Example sentences of "[be] not [adv] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time and size are not normally functions of performance ! |
| 2 | It is worth emphasising that the technical and vocational aims and objectives are not simply by-products of history teaching and study but are an essential part of the historical method . |
| 3 | The differences are not simply ones of climate and agricultural potential , but also of land tenure patterns , with a very specialized form of tenure called crofting ( 2 ) predominating in the north and west . |
| 4 | Similarly , we might consider whether educational qualifications or length of service are not also components of pay scales in Western companies . |
| 5 | National Trust gardens , then , are not just oases of beauty and tranquillity or examples of horticultural skills and imaginative design ; they are living libraries where , armed with a good reference book and a sense of adventure , one can roam through the world at large . |
| 6 | We are now beginning to realise that we are not just part of nature , we are inextricably related to nature . |
| 7 | In this view , teachers , like other people , are not just bundles of skill , competence and technique ; they are creators of meaning , interpreters of the world and all it asks of them . |
| 8 | All of us in the European socialist movement in the European trades union movement insists that employees are not just units of production , but are entitled to rights at work across the European community . |
| 9 | The mass media are not only instruments of power but , in terms of content , they are wedded to people with power or of popular acclaim ( cf the traditional criteria for news ) . |
| 10 | Structures of social relationship are not only structures of indebtedness , they are also structures of power . |
| 11 | But when such rifts occur , they are not necessarily evidence of lack of love ; they are more often due to the temporary emotional instability of the mourners , and usually heal swiftly , family unity being restored as the grief is worked through . |
| 12 | At this point the social worker introduced the notion of emotional reasoning , which suggests that ‘ feelings of guilt are not necessarily evidence of guilt ’ . |
| 13 | These are not necessarily forces for continuity but they may act as barriers to government attempts to impose a new line of policy . |
| 14 | It is only now that men and women are beginning to realize that representative institutions are not necessarily guardians of freedom but can themselves become engines of tyranny . |
| 15 | ‘ ( They ) are not necessarily men of judgement . ’ |
| 16 | A lump , abnormal bleeding or a change in a wart or mole are not necessarily symptoms of cancer , but they should be checked out , so consult your doctor without delay and avoid unnecessary worry . |
| 17 | The problems of big business are not about Percent for Art , they 're about your Government 's interest rate policies , about unemployment , so do n't come crying crocodile tears for big business . |
| 18 | They are a I mean , quite honestly these courses are these things erm they 're not gon na do them you know , they 're not just sort of fairy things you 've got quite a bit of erm thinking to do and and so on and they 're pretty exhausting ! |
| 19 | Er you probably do n't do it erm you know er so brazenly probably the back of your mind but again key staff , you are key staff er yeah if you actually prepare somebody to take over your job when you 're not there sort of thing . |
| 20 | Perhaps the papers must be examined twice by two different examiners in different parts of the country ; the marks must be sent in to the central body by a certain date ; there may be not only scores of examination papers but hundreds , each of them containing the attempts of several questions . |
| 21 | They were responsible for the complete show , which was why stories of stars giving notes to other actors or ordering changes in sets and costumes were not just examples of megalomania , but the desire to maintain the overall standard of whatever production they put their names to . |
| 22 | The imaginary conversations he held as he travelled the country roads were not simply distractions to while away his lonely journeys but rehearsals of the arguments he would use to outsmart the hunters and send them back home empty-handed . |
| 23 | As the judge so rightly said , his were not merely crimes of theft but of violence against elderly people . |
| 24 | They were not only evidence of disagreement amongst abolitionists but perceived by contemporaries to have different religious and political characteristics . |
| 25 | It seems to me that these dreams were not only manifestations of hunger , but that they also evinced a desire to be normal and part of the natural world . |
| 26 | The CSO 's new director , Bill McLennan , said the changes were not only part of general tidying up operation to standardise distribution but also to prevent leaks . |
| 27 | In the 1980s there were not only changes in product demand and in imports and exports , but large-scale changes in investment and in the occupational structure . |
| 28 | The middlemen who organized supplies of these crops for European traders were not only accumulators of capital but also invested in new opportunities , such as that created by the demand for cocoa in the 1890s . |
| 29 | North listened to this impassively ; when it was over his eyes filled with tears , but these were not necessarily tears of compunction . |
| 30 | An important point to note here is that these were not really arguments against correctionalism as such . |