Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] to show " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , it is not enough to show that a gradient of some kind exists : for example , that a frog 's egg is darker at one end than at the other . |
| 2 | This is not enough to show that anyone can have authority to introduce or enforce such a scheme . |
| 3 | It is not enough to show that a screening test detects disease early , or even that it will probably save some lives . |
| 4 | It is not enough to show that expenditure elsewhere has had to be curtailed . |
| 5 | Because of his understanding of practice , he is able not only to show how police ideology is maintained , but even propose alternative models by merely writing down and presenting his knowledge . |
| 6 | The purpose of this book is not only to show how threats to our heritage can be successfully resisted but also to suggest ways of putting forward constructive alternatives . |
| 7 | The progression and results of this study ( which took a number of years and involved the House of Lords Record Office , the British Library , the Public Record Office and the College of Arms , as well as the Bridport manuscript books and medieval wills and testaments ) have been presented not only to show that reference books can be wrong , but that the wealth of material available to the local historian can be utilized to very positive effect over an extremely narrow range as over a wide one . |
| 8 | This training video would be useful not only to show to new staff , but it must be admitted , to a lot of heads of homes as well . |
| 9 | The Campaign Committee used the evidence of nutritional studies not only to show the inadequacies of the wages system but also to emphasize that provisions for children in the form of school meals and milk were not sufficient in themselves to eradicate malnutrition . |
| 10 | The main purpose of the play is not only to show the murder of Claudius , but also , and more significantly , to show the character of Hamlet and the problems he has in accepting what he has to do . |
| 11 | Not just to show that the girls and boys he photographs are sexually attractive , but somehow to find the greater truth about the nature and variety of sexual attraction as a positive force in us all . |
| 12 | My difficulty , however , is not just to show you that this is the case but rather to show you just what is the case ! |
| 13 | And , in case that was n't enough to show the people where their duty lay , had n't the Church 's ban on Fenianism been reinforced later by a papal decree ? |
| 14 | ‘ That was n't simply to show us the way , ’ he said . |