Example sentences of "[pron] not [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Refugees bring with them not just a bundle of belongings but an accumulation of skills and knowledge and a real determination to make a positive contribution to their new country . |
| 2 | I learned that the Manitoba Racing Commission had moreover by midafternoon given each of them not only a champagne reception and a splendid lunch but also , as a memento , a framed group photograph of all the owners on the trip . |
| 3 | He was delighted to find himself not merely a Lord 24 years ago , but in possession of the regular expenses his status brings him . |
| 4 | The year 1974 saw both Ceauşescu 's ‘ election ’ as President of the Socialist Republic of Romania at a ceremony in which he bestowed on himself not only a sash of office but a sceptre too . |
| 5 | Only its not just a dream for these three brothers from Malvern . |
| 6 | Thus Anselm of Canterbury , referring to Galatians 7:19 , speaks of St Paul as his ‘ sweet nurse , sweet mother ’ ; and continues , with reference to Luke 13:34 : ‘ And you Jesus , are you not also a mother ? |
| 7 | Yet , as one of his prose pieces of the period reveals , the desert remained for him not only a place of death , but also a place of Christian triumph . |
| 8 | Is it not rather a triumph actually to have Mr Swinton here ? ’ |
| 9 | He cites ‘ the interest of scholarship and fair-mindedness ’ , which are as it happens rather grand terms , but is it not rather a matter of free speech than of insinuation or imprecation ? |
| 10 | Is it not also a fact that waiting lists for houses to rent are increasing and have more than trebled since the Conservatives took office ? |
| 11 | Is it not also a fact that in this case it is clear that , if the Court of Appeal believes that he had no intention of flouting a court order and of putting himself above the law , that should be good enough for the rest of us ? |
| 12 | Is it not also a fact that , because industries in the north and north-west and other such places have increasingly been taken over by industries based in the south , the north has always been last for investment and first for cuts ? |
| 13 | It would make it not just a dream , it would make it something that actually was possible to achieve . |
| 14 | Is it not indeed a cause for constant wonder and worship ? |
| 15 | Nevertheless , in the contemporary English village it is this feeling of having been ‘ taken over ’ by outsiders that usually prevails among the agricultural population and with it not only a sense of ‘ loss of community ’ , but an inevitable animus against the invasion of ‘ furriners ’ . |