Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As its prospectus very properly pointed out , the subsidiary Crane Engineering Ltd was in receivership , but this fact was not pointed out to investors by Eyas dealers . |
| 2 | It is not intended therefore to be comprehensive . |
| 3 | But his affections were always specific ; they were not given away to all-comers . |
| 4 | It must have felt lonely when a respected customer ( whose name was not exposed even to me ) dropped from under her coat the bag of flour she had been concealing there . |
| 5 | The field was limited but it was not limited solely to Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 6 | Fury , she was swiftly made to realise , was not limited solely to her when he demanded savagely , ‘ What the hell do you mean by that ? ’ |
| 7 | In this non-technical article the author argues that Statistical Process Control is not limited solely to manufacturing applications . |
| 8 | She had not sat down to breakfast , preferring to eat a handful of dry Puffkins while she sought her shoes , nor did she utter any words of affectionate farewell , not being one for dissimulation . |
| 9 | ‘ I tell you what , ’ he said , after thinking for a few seconds , ‘ as you 're so keen on horses why not come up to the farm when you 've got some time to spare and help my young niece in the stables ? |
| 10 | The women weeping over an open coffin in a Rowlandson drawing of c.1760 would have had more reason for grief had the merchandise not come up to their expectations ( Col. 6 ) . |
| 11 | There may also be more room for professional bodies to discipline those whose conduct has not come up to expected standards but where proving dishonesty in a court would be hard . |
| 12 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 13 | ‘ I have not come here to be deported . |
| 14 | Since he had not come back to Møn he must be dead — there could be no other explanation . |
| 15 | Why not come back to my place for coffee ? |
| 16 | and leave , but not come back to me . |
| 17 | But at the moment he 's well he 's not come back to us with any answer from our offer at all so we 're we 're presuming that means no so we thought we 'd better start looking . |
| 18 | It 's not come about to any large degree an' there 's bin a lot o' firms that invested in what 's turned out ter be a pipe dream . |
| 19 | But Ferreira , who had not come close to breaking the sixth seed , suddenly discovered his best form , hitting three glorious forehands , including one to save match point , and capturing the game when Stich hit a backhand volley out . |
| 20 | The council 's own cleaning workers won the schools ' cleaning contracts for Hartlepool , Stockton and Langbaurgh and have not come close to having their future considered . |
| 21 | ‘ In fact , if you 're not otherwise engaged , why not come along to the wedding with me ? |
| 22 | Why not come along to Saughton Sports Centre where the ladies running club meets every Tuesday from 7–8 pm . |
| 23 | Look why not come down to my cottage now , and we 'll have lunch there — I never have much more than just a picnic myself — then we can go across this afternoon , and maybe take tea to have on the island ? |
| 24 | The book , along with the other two volumes on the standard forms of contract , is not addressed exclusively to the lawyer . |
| 25 | It may be that an element in the antipathy of Ecgfrith and his queen , Iurminburh , to Wilfrid was that Wilfrid was not committed enough to Ecgfrith 's family . |
| 26 | Not preceded by to , as in ( 1b ) , the infinitive evokes the actual realization of the action of calling from beginning to end in the past time-stretch referred to by had . |
| 27 | My reading was not confined strictly to the syllabus , and my book-list for the period shows that I was prepared to read around it . |
| 28 | Such circular buildings are not confined just to the domestic sphere , as those found in a religious context clearly demonstrate . |
| 29 | That internationalism is not confined just to studying , says Indonesian student , who is taking an MA in Politics of International Resources and Development . |
| 30 | The dead officers were drawn from a number of battalions , revealing that the coup attempt was not confined solely to rebels within the ‘ Urraca ’ company . |