Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] not [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he first had the idea for the programme , Frank Spencer was not even the main character . |
| 2 | Corbett was not only a great hunter and practical naturalist , he was also that rare thing , a natural writer . |
| 3 | Graham was not just a kind elderly man , he was a passionate and knowledgeable gardener . |
| 4 | Last Monday was not only the seventh anniversary of the accident . |
| 5 | Woods was not only a successful cricketer ; he excelled at rugby football . |
| 6 | It was this aspect of Althusserian theory , perhaps more than any other , that led many orthodox Marxists to consider that Althusser was not really a Marxist at all . |
| 7 | Coleridge was not only a willing listener to Southey 's ideas , but was soon developing them into grand and Utopian principles during long hours spent in Oxford ‘ disputing on metaphysical subjects ’ . |
| 8 | it must have poured on us but I ca n't ever remember it raining You know there was when we used to go to Deerness I had very long hair and we And Kirkwall was n't just the cleanest of place at places at that time . |
| 9 | Overcrowding was not just an urban problem . |
| 10 | Nicola was not just a simpering and empty-headed blonde with a pleasant voice . |
| 11 | Roundhay was n't exactly the Left Bank . |
| 12 | Even if Iron Mike was not quite the same fearsome character as the man who cleaned up all the titles to be the undisputed champion — he was still the most feared man in boxing . |
| 13 | Yet we know that Kleon was not only a vocal opponent of Pericles ' war strategy , i.e. was politically active in Pericles ' lifetime ( Plut . |
| 14 | Eden was not only a historical reality , therefore , but a perpetual temptation for humankind . |
| 15 | David Jack was not only an elegant inside-forward , he was an elegant man , always impeccably dressed , his main weakness being cigarettes . |
| 16 | As she listened to Amsterdam she became more sure by the minute that Timothy was n't quite the same as he 'd been when he had left the house that morning . |
| 17 | Another issue raised was that Europe was not just a commercial union but a global power bloc which would need to consider external relations outside Europe . |
| 18 | Commenting on the meeting , a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 5 that the Dalai Lama was not merely a religious figure , but a " political exile , who has long been engaged in activities aimed at splitting China and disrupting national unity " . |
| 19 | Somehow , being late in London was n't quite the same as being late in the country . |
| 20 | India was not merely a passive recipient of Persian artistic ideas , however . |
| 21 | Such reformers usually saw themselves as making it possible for the Masai to survive as a race : getting obsessed with the Masai was not inherently a passive occupation . |
| 22 | Anyone under 21 might not realise that Rod Stewart was not always a smug , smarmy middle of the road crooner . |
| 23 | John was not always a reliable source of information about his own past : he combined a poor memory for dates with an imaginative flair for making the best of any story . |
| 24 | And the Mamur Zapt was n't even an Egyptian Christian . |