Example sentences of "[vb -s] not simply [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear from these brief analyses that the nature and scope of the context that is constructed for each individual poem does not simply depend on the choice of deictic expressions in the text , but rather results from the combined effect of a wide range of variables , including the content of the text as a whole , and the attitudes and experiences that readers bring to the text or develop during reading . |
| 2 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman , however , that all of us who are engaged in the democratic affairs of the Province — that does not simply involve Governments ; it involves also political parties — have a joint responsibility to see whether we can advance matters by way of dialogue . |
| 3 | The modern nuclear or conjugal family , however , does not simply fulfil the function of socializing children ; according to Parsons , it also fulfils functions for adults . |
| 4 | It does not simply make the claim that one difference is more important than all the others but articulates all further identifications in terms of a primary sexual identification . |
| 5 | The ‘ poor ’ in Scripture does not simply refer to those living at or beneath subsistence level — it ‘ can be extended to cover all the oppressed , all those who are dependent upon the mercy of others . |
| 6 | By ‘ deconstructionist ’ Brooke-Rose does not simply refer to the fact that her novel ‘ deconstructs ’ itself . |
| 7 | Whilst this partnership should ensure that social housing provision does not simply remain a well-intentioned plan , two cautionary notes about social housing provision generally need sounding . |
| 8 | Language does not simply stand as a signifier for some thing , an exact reference between a word and a thing . |
| 9 | ( 'Prime' does not simply mean ‘ expensive ’ — it refers to the more desirable types of property within each group , whether quaint country cottages , Georgian rectories or large estates . ) |
| 10 | It is made clear that this does not simply mean that each school must offer such a curriculum ; each individual pupil must take it up . |
| 11 | But uneven development does not simply mean that types and quantities of physical and social phenomena vary from place to place . |
| 12 | But that does not simply mean Walker 's case but the law , whatever it might be , that the English court would apply in the absence of the Act of 1976 in the light of all relevant authorities including decisions , so far as helpful , of other Commonwealth jurisdictions . |
| 13 | It seems clear to me that the expression ‘ the parties ’ means all the parties to the ‘ transaction in contravention of section 3 ’ and does not simply mean ‘ the investors . ’ |
| 14 | My hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk , North ( Mr. Howell ) spoke recently on the radio about his idea of paying , say , £100 a week to people joining a community task force , enabling them to obtain work experience and contribute to society , which does not simply mean filling in holes in the road but involves going in for a range of useful activities , from working on environmental improvements to caring for the vulnerable in society . |
| 15 | Care must be taken , however , to ensure that a broader-based policy does not simply confirm the subordinate position of women as the primary domestic workers . |
| 16 | What is needed is that disability arts ( and the disability movement ) does not simply imitate the view of the world that pleases white , middle-class males . |
| 17 | Paradoxically the miriad-mind is the ‘ I ’ mind , the mind which does not simply observe , but enters into the essence of other substances or beings , be they people , animals , things or even the ghosts and spirits , angels and demons , which Reason itself has not yet driven out of the world we experience in waking and sleeping , in loving and in hating . |
| 18 | Alternatively , is it possible to find another way altogether , a way which does not simply resolve the dilemma , but one which transforms the problem into a solution ? |
| 19 | This refers to the increase in the volume of exports after allowance has been made for inflation ; it does not simply reflect the increased prices of goods . |
| 20 | For a commercial firm of solicitors , expertise in Community law does not simply grow like Topsy . |
| 21 | As suggested above , one of the central planks in Lord Devlin 's argument that the law does not simply exist to protect the individual , but also to protect society , was the fact that in all but a few cases the victim may not consent to the commission of an offence against themselves . |
| 22 | The travellers ' response to this place was positive and warm , and this does not simply derive from the contrast with the pompous inhospitality they found at Armadale , where they were perhaps disgruntled at staying only in an estate official 's house ( the mansion had been burnt down ) , even if the laird and his lady stayed with them . |
| 23 | The subjectivity of another does not simply constitute a different interior attitude to the same exterior facts . |
| 24 | Evangelism does not simply happen through persuasive individuals , but through communities of believers , who give credibility to the proclamation , by demonstrating something of the reality of what they speak . |
| 25 | From the premises a > b and b> c , it does not simply happen to be the case that a> c . |
| 26 | The unit however , does not simply take over cases . |
| 27 | We shall instead suggest ( 40 ) , where the fact that the arrowhead passes through the square bracket is intended to show that the minor property does not simply qualify the entity as a whole , but the fact that it does not reach as far as the round bracket shows that the adjective is not a sense-qualifier : ( 40 ) |
| 28 | There is a kind of mystical , powerful writing which does not simply evoke the spirit of place in order to determine action but seeks to converse with it , enter into a dialogue with all that has gone before . |
| 29 | He does not simply have in mind here cases like [ 9 ] , which is an expansion of the phrasal juxtaposition in [ 10 ] . |
| 30 | But he does not simply pontificate from his position as an excellent photographer , or regurgitate standard procedures . |