Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To complete unity it needs not just a flow of money from west to east but a sense of national solidarity . |
| 2 | The mythical train has not only a destination but a timetable . |
| 3 | This sentence contains not simply a report of something said ; but of something said on repeated occasions at times later than the ‘ moment ’ which is being described . |
| 4 | It contains not only a Rope Museum and Blacksmith 's Shop but a working watermill too . |
| 5 | The definitionalist might seek to save his position by arguing for a general principle of law to the effect that to intend an act is to intend it under a full description and that therefore in all crimes where the actus reus contains not only a conduct element but also circumstances and consequences , mens rea is to be taken as being ‘ coextensive with the actus reus . ’ |
| 6 | Jackie Bennett , in The Wildlife Garden Month-by-Month ( David & Charles , June , £14.99 , 0 7153 0033 4 ) , offers not only a calendar but a sequence of practical projects , like making a bat box , or establishing an untidy area . |
| 7 | In its largest and perhaps most significant perspective , deconstruction involves not just a critique of the grounds of knowledge in general , but specifically of the grounds of Occidental knowledge . |
| 8 | UNDERDEVELOPMENT involves not only a lack of technical knowledge but also being linked to the wrong knowledge . |
| 9 | It involves not only a judgment about the way things are but also the way things ought to be . |
| 10 | This involves not only a replacement of the formerly existing elements of production , but also the insertion of new elements into the new cycle of production . |
| 11 | The Conwy Castle Information Centre includes not only a tourist information centre but a shop selling a wide range of quality gifts and publications together with an exhibition on Edward I and his castles in Wales . |
| 12 | The maintenance of living structure requires not only a flow of energy , but a multitude of controls on that flow . |
| 13 | In the hands of Althusser and Habermas , the critique of ideology becomes not just a basis for pouring scorn on the thinkers who have rationalized an exploitative economic and class system . |
| 14 | For , the list above suggests not only a range of tasks , but a hierarchy of skills . |
| 15 | Like the newly-elected Prime Minister , with whom he shares not just a love of cricket , but a firm adherence to basic principles , a natural decency and a dogged belief in hard work , the England captain enjoys a challenge against the odds . |