Example sentences of "this [is] [not/n't] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is not primarily to speed payments . |
| 2 | This is not simply to say that emotions are expressed , but that emotions are reformed , cleansed , redirected and redeemed . |
| 3 | This is not simply to force people into speaking blank verse , but to see how a person responds to the essential humanity of a character — for Shakespeare , of all the classical writers , is probably the most human , whose work is blessed with both grandeur and the common touch . |
| 4 | It is important to note that this is not simply to do with naturalistic notions of ‘ emotional maturity ’ . |
| 5 | This is not simply to enable the vet to work in comfort , or even to reduce his rage when the first words are ‘ I will just go and try to get a rope on her ! ’ |
| 6 | However , the best way of doing this is not simply to develop important new methods and techniques , but also to make them accessible to applied workers . |
| 7 | This is not only to do with the intellectual innovations that led to the idea of the first factual surveys through to the social psychological and , finally , to the explanatory surveys incorporating variable analysis , but also to do with what is indicated about the nature of society and social life . |
| 8 | But this is not enough to deal with the multiple expressions and experiences of subjectivity . |
| 9 | President Reagan lifted the ban two years ago , but the Barnwell consortium says this is not enough to expunge the injury caused by Carter to its plans . |
| 10 | Stoddart uses a rate of rainwater solution of emerged reef limestones of 10–20 mm ( 0.4–0.8 in ) per 1000 years and suggests that this is not enough to destroy reefs in glacial periods , the last of which he reckons to have lasted 60 000 years . |
| 11 | Occasionally we may be able to identify a palm , fig , or olive tree , but even this is not enough to limit the location to a particular ecological zone ; oak trees , for instance , can be found from 680 metres down to sea-level . |
| 12 | This is not enough to show that anyone can have authority to introduce or enforce such a scheme . |
| 13 | As the Tabarin and Lothagam jaws share only primitive characters with the earliest australopithecines , this is not enough to establish them definitely as human ancestors . |
| 14 | And although some personnel may sit on several committees of the various bodies this is not enough to ensure adequate liaison , because there may be a conflict of loyalties . |
| 15 | Like most below-par beat-'em-ups , Millenium Warriors is better in two-player mode , but this is n't enough to save it . |
| 16 | On the plus side , the spells and weapons remain faithful to AD&D and a save game option is provided , but this is n't enough to rescue it . |