Example sentences of "[det] be not [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some are not even writers .
2 This is not simply intelligence , but in work organizations a capacity to diagnose and solve problems ; to provide structured solutions for situations of uncertainty .
3 This is not just species vanity .
4 It is in the fact that this is not however orthodoxy that our hope lies .
5 This is not terribly cost effective , however .
6 ‘ John Neumeier and his Hamburg Ballet have produced a fascinating and beautiful work , strengthening the already strong impression that this is not only Germany 's finest dance company , but one of the most interesting anywhere ’ .
7 This was not simply professionalism .
8 This was not only vengeance for a lost son , but an invasion .
9 And this was not only Walsall Co-op , it was the Co-ops as far as I can remember , because er er you know I would n't take that for gospel could I 'm not not sure because I was only child .
10 These are not strictly part of our ‘ urban ’ concerns , but they do show how Harré 's and Goffman 's ideas , as well as Giddens 's concept of ‘ locale ’ are not limited to a particular scale .
11 These are not just art objects , but furniture to be both used and admired .
12 These are not necessarily forces for continuity but they may act as barriers to government attempts to impose a new line of policy .
13 These are not merely story-telling , they are attempts to tidy up external reality , attempts to select , order , shape , often to reshape experiences so that they can be understood , coped with , made more bearable , and ego supporting .
14 All these are not merely parts of our descriptive model ; we assume that they correspond very directly to aspects of the activity which goes on in the mind of speakers ; by contrast the relation of instantiation which links particular items of the English vocabulary and the elements E and P is metalinguistic , since in any particular use of a linguistic structure the word-meanings which are present , supported of course by the word-forms which are the overt carriers of the meanings , are the Es and the Ps , rather than being related to them .
15 That these were not just accidents which inevitably happen in modern travel and industry , was pointed out by the director general of the British Safety Council , James Tye :
16 But these were not just facsimiles of Big Ted and Little Ted , no : this time Hamble was dressed head to toe in leather astride a miniature Harley Davidson .
17 An important point to note here is that these were not really arguments against correctionalism as such .
18 These were not only Britons and Germans , but also Belgians , French , Italians , Swiss ; they were diplomats and political persons of high rank ; distinguished clergymen ; retired military gentlemen ; writers and thinkers .
19 North listened to this impassively ; when it was over his eyes filled with tears , but these were not necessarily tears of compunction .
20 Government fixes the format in which BR has to work ; and if , as the Hidden report attests , many of its problems today reflect lack of past planning , lack of farsighted investment , living from hand to mouth , then that is not just BR 's doing .
21 That is not necessarily part of the press release but it does give the editor some important information .
22 He or she may have emotional problems that result in occasional deliberate binges but that is not necessarily alcoholism .
23 But if you look properly it 's a , that is not only Harlow .
24 No , that 's not even water is it ?
25 That 's not even carcass money . ’
26 ‘ We need people to talk to , people who will listen to us and understand our real needs — and that 's not just pills and psychiatric treatment , they only deal with the depression .
27 And that 's not really opera , it 's theatre , musical theatre , and we 're experimenting quite considerably with the theatre in that case and doing it almost in the round .
28 And that 's not very lot , well not
29 That 's not quite D Y by D X yet is it ?
30 That was not just vanity .
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