Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] not just the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tragic death of drummer Jeff Porcaro has heralded not just the end of an era but , according to Toto 's guitarist and now frontman Steve Lukather , the end of the band 's fourteen-year career … |
| 2 | De Gaulle believed that the Cold War , which had frozen not just the superpowers but the rest of the world in a paralyzing confrontation between two blocs , was coming to an end and that , within each bloc , the hegemony of the respective superpower was dissolving . |
| 3 | Beirut had become not just the cultural capital of the Palestinian movement but the headquarters for Yassir Arafat 's Palestine Liberation Organisation . |
| 4 | The CNAA had become not just the ‘ safety net ’ validating body envisaged by the Robbins Committee and others , but also a major factor in the implementation of the new binary policy and the promotion of colleges , not to ‘ university status ’ by inclusion in the existing pattern of universities , but to a major element in a binary approach to what constituted ‘ higher education ’ . |
| 5 | He added that the government was especially pleased that the scheme had encouraged not just the planting of large forests but also of small woodlands for recreational purposes . |
| 6 | She had married not just the man , she had married his job , and all that it involved . |