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

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1 But he maintained that was not the purpose of the composite he moved on behalf of the Tottenham constituency party .
2 It was certainly not the purpose for which the American and Canadian loans were procured .
3 What I do mean is that although most women do hope for a happy and loving relationship with their husbands , the attainment of this is not the purpose of marriage .
4 It is not the purpose of this book to study these problems , but rather the changes that in an earlier century began to alter our attitude towards death .
5 It is not the purpose of this book to provide a history of coinage , however brief , but rather to focus on the methods by which coins are studied , for only when these methods are properly understood and applied can we realise the full potential of coins as an aid to interpreting the past .
6 It is not the purpose of this section to delve deeply into the history of the Highlander Research and Education Center .
7 It is not the purpose of this book to give an in-depth explanation of the methodology , as the theory and practice of the approach is covered extensively in the FAOR publication .
8 It is not the purpose of this chapter to explore all the ramifications of the debate on the ‘ arms economy ’ , rather I want to focus upon Bukharin 's ideas in relation to the main question , that is , unproductive consumption and the conditions for equilibrium .
9 No species is inviolate , else the individuals would live indefinitely — a soul forever entombed in the same body ; and this is not the purpose and meaning of life .
10 It is not the purpose here to explain exactly how an optical fibre works in terms of total internal reflection .
11 It is not the purpose of this book to provide a complete medical directory of all the illnesses that are attributed , at least in some measure , to lack of natural fibre in the Western diet .
12 These questions require some knowledge of medical treatments and their potential iatrogenic effects , and it is not the purpose of this book to go into this at any length .
13 We should state at the outset that it is not the purpose , nor within the scope , of this book to try to answer such questions in their entirety .
14 As we have said , the ancestry of the modern H.T. is a genealogical maze — not to say minefield — and although tracing parentage is an absorbing passion for some , going to that extent is not the purpose here .
15 ‘ The fundamental purpose of investigating accidents under these Regulations shall be to determine the circumstances and causes of the accident with a view to the preservation of life and the avoidance of accidents in the future ; it is not the purpose to apportion blame or liability . ’
16 It is not the purpose of this paper to attempt to redress this historical balance , there are others at work already far better qualified to do this .
17 I must repeat , it is not the purpose of ‘ Documenta ’ to choose representatives from different countries : the Italian artists involved certainly can not be said to represent Italy .
18 It was not the purpose of the meetings to produce or agree upon policy proposals ; nor was there any attempt to do so .
19 The subskills themselves are not the purpose of the activity , but they must be developed to serve the needs of the higher-level complex activity .
20 Secondly , it must be observed that it is not the purpose of national legislation governing the registration of vessels , such as that at issue in the main proceedings , to define the detailed rules for the utilisation of quotas .
21 It is not the purpose of this chapter to speculate on the degree of roof venting but it is necessary to consider the means by which roof venting is controlled .
22 To attempt to review all the molecular theories of the mechanical properties would require a very considerable amount of space and it is not the purpose of this book to do this .
23 It was not the purpose of this project to do biological research as such , and the author is not a biologist .
24 That is not the purpose of the legislation .
25 I think that the new settlement erm should be as close to York erm city as can be achieved , the erm question of the detailed location er I think is a matter for erm discussion on the basis of the other planning policy guidance erm criteria which I have n't explored terms of the locational criteria , what I was seeking to do in my comments was erm to counter a point which has been made er by the C P R E which refers to new settlements as an engine of growth , now that 's not the purpose of this new settlement , it is a response to the needs of meeting Greater York , and I do n't see any reason why that 's less likely to be achieved if it 's South South West of York , than anywhere else around the circumference of York .
26 It is not the purpose of this chapter to provide a comprehensive survey of the empirical work undertaken upon this topic .
27 It is not the purpose of this or the following chapter to present a comprehensive guide to the administration of a solicitors ' practice or to advise as to the ways in which its profitability can be increased .
28 that the purpose of avoiding liability to taxation was not the purpose or one of the purposes for which the transfer or associated operations or any of them were effected ; or 2. that the transfer and any associated operations were bona fide commercial transactions and were not designed for the purpose of avoiding liability to taxation ( s741 ) .
29 The court will not evaluate the evidence and the finding of facts as an appeal court ; that is not the purpose of judicial review .
30 It is not the purpose of this chapter to examine the detailed operation of sales incentive schemes as this is covered later in the sales management section ( Part Four ) .
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