Example sentences of "not [adv] refer to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm not just referring to the kind that Pinder indulged in , but trips to the bathroom , that sort of thing . |
2 | if they ever do discover who was responsible , and it 's not without the bounds of possibility , it 's going to cause an awful lot of red faces and I 'm not just referring to the villain himself . |
3 | The one-flesh nature of the relationship does not just refer to the sexuality of marriage ; although sexuality in marriage is both an expression and symbol of that oneness . |
4 | But when you think of er It 's not really referring to the beauty of the world . |
5 | By ‘ deconstructionist ’ Brooke-Rose does not simply refer to the fact that her novel ‘ deconstructs ’ itself . |
6 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
7 | Unless full powers were given to the pope 's ambassadors their success was likely to be qualified — without telephones , " hotlines " , faxes , they could not speedily refer to the centre . |
8 | ‘ The repository of knowledge , the Matrix , does n't even refer to the war . |