Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] not just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Smith said the Premier had not just humiliated himself and his Government through the sterling crisis — he had humiliated Britain . |
| 2 | In the certificate the auditor did not just recite the clause : he specifically raised the methodology point . |
| 3 | The research does not just attempt to see when , where , whether and which people pack more into their lives but to bridge the gap between existing empirical work based on time budgets and more subjective accounts of the process . |
| 4 | Awareness of the distinction did not just disappear . |
| 5 | And the transformation has not just taken place underground . |
| 6 | The strike affects not just tax and customs officers but every branch of the state 's financial service . |
| 7 | The one-flesh nature of the relationship does not just refer to the sexuality of marriage ; although sexuality in marriage is both an expression and symbol of that oneness . |
| 8 | The court might hold that the existence of the default power precludes the tort action ; but if the authority has not just failed to act but has taken positive action , or if it has acted ultra vires , or if it has inflicted injury on the applicant greater than that suffered by other affected parties ( ‘ special damage ’ ) , a court might be prepared to allow a tort action even in the face of a statutory default power . |
| 9 | Why these particular prints stand out in my opinion from so many produced for the tourists of the time , is because the artist has not just reproduced his drawings on to plates but he has been able to produce marks that are alive and work within the context of the print . |
| 10 | Here , however , the clause does not just apply to one disposition , but confirms all the dispositions in the will . |
| 11 | The project did not just aim to find out children 's existing ideas . |
| 12 | More intense review than that provided by a test of arbitrariness will be necessary in order to ensure that the agency does not just go through the motions of listening to people . |
| 13 | The conversion did not just affect the family transport . |