Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] just [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Despite our beliefs , pain has undermined his strength , he is not undefeatable , God has had his way , if he ever lost it , and Satan has not just fallen , from Heaven to Hell , but has buried himself further into the pit , he has fallen further in trying , once again , to achieve greater height than he deserved . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Airtours THE WORLD IN ITS LAP Rumours of a price war are unlikely to take the wind out of the sails of a tour operator that has not just weathered the recession and the downturn in travel caused by the Gulf war , but increased market share as well |
| 4 | In this picture , Joni has not just imitated or interpreted a style , but has been able to create an object with all the patina , or aura , of an ancient work of art . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The one-lap hurdles queen has quickly discovered that winning the Olympic title has not just brought her fame and fortune . |
| 7 | And the transformation has not just taken place underground . |
| 8 | He has not just found a role for himself , which was something he had agonized over for years , but has used his position to lead an assault on the ills of modern society ; to try to alter people 's basic thinking , not just in an effort to improve their lives , but to persuade them of the need to preserve the planet for future generations . |
| 9 | ‘ Surely a squadron with Hughie Edwards , VC , DSO , DFC as commander and the first squadron to have Mosquitos has n't just faded away , ’ says Stan who was an ‘ erk ’ wireless operator at Marham from July 1942 to April , 1943 , and now lives at 46 Ingram Street , Springfield , Wigan . |
| 10 | and what I was a really impressed with he , he balanced the , the human , what he felt were the human strengths of the school what it felt like you know , what the people were like in it and erm I think that 's made his decision more difficult because he has n't just gone on the ec the academic side of it he looked at the , the all round aspects of it . |
| 11 | Are you sure it has n't just run out of petrol ? ’ |
| 12 | It 's like she had a multi-barrelled gun , and has n't just shot herself in the foot , but shot herself everywhere and blown her own head off , and no-one seems to have noticed . |
| 13 | But I do n't understand why she has n't just earned the money and gone off somewhere . |
| 14 | To make sure that he has n't just come home I telephoned twice this afternoon , and again just before I left to come here . |
| 15 | Joanne , 13 , says simply : ‘ Mum has n't just looked after her own children , she has looked after so many others . |
| 16 | The strike affects not just tax and customs officers but every branch of the state 's financial service . |
| 17 | That means not just searching for subject matter , but constantly reevaluating what I am doing and why . |
| 18 | That means not just searching for subject matter , but constantly reevaluating what I am doing and why . |
| 19 | Renting property means not just renting a place to live in , or to run a business from . |
| 20 | This is hard enough in our own lives but it is doubly hard in public work where it calls on people devoted to different ideals to work together in mutual acceptance , and that means not just tolerating one another but respecting and understanding what the other is talking about . |
| 21 | One way or another , you place your order , but the wise gardener does not just sit and wait for it to come . |
| 22 | But as we can see , he does not just blame Hegel here , for according to Levinas ontology itself is the problem . |
| 23 | He does not just open his eyes and look and there it is . |
| 24 | The sociologist of religion ( usually ) does not just plonk down a whole lot of data and let the reader make what he or she will of it . |
| 25 | This machine does not just feed off ‘ peckerdillos ’ . |
| 26 | Moreover , their use of their disparate conceptions does not just lead them to give contradictory answers to common questions such as ‘ Were Athenian slaves a class or nut ? ’ |
| 27 | The theme of ‘ Love and Marriage ’ does not just evolve just around Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy but many other characters in the novel as demonstrated below : |
| 28 | Distress does not just arise from the symptoms of mental disorder but also from the consequences of the disorder as they affect the social and occupational life of the individual . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | MICHAEL Caine does not just want to star in front of the camera , he wants to star behind it . |