Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not enough to give folk dances theatrical form by opening out their patterns , paying increased attention to the relationship of step to music and developing any unique style of movement . |
| 2 | But it was not enough to give me a complex , not as it would have been in America . |
| 3 | It contained much of what the country needs to get out of recession but not enough to give any of us the confidence to believe that the recovery is about to begin . |
| 4 | It is not enough to give him the facts . |
| 5 | Unfortunately this was still not enough to give them a parliamentary majority as the Legislative Council contained four members who would be nominated by the Governor . |
| 6 | But that was not enough to give Mussolini the bargaining leverage he wanted . |
| 7 | Coun. John Williams , leader of Darlington borough council , said their £10.324m. standard spending assessment the amount the Government says they need to provide services was not enough to give the town its planned facelift . |
| 8 | Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so . |
| 9 | A detailed planning budget for both capital and operating accounts must now be prepared not only to give you the information you require for your own plans , but also as the main evidence to persuade the Bank Manager to finance your endeavours . |
| 10 | It is not that these judgements should not be made , but that where subjective judgements are made by the teacher she should be aware that this is so and be prepared , not only to give reasons for her judgements , but also to be sufficiently flexible to change them in the light of particular circumstances . |
| 11 | Green was waiting for them , not only to give them lessons but also to sell them additional colours specially to represent the true Lake District tints . |
| 12 | It is important not only to give time but to be genuinely interested in your teenagers and in what interests them . |
| 13 | We learn not only to give and receive love , but to become Love . |
| 14 | In the case of the bookmarks shown in the photograph on the opposite page , I drew a border around the section that encloses the flowers , not only to give them additional definition but also because the parallel lines at the base help to decorate the bookmark . |
| 15 | Overall , the objective is not only to give prominence to the life and work of a highly original and much underrated communist intellectual and novelist , but also to scrutinise the example of Nizan as a guiding principle for action in the present . |
| 16 | He obliged Oswiu not only to give his son , Ecgfrith , aged 10 , as a hostage — Penda sending the boy into the keeping of his queen , Cynewise , in Mercia ( HE III , 24 ) — but also to part with great treasure to Penda and his allies ( HB ch. 65 ) . |
| 17 | An agreement is needed , not merely to give up an amount of liberty , but to put it into the hands of some sovereign power . |
| 18 | We must persuade industry not merely to give away their tax- deductible loot as a sop to worthy environmental causes and charities but actually to find ways of integrating environmental capital into their accounts , as part of their business — a kind of natural account — a problem we are researching at the moment . |
| 19 | It was worth saving for its own sake , not just to give Jenny the peace she deserved . |
| 20 | Is it not therefore time , and is n't privatisation the opportunity , not just to give rail a ‘ level playing field ’ but to ensure a ) that the ‘ playing field ’ takes ALL costs into account including the real environmental ones ; and b ) that the rail network gets used to its maximum capacity , both for passengers and freight . |
| 21 | I 'm not here to give them anything , I 'm here to tell them exactly what we expect them to do . |
| 22 | This pattern of occasional rewards ( something we all experience in daily life ) will help your child to maintain a pattern of behaviour even when you are not there to give encouragement to him . |
| 23 | The notion of converting the Dak to turbo-power has come about not primarily to give it better performance , better uplift , greater range — although all of these assets , and more , are by-products of the transformation — but to allow the aircraft to survive in a world where Avgas — fuel for piston engines — is becoming increasingly rare and Avtur — aviation turbine fuel — is the dominant motion lotion . |
| 24 | It is n't enough to give aid . |
| 25 | ‘ The Parliamentary system is n't there to give people a say in how the country is run but to delude them into thinking they have some power . |
| 26 | Because Earl Thorfinn was n't there to give permission , Otkel had not taken Paul with him , although Paul had begged . |
| 27 | I was n't there to give you a wave I 'm afraid |