Example sentences of "[verb] not just [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And in the course of time they began to make simple documentaries erm which would be something say the study of Pekin , if you happened to go there , or Italy if you happened to go , any country that to which you could go , you went and you made not just newsreels but also erm documentary studies of these films , of these places . |
| 3 | I mean not just trying but if you if you get chosen to play the violin it means practising and practising and staying with it so that you become a good violin player . |
| 4 | Jesus came not just to forgive and to cleanse , but to break the power of sin |
| 5 | The strike affects not just tax and customs officers but every branch of the state 's financial service . |
| 6 | They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination . |
| 7 | Most authoritative commentators on British politics in the period between the Reform Acts , 1832 and 1867 did not just describe and explain our politics . |
| 8 | Words articulate our experience of things , they do not just express or reflect it ; they give form to what , without language and other sign-systems , would merely be a chaotic and undifferentiated jumble of ideas ; instead of things determining the meaning of words , words determine the meaning of things . |
| 9 | This indicates that the politics of local government do not just respond or react to the local environment , but crucially that they also help to mould this environment , and thus to a certain extent help to shape the local political agenda . |
| 10 | A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people . |
| 11 | Do n't just listen and then go away without first checking that your interpretation of what the person has said is accurate . |
| 12 | One way or another , you place your order , but the wise gardener does not just sit and wait for it to come . |
| 13 | The construct system does not just exist but is constantly tested and adapted with a view to perfecting its interaction with the world and improving its competence . |
| 14 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |