Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] just [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In outlining these differences and their bases , the goal has been not just to present some geographical details but rather to exemplify a more general point with regard to the collective organization of survival . |
| 3 | Mohamed Ali 's aims were not just to protect Egypt but to make her an expansionist power in the Eastern Mediterranean . |
| 4 | In addition , the party groups often appoint Whips , whose job it is not just to enforce party discipline , but by operating what is referred to in Parliamentary jargon as ‘ the usual channels ’ can assist in the smooth running of the authority , by , for example , effecting agreements on nominations to committees or outside bodies . |
| 5 | The point of his advice is not just to authorise " medeled liyf " which the lord is anyhow pursuing : He can cut from one kind of state to the other with joy ; this is for him precisely how love is to be ordained . |
| 6 | The secret is not just to talk to them when you are trying to sell something . |
| 7 | the inspectors ' function is not just to pronounce judgement , but also to encourage and develop education |
| 8 | The talisman will have become a docket , and a docket with a sinister purpose ; for the change is not just to conform with the requirements of the EC but signals a fundamental change of function . |
| 9 | Yet because the function of theory in social science is not just to explain , clarify and add to understanding , but also to legitimate some courses of action over others , the contemporary ‘ bonfire of the certainties ’ adds one more difficulty to the normal dilemmas of policy making in developing countries . |
| 10 | The effectiveness of that is not just to make Ransom 's struggle real , but also to demonstrate the metaphysical excitement of all moral choices , on the silent planet as well as beyond the music of the spheres . |
| 11 | My difficulty , however , is not just to show you that this is the case but rather to show you just what is the case ! |
| 12 | The whole point of allowing the big schemes to go ahead at this difficult economic time , after all , is not just to get roads and railway lines built but to cut unemployment and get the economy moving . |
| 13 | The counsellor 's task is not just to understand only one facet of the counsellee 's life , but to know something about the totality . |
| 14 | Our central task is not just to understand the past but also to relate the past to the present . |
| 15 | The aim of animal breeders is not just to produce more animals but to produce better animals . |
| 16 | The Conservative philosophy is not just to increase spending . |
| 17 | I am convinced that what is needed in initial teacher education is not just to instil respect for a particular form of academic learning . |
| 18 | In public relations campaigns , the object is not just to inform but to persuade effectively , or dissuade a part or the whole of the population to or from a particular opinion . |
| 19 | ‘ [ It is our task ] to create a taxation system whose purpose is not just to re-distribute wealth , but also , and perhaps chiefly , to redistribute opportunity . ’ |
| 20 | " The point of conventionalism is not just to protect litigants against surprise , but instead the more complex goal , which includes this one , of achieving the social benefits of coordinated private and commercial activity . |
| 21 | The challenge is not just to help to preserve living communities today , but also to preserve a living countryside for the benefit of the future community . |
| 22 | The purpose of the intervention is not just to help parents sort out a specific behaviour problem . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not just to do with surface . |
| 24 | That it is n't just to catch up with unproductive people . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Britain 's strategy was not just to block the Six , but to have something in place should they succeed in getting their common market off the ground . |
| 27 | The pool system was not just to protect journalists and share the work out fairly , but also to control and censor the media . |
| 28 | So , third , the purpose of the Council was not just to restate and defend past doctrines — for that a Council was not necessary — but to ‘ make a leap forward in doctrinal insight and the education of consciences in ever greater fidelity to authentic teaching . |
| 29 | When Bilqis , Queen of Sheba , travelled from her domain in southern Arabia to visit King Solomon , it was not just to pay a social call . |
| 30 | as smokers but coming on to th the real point of the experiment was n't to look at fitness , and was n't just to set up a stop smoking project , but what I wanted to look at was whether people gain weight or not . |