Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [not/n't] [adv] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implication of the term is not only that it is a privileged group but that , as a result , its members will not desire change and so be a conservative force in society . |
| 2 | Part of the problem that we got back to when we looked over the issues is that what 's happening in the private sector is not just that it 's growing but that it 's very much in an unplanned fashion . |
| 3 | The strength of the DCAC was not simply that it had the backing of the existing leadership of anti-Unionist opinion in Derry , but also that it succeeded in attracting new people who had not previously been involved in any kind of political activity but who found unsuspected reservoirs of energy and initiative . |
| 4 | The reason that it has received so much attention is not primarily that it is of practical importance ( although it has applications , e.g. Sections 26.2 , 26.5 , 26.6 ) , but rather that it has become a context for the development of ideas about the consequences of instability and evolution towards turbulent motion . |
| 5 | The point is not simply that we can identify status from speech if we wish to , such as with the clever elaborations developed on radio ; rather , that it is difficult to conceive of an utterance in English in which this is not the case . |
| 6 | The point is not only that we do as a matter of fact accept " the same meaning " and " a different meaning " as intelligible concepts , but that any attempt to define the criteria of interchangeability of expressions with regard to their meaning presupposes their intelligibility . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of OSO is not only that it has continued as a headquarters unit functioning from Glasgow for so long , but that it survived the Thatcher era as an interventionist wing of Government intended to nudge work in the direction of British industry . |
| 8 | But the really interesting bit about Rosemary Thorne 's appointment is not just that it 's newsworthy there 's only one other woman finance director in the country 's top 100 companies but what they 've done about her old job . |
| 9 | I think — I hope — that in a sense the relief of having a young assistant was not only that it helped his work , but that he also welcomed the presence of a younger doctor with more up-to-date medical knowledge . |
| 10 | There was a game was n't there that they played |
| 11 | However , the excitement is not simply that we have produced data consistent with the presence of large animals . |
| 12 | The reason why I take such a strong line on the set-aside scheme is not merely that it is right so to do . |