Example sentences of "was [adj] not [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , however , was due not just to the complexity of turning the Political Community treaty into reality , but to the problems that the Six were facing in getting the EDC off the ground . |
| 2 | But its failure was due not primarily to the way it performed its functions , but to the nature of those functions . |
| 3 | His success was due not only to the quality of his pens , backed by a five-year warranty , but also to his extensive advertising and publicity efforts . |
| 4 | At the time of the Restoration itself Anglican-Royalist sentiment was strong not only amongst the gentry but also amongst the population at large , whilst there was a marked reaction against the Whigs and in favour of the Tories following the defeat of the Parliamentary Exclusion movement . |
| 5 | The quality of inspection varied enormously and was dependent not just on the inspectors ' powers of observation but also on their view of how young refugees should be treated . |
| 6 | Therefore , the change in the dividend was dependent not solely on the target layout ratio but also on some adjustment factor . |
| 7 | He also enjoyed staunch support from both Salisbury ( 12 ) , who stayed 82 minutes to help add 73 for the seventh wicket and Tufnell , who was 10 not out at the close and had become the fourth England player in the match to better his previous best Test score . |
| 8 | Her remark was indicative not only of the close and exclusive family structure , but also of the petty rivalries and jealousies ( in this case directed at my mother ) within it . |
| 9 | Decreased peptic activity was present not only in the antral mucosa but also in the less affected mucosa of the gastric body . |
| 10 | Thornaby skipper , Mike Priestley , was 46 not out at the finish . |
| 11 | The pervasive influence of a combative religious morality was evident not only in the repealers ' language but in the common culture which bound many of them together . |
| 12 | The British attaché in Berlin was expected to cover Holland and the Scandinavian countries as well as Germany , while his French counterpart was responsible not only for the Reich but for Holland , Belgium and Switzerland , and another had the whole of the Far East as his sphere of activity . |
| 13 | Legitimate war , however , was concerned not only with the defence of sovereign or historical rights to territory . |
| 14 | Which was no doubt why it was important not just to the artists in this show , but also to others like Paul Nash , John Piper and Henry Moore . |
| 15 | This was important not only to the house-building industry , but to general UK economic recovery , he said . |
| 16 | And this new form of entertainment was available not only to the ordinary citizens of the Republic but to the innumerable foreigners who came for commerce or pleasure . |