of the emancipation was not even to benefit the gentry ( let alone the peasantry ) , but rather to put the principal institutions of the autocracy , the treasury and the army , in a position to recover from the ravages of the Crimean War . |
| 5 | When I inform him that I read recently how the estimable gentleman had found the Lord and was living in a Salvation Army hostel in Grimsby , he wonders aloud whether the vodka and orange was not partly to blame . |
| 6 | And yet above that and beyond that what you were seeking to do was not just to serve the Board of World Mission and Unity , it was to serve what you believed was the good and right for the church of god which you have sought to serve and to support and to take further . |
| 7 | Britain 's strategy was not just to block the Six , but to have something in place should they succeed in getting their common market off the ground . |
| 8 | The pool system was not just to protect journalists and share the work out fairly , but also to control and censor the media . |
| 9 | So , third , the purpose of the Council was not just to restate and defend past doctrines — for that a Council was not necessary — but to ‘ make a leap forward in doctrinal insight and the education of consciences in ever greater fidelity to authentic teaching . |
| 10 | When Bilqis , Queen of Sheba , travelled from her domain in southern Arabia to visit King Solomon , it was not just to pay a social call . |
| 11 | The task was not simply to come to terms with Wagner 's music drama , but to reconcile his theory of it with his actual practice . |
| 12 | The point of [ 14b ] was not simply to provide a paraphrase : it is in no sense a literal representation ( interpretation ) of the utterance in [ 14a ] . |
| 13 | The brief given to Fisher was not simply to prepare the way for a measure of egalitarian reform , but to introduce some order into the whole area of adolescent education which , given the increase in juvenile delinquency , and mounting industrial unrest , was felt to be a social issue of some significance . |
| 14 | Certainty was not however to last for in Metropolitan Properties ( F. G. C. ) Ltd. v. Lannon Lord Denning M.R. ‘ rescued ’ Lord Hewart 's reasonable suspicion test . |
| 15 | Yeah , my objective was not actually to start a debate but to give you some indication of where we were going to go this afternoon . |
| 16 | This was not merely to reassure his wife , but to make clear to Sarah that his love for Elizabeth had never wavered . |
| 17 | Consequently , when , subsequent to the passage of the SGA 1893 , Chalmers wrote his various Digests , his purpose was not merely to annotate the Code with cases decided under it : " Our common law is rich in the exposition of principles , and these expositions lose none of their value now that the law is codified . |
| 18 | For its function in the modern economy was not merely to supply food and raw material in rapidly growing quantities , but also to provide a — indeed the — most important reservoir of labour power for the non-agricultural occupations . |
| 19 | This was not merely to avoid high costs on difficult engineering problems , but to link as many villages as convenient with a system of transport , something that could only be done previously with wagons or packhorses . |
| 20 | I framed my remarks in a hypothetical context following on from delegation to the regional arts boards , and I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman was not there to listen and to learn . |
| 21 | As Eva went into the hostels she realised the Salvation Army was not there to turn people into converts , but that their work must be an extension of Christ 's love : " Jesus Christ did n't say to the man who was filled with many devils — the schizophrenic — " If you follow me I 'll cure you . |
| 22 | I ca n't ever remember being more than healthily hungry , nor can I ever remember coming home from school or play when my mother was not there to welcome us . |
| 23 | Jenna slept late and arrived downstairs next day feeling guilty and flustered , very glad that Alain was not there to pin her with merciless dark eyes . |
| 24 | She wanted me to accompany her but I hung back , afraid that she 'd find out that I had taken two lumps of coal , and Dad had gone out , so he was not there to protect me . |
| 25 | He shouted and raged and Felipe was not there to help me . |
| 26 | However , if the hon. Gentleman had attended the seminar at which I made my remarks last Monday — I greatly regret that he was not there to hear me talk about delegation to the regional arts boards — he would have known that I made the point that if such delegation is fully successful — if the regional arts boards are progressing well — the question whether the five major national companies should continue to be funded by the Arts Council or be funded directly will arise . |
| 27 | Clara was glad that Walter Ash with his quips was not there to add to it . |
| 28 | But all she got were what Foucard would have called stereotype Frenchmen , and Denis was not there to laugh . |
| 29 | Always the money that had not arrived , always the arrears of pay causing disaffection , and even if they had been sent substantial tallies on regional treasuries or port taxation officers , still the endless complaint that the money simply was not there to meet the bills . |
| 30 | The offering of gifts by the tribal chiefs and kings on behalf of their people was not only to demonstrate their obligation to the gods , but also to show the gods what the tribe needed from them ; usually greater wealth and greater victories over their enemies . |