Example sentences of "[v-ing] not just [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is happening not just in the ghettoes of American cities where intolerance has become institutionalised . |
| 2 | In effect , the report is stemming not just from the librarian and does not only concern the library . |
| 3 | But we are looking not just at the renewing of an orchestra over one decade but a process of change and evolution over more than three decades . |
| 4 | We should be looking not just at what we give , but to ensuring that the United States and others pay their back dues . |
| 5 | The problem was that we were firefighting not just for ourselves but for so many of our clients , and firefighting takes up a lot of time and emotionally is a strain . |
| 6 | This involved sacrificially giving not just of 100 of the congregation , but of 100 leaders with their financial commitment . |
| 7 | In theory , then , we could use black holes as a way of travelling not just between the stars but between the galaxies . |
| 8 | A great deal of hotel business comes from people travelling not just for holidays or sightseeing but by people travelling by virtue of their business activities . |
| 9 | In other words , and this again has been emphasised in more recent feminist theory , we are dealing not just with a ( constructed ) difference , but with a hierarchy . |
| 10 | We each took students for whole-day sessions dealing not just with basic literacy and numeracy , but also with social and organizational skills , survival skills , and communication and co-operation exercises . |
| 11 | I was fighting not just for my own sake , but for his too : I did not see why he should not permit himself to love . |
| 12 | ‘ We are arguing not just for ourselves , but also for our younger brothers and sisters — and perhaps our own children . ’ |
| 13 | The expression ‘ new ’ in relation to a vehicle is capable of meaning not just in new condition but also that the car has not been registered . |
| 14 | And although my initial work was with the individual child , I found that in a large number of cases , the parental interest was of a high order and , and the children 's willingness to involve parents in their behavioural difficulties was also of a high order , so I found myself working not just within the school , not just with the child , but in a parent-child situation . |