Example sentences of "it is not [adv] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Access and freedom-to-roam are issues dear to the heart of most Scots , but it is not just boots and shoes that are involved nowadays , but canoes , windsurfers , paragliders , boats of all kinds , and bikes . |
| 2 | In the business of safety it is not just accidents that cost — not being able to prove that you have accidents under control can be very expensive . |
| 3 | It is not just Whitehall that must change . |
| 4 | ‘ It is not just statistics that are involved , it is also research and information generally , ’ he said . |
| 5 | But it is not just knowledge that matters in this view of women 's education ; it is control over the learning process . |
| 6 | ‘ It was n't an easy task and shows members of the public it is not just fires the fire brigade attends and it is not just cats and dogs that vets deal with . ’ |
| 7 | But it is not just children that are abused . |
| 8 | It is not only man and animal who are closely connected , mentally , at a subtle level , but all creatures , including man and man , or man and woman . |
| 9 | But it is not only education but all the social services that may help to improve the quality of labour in varying ways and degrees . |
| 10 | But it is not only bridies and gravy for which the Bow is famed . |
| 11 | It is not only antiquities that suffer . |
| 12 | And it is not only birds that do it . |
| 13 | And it is not only values that are broadly shared . |
| 14 | But it is not only trout that I have caught at Coldingham . |
| 15 | It is not only headings and topic sentences at the beginning of paragraphs which signal the directions in which an essay is progressing , however . |
| 16 | With the new machinery in operation , it is not only flexibility that has increased but also the ability to accommodate an increased diversity of product range . |
| 17 | The grandest and perhaps latest of them , the lower fragment from Delos , the first truly impressive piece of Greek sculpture , shows a beginning in knee and thigh and genitals ( and from the side in the powerful buttocks ) ; but it is not only weathering that makes , in the upper fragment , the relation of shoulders , breast and arms so wholly inorganic — it is the same in the little bronze fig. 13 . |
| 18 | But it is not only word-play that has to be explained : humour may depend deeply on cultural knowledge , on knowledge of famous people , customs , music , literature , and so on : What do you call a bald Cheshire Cat ? |
| 19 | It is not only religion and morality that are in question . |
| 20 | It is not only patients that will provide samples of PCR . |
| 21 | It is not only birdlife but wildlife such as reindeer and plantlife . |
| 22 | It is not only qualifications that matter within Whitbread , the company also looks for individuals with a determination to succeed , are bright and have appropriate team skills . |