Example sentences of "[verb] not just by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole spreading fortress was surrounded not just by a moat , but by a deep artificial lake . |
| 2 | The offence is committed not just by a trader who supplies consumer goods that are not reasonably safe but also by a trader who agrees or offers to supply them or exposes or possesses them for supply . |
| 3 | The damage can be limited not just by a vow of silence from the government 's critics , but also by intelligent fiscal action from the government itself . |
| 4 | As direct eye contact is established , then held , her pupils are dilated not just by the half-light , but by adrenalin . |
| 5 | ‘ Any development of a deep water fishery will be long-term and will be dictated not just by the availability of fish stocks but , equally importantly , by an identified customer market . ’ |
| 6 | This will be affected not just by the amount of resources devoted to health , but also by the efficiency of the service . |
| 7 | He would be defended not just by the best lawyers in Egypt but probably by the best lawyers in France . |
| 8 | The amendment failed , being opposed not just by the Government but surprisingly also by the SDP spokesman , Mr Robert MacLennan , who said that ‘ senior Ministers who have the duty to authorise interception of communications must have a very wide — in many cases , almost unlimited — discretion ’ . |
| 9 | The latter is certainly played with great energy although even such a generally obvious piece such as this would have benefitted from heightened sensitivity : Gershwin was , after all , influenced not just by the vibrant colours of the tropics but by their warmth as well . |
| 10 | ‘ It seems to change not just by the day but almost by the hour . ’ |
| 11 | Form is made perceptible against a background of existing literary form , and the function of a device is determined not just by the structural hierarchy of a particular work , but by its place in the literary system as a whole . |
| 12 | The consumer boom was fuelled not just by the falling savings ratio at a time when economic growth allowed incomes to rise strongly , but also by ( a ) tax cuts , especially in the budgets of 1987 and 1988 and ( b ) readily available credit — particularly in the aftermath of the deregulation of the City in 1986 , known as Big Bang . |