Example sentences of "not just [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MICHAEL Caine does not just want to star in front of the camera , he wants to star behind it . |
| 2 | The project did not just aim to find out children 's existing ideas . |
| 3 | After all , it was maintained , who was to say that the Dunstaple treatment was not just beginning to work each time as McNab began to apply his treatment ? |
| 4 | KF chose EDS because ‘ we were convinced they will focus on our real needs , not just try to sell us something , ’ Hjoth said . |
| 5 | They can not just choose to hurt you , you have to give them the chance ( for example by joining in activities like those listed above ) — so do n't ! |
| 6 | Humans do not just react to fire , they act upon it in terms of the meanings they give to it . |
| 7 | Teachers , that is , do not just decide to deploy particular skills because of their recognized professional worth and value , or because of their own confidence and competence in operating them . |
| 8 | I am not just trying to extol the virtues of a well-managed filtration system , nor should I need to , but this is an actual necessity to maintain Siamese Tigers at their best . |
| 9 | But it is not just trying to get the recipient to learn the ad by rote : it is , surely , trying to give information — persuasive information — about the product , so that the consumer will prefer it to its competitors and buy it . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not just trying to make the final . |
| 11 | ‘ I hope this Tory government 's change of heart is genuine and that they are not just trying to pass the buck . |
| 12 | But he added : ‘ I am not just trying to play now so I can force my way into the Cup final team . |
| 13 | So whether changes in sexist language are a ‘ natural ’ outcome of women 's changing experience , or whether they are deliberate , conscious reforms , they are not just left to take their chance in a linguistic free market . |
| 14 | The court might hold that the existence of the default power precludes the tort action ; but if the authority has not just failed to act but has taken positive action , or if it has acted ultra vires , or if it has inflicted injury on the applicant greater than that suffered by other affected parties ( ‘ special damage ’ ) , a court might be prepared to allow a tort action even in the face of a statutory default power . |
| 15 | The research does not just attempt to see when , where , whether and which people pack more into their lives but to bridge the gap between existing empirical work based on time budgets and more subjective accounts of the process . |
| 16 | What this analysis indicates , however , is that cost accountants do not just need to improve their product-costing , vital though that is for strategic decisions . |
| 17 | Our table , under Harry 's stern gaze , sat solemnly well behaved until he leaned over and uttered the immortal words , ‘ We 're not just going to take this , are we ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have the premier belt and you want it — but I 'm not just going to give it to you . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm not just going to let you throw me away . |
| 20 | ‘ But we 're not just going to sit here until they come for us ? ’ |
| 21 | Now he 's decided he 's not just going to act , he 's going to make programmes , too . |
| 22 | But you 're not just going to get away with it , this time . |
| 23 | The challenge is not just to help to preserve living communities today , but also to preserve a living countryside for the benefit of the future community . |
| 24 | And if they are to develop critical abilities , and to see their work in a wider perspective , that too must be built into the curriculum and not just expected to happen . |