Example sentences of "[not/n't] just be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The role of Highlander in this project so far had not just been as a catalyst , nor a co-ordinating agency for the network — though this in itself is a vital role — but also as a meeting place for the widely scattered groups which came to the Center to hold regular training workshops . |
| 2 | Aurorae have not just been mistaken for dragons . |
| 3 | It should be pointed out that the decline has not just been in evidence under the Conservative government , but was also apparent before 1979 , although it has accelerated subsequently . |
| 4 | It was in 1927 for example that Kenneth Macpherson speculated whether those early film audiences had not just been distracted and drawn mindlessly from the streets but rather it might have been a case of ‘ the people getting in some dim way the fact that there was something under their eyes , a sense of life and expectancy ’ . |
| 5 | It has not just been a question of choosing between state action and individual responsibility , but rather of finding the means to link the two effectively . |
| 6 | At the most general level , what Table 2.2 demonstrates is that the absolute loss of manufacturing employment has not just been ‘ reflected ’ in the different parts of the country . |
| 7 | He has a gravitas that has not just been put on like a flashy waistcoat , nor indeed a Garrick Club tie . |
| 8 | It 's not just is it ? |
| 9 | I edge back to the tent , I feel lonely , desperately lonely , and it 's not just being alone that is doing it . |
| 10 | New towns are not just being proposed in the prosperous south-east either . |
| 11 | When a cat rubs its cheek against its owner 's leg , it is not just being friendly . |
| 12 | And erm I think too , some ways of allowing people to have more power over their own lives , and not just being at the mercy of agencies , such as social services and erm |
| 13 | Schools have a tendency to call in parents on their own terms only : the genuine involvement of parents must include curriculum development , not just being brought in as cheap labour to read stories in the classroom . |
| 14 | First , in " vertical " sociological terms : the minores were not just being cheated when their consent was called for . |
| 15 | ‘ Being in Egypt , ’ he said , ‘ not just being an Egyptian . ’ |
| 16 | And a production should not just be a matter of getting a good notice and leaving it to go to seed slowly . |
| 17 | Where there does exist a genuine public expression of concern about the way the police operate this can not just be dismissed as a matter of misunderstanding or be written off as the foolish ramblings of that police ‘ folk devil ’ the ‘ loony left ’ , who would dismantle the system for their own political ends . |
| 18 | Literary theory , he says , should not just be one more academic subject , to be taught by a ‘ theory-specialist ’ , but should inform the way in which an English Department organizes itself . |
| 19 | It is that strength , both individually and collectively , that will ensure that if the monarchy survives into the twenty-first century , it will not just be as ‘ a privileged irrelevance ’ , but as a very potent force for good . |
| 20 | He meant , of course , that anything beautiful , anything worthwhile , should not just be left to experts — we should all be in there enjoying it , taking part in it . |
| 21 | The terrible stories revealed in its pages , the evidence of foul deeds which is presented , can not just be put aside or ignored . ’ |
| 22 | His book will not just be the usual lament for the good old days , either : Gover first advocated one-day cricket in 1938 . |
| 23 | Vogtlander added , ‘ any new tax should not just be a means to raise additional revenues as an easy way out for governments with budget deficits ’ . |
| 24 | The alleged inadequacies would not just be described ; they would be counted , as well . |
| 25 | Platelet-specific protein levels have been compared in diabetics with and without clinical evidence of vascular disease ( Betteridge et al , 1981 ) , and although there was a more pronounced increase in diabetics with retinopathy , those diabetics without clinical evidence of vascular disease still had higher levels of platelet-specific proteins than controls suggesting that the enhanced platelet activation may not just be a consequence of vascular damage but may precede its development . |
| 26 | In the absence of an experiment , a statistical effect of one variable on another can not just be accepted as causal at face value . |
| 27 | It may be that we are becoming a more ‘ criminal ’ nation as the increase in crime rates would suggest , but this can not just be assumed and it is important to be aware of other possible reasons for such an increase . |
| 28 | Clearly , detecting the opening and closing of the points under static conditions will be somewhat problematic since most ohmmeters will not just be able to detect such a small change in resistance . |
| 29 | Centuries of oppression could not just be wiped out by a legislative dictate . |
| 30 | It will not just be a matter of noting what linguistic behaviour it provokes . |