Example sentences of "[be] not [adv] [noun] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nuts and bolts of running an airline were not necessarily Fields 's strength , Branson said , ‘ but conceptually , he was very good . ’ |
| 2 | So , the mines were n't always men 's work . |
| 3 | Here then , it is not only Trapnel 's voice which is directed by God , but also the voices of the multitude . |
| 4 | So it is not only Earth 's distance from the Sun that is important for living things , but the way the solid parts of the Earth are spread across the globe . |
| 5 | The exaltation of Jesus to the Father 's right hand is not only God 's vindication of his spreading from Jerusalem person and his achievement ; it is the precondition of the coming of his Spirit upon the witnesses who are to carry on his mission ( Acts 2:32f ) . |
| 6 | They need cars to take folk to hospital or help wheel people out — it 's not just women 's work , you know , all that . ’ |
| 7 | I know he 's not exactly God 's gift to forensic science , but he 's a conscientious plodder and you 're not going to stimulate either his brain or his speed by bullying the poor little beast . |
| 8 | It 's not usually Violet 's style to shout support for Lennox but this time , just seconds into the fight so many feared her son could not win , she found herself shouting louder even than ‘ Raizure 's ’ girls . |
| 9 | And it is n't just Porfiry 's trick . |
| 10 | ‘ But it is n't entirely Craig 's money , you know , a substantial part of it will be mine once my father 's estate is sorted out properly . ‘ |
| 11 | She was not just Fenna 's friend and child , his daughter of delight . |
| 12 | The spec was not solely Sun 's work , as the piece implied , nor ‘ rubberstamped ’ by the twelve companies that wrote it . |
| 13 | It is true that the incident was not actually Mildred 's fault , for once , because Ethel had cast a spell on the broomstick which Mildred was using , but in view of our little chat this morning , girls — ’ here she darted a glance at Ethel and Mildred who wriggled uncomfortably in their seats , ‘ I feel this is a most fitting punishment for both of you . |
| 14 | I could well understand why ; a ‘ Christian theosophist ’ or ‘ believing free-thinker ’ was not quite Eliot 's cup of tea . |
| 15 | Thalberg was interested but thought that it was not quite MGM 's thing as that studio was moving away from its earlier interest in realistic films towards glossier entertainment , and eventually it was Chaplin who arranged the film 's release through United Artists , although Vidor had to mortgage his every possession before firm backing was achieved . |
| 16 | It was not only Virgin 's reputation that was being challenged — Branson had no doubt that the contract signed with Sting was fair ; but if a court ruled otherwise it could set a precedent which other acts , and their lawyers , would be looking to exploit . |
| 17 | Wilfrid 's failure to secure a sympathetic hearing suggests that it was not only Oswiu 's family which found him unpalatable . |
| 18 | Karen was not only Dennis 's wife but also a physical education instructor who could , as the coroner facetiously remarked , have swum to her husband 's rescue using either the crawl , breast-stroke , back-stroke or butterfly . |
| 19 | It is significant that Bethlehem was not only David 's city , but also the ancient centre of a Tammuz cult , with a shrine that remained active well into biblical times . |
| 20 | It was not only Jean-Claude 's selfishness that struck me , but my collusion in it . |
| 21 | But even then , before I knew her at all , I sensed that normality was not really Karen 's thing . |
| 22 | That was not really Kezia 's name . |
| 23 | It was not really Woosnam 's scene . |
| 24 | Because it was n't just Ross 's non-appearance that was causing her such distress . |
| 25 | It was n't only Chilcott 's promise of a tidy sum of money and six horses if he would take Topaz as his spouse which made Manfro want her . |
| 26 | When I arrived at Palace five and a half years ago it was n't only Ian 's gold tooth and charisma that sparkled on the training field . |