Example sentences of "if not to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where are you taking me , if not to a hotel ? ’ |
| 2 | If not to a woman , ’ he added , apparently as an afterthought . |
| 3 | To acknowledge any such standard would be , in effect , to accept a principle that might lead to a lesser religious or other liberty , if not to a loss of freedom altogether to advance many of one 's spiritual ends . |
| 4 | He would try to gain access to the palace , if not to the houses of Ipuky and Reni . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal had ruled that whether or not such material might be ‘ beneficial to those who were sexually repressed or perverted or deviant ’ did not make its publication ‘ an object of general concern ’ , since otherwise any form of pornography could be defended on the ground that it was beneficial to some people , if not to the public at large . |
| 6 | Watkins L.J. , at p. 82 , asked where else the Home Secretary could look for guidance as to retribution and deterrence , if not to the judges . |
| 7 | In general , areas of tabular relief seem best suited to the preservation , if not to the formation , of incised meanders , e.g. the Mesozoic areas of the Paris Basin and the lower Wye gorge , although why this should be so is not certain . |
| 8 | Orders for discovery rarely are made in criminal appeals and , when made , generally go , if not to the prosecution , then , as here , to a statutory body . |
| 9 | Wilfrid , however , reacted passionately , if not to the partition of his diocese then to his expulsion and to the bishops who were appointed from communities other than his own — Eata , who had been obliged to leave a new monastic foundation at Ripon to make way for Wilfrid in Ealhfrith 's time , now consecrated bishop in Bernicia with his see at Wilfrid 's monastic foundation at Hexham ; Eadhaed , a former companion of Chad ( HE 111 , 28 ) , bishop of Lindsey ; and Bosa , trained at Whitby where the community under Abbess Hild had opposed acceptance of the Roman Easter at the council of Whitby , bishop of Deira at York ( HE IV , 12 ) . |
| 10 | Despite his pessimism , the Prince has , of course , made a considerable difference , if not to the world , then certainly to a number of individuals living in it . |
| 11 | For the Iraqis , the appeal was mainly the converse : it was a means of pushing armour , if not to the outskirts of Tehran itself , at least towards other important targets on the way , such as Kermanshah ( now renamed Bakhtaran ) and Hamadan . |
| 12 | To the public at large , if not to the combatants on the right and left , it seemed that the high tide of British Fascism had come and gone . |
| 13 | It was apparent to Theodora , if not to the Inspector , that they simply did not know . |
| 14 | All this , I argued , is at least suggestive about how we can have some form of access to the superficial form , say of our walking ( i.e. to the gross sequence of movements , if not to the nerves ) , and can impose a new walking ‘ strategy ’ to which we will then in due course ( after an analogue of compilation ) again lose access . |