Example sentences of "[be] not just [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cricket , for James , was not ‘ mere entertainment ’ but an activity in which everybody , even those watching , has a participatory role ; for like Carnival , the involvement of the crowd means they are not just watching a spectacle , but rather ‘ they live in it ’ because , ‘ its very idea embraces all the people ’ .
2 But in the Soviet Union itself , on this anniversary of the horror on April 26th , people are not just remembering a five-year-old bungle .
3 So she said well you know , at least I buy Aramis for Johnny and for you so the two purchases are not just to get the watch .
4 We 're not just playing a weekend game , but working five or six days a week , so there are bound to be problems of mental fatigue and photographers become stale and burned out .
5 I mean , it 's not like in a Youth Club ; you 're not just hitting a ball backwards and forwards like ping-pong .
6 Now again I 'm treating it carefully I 'm not just sticking the bunsen underneath and blasting away at it .
7 ‘ It was n't an easy task and shows members of the public it is not just fires the fire brigade attends and it is not just cats and dogs that vets deal with . ’
8 When Ian Paisley calls the Pope ‘ the Antichrist ’ , he is not just picking a choice term of abuse from the Bible , but referring back to what was once the mainstream Protestant and Anglican belief that the papacy does play one of the most important parts in sacred history and the Romans are absolutely mistaken about which .
9 Our central task is not just to understand the past but also to relate the past to the present .
10 This means that the user is not just offered a menu of choices but can also be asked questions .
11 and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me .
12 Projecting an image , particularly in Europe , is not just maximising the television potential of particular people .
13 ‘ It 's not just winning the fight , it 's how you do it , the style is just as important and wins you just as many points , ’ says Glenn .
14 And yet above that and beyond that what you were seeking to do was not just to serve the Board of World Mission and Unity , it was to serve what you believed was the good and right for the church of god which you have sought to serve and to support and to take further .
15 But God was not just providing a memory to cling to .
16 It was not just launching a perfume , it was giving birth to a perfume , ’ said she , who had definitely seen the shape of the bottle but still chose to stick with this metaphor .
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