Example sentences of "not [vb infin] an answer to " in BNC.
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1 | The words of the statute , as they stand , do not give an answer to the question before the judge ; and the question is therefore legislative rather than interpretative . |
2 | This still might not provide an answer to the problem , if only because he might be deceived by others as well as by the stranger himself . |
3 | Obviously , I did not receive an answer to my question from the Scottish Office and , even under the priority written procedure , I have not yet received an answer from the Secretary of State for Transport . |
4 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
5 | ‘ Then , as we 're not , you wo n't expect an answer to your question , will you ? ’ she responded brightly . |
6 | Erm , was , or so his critics said , that er his theory just would not work and the kind of argument that they produced against him , and poor old Darwin really did n't have an answer to this , and i it seemed a very very severe problem at the time was look , supposing that er I 'm a mutant you might think . |
7 | Head down on his chest again — I would n't get an answer to that one . |