Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [adv] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hard conditions were not necessarily a bar to enjoying hostel life as Martha Levy discovered : |
| 2 | I tried to make her understand that kids were n't necessarily the key to happiness . |
| 3 | The fact that everything relating to my loss was scribbled in children 's school jotters with cartoon covers was not exactly a boost to my confidence . |
| 4 | The ability to propagate cracks freely under a small stress was not wholly a disadvantage to primitive man who was thus able to shape flint and obsidian , which are more or less natural glasses , into various cutting tools . |
| 5 | The horror provoked by the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780 was not just a response to their ferocity . |
| 6 | His vow of homage was not merely a promise to be true to the emperor and to serve him against his enemies , but a promise to live in obedience to God and His law according to the best of each man 's strength and understanding . |
| 7 | Yet it was not merely an appeal to the strength of God that was being made . |
| 8 | This increasing emphasis on ‘ dignity ’ was not only a reference to behaviour within the chapel but to the nature of the Church as a body . |
| 9 | But even in the 1860s , the notion that a " mere girl " might learn the trade very quickly and be doing as well as a man in a short time , was not only a threat to employment but a threat to the craftsman 's pride in his skill . |
| 10 | Wedlock was not only a solution to urgent physical needs , it was a social duty . |
| 11 | In other war films , however , the purpose is revealed by insistent preachiness , as in Reach for the Sky ( 1956 ) , where the story of Douglas Bader , the determined pilot who , despite losing both his legs in an accident , went on to command the air force during the Battle of Britain , is told as a story that ‘ was not only an example to those in war but is now a source of inspiration to many in peace . ’ |
| 12 | The excitement of the cows was not entirely a reaction to the discomfort of being driven along hard and dusty roads . |
| 13 | It was n't just the flight to New York , the tedium of the long-drawn-out customs and transport formalities , and the helicopter trip between JFK airport and Manhattan that had been so tiring . |