Example sentences of "not just [conj] [pers pn] have " in BNC.

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1 It was not just that they had lost a friend through death , but the death that Jesus had suffered was long and cruel , and above all it was unjust .
2 It was not just that he had gone off with someone else but he had actually gone off with a woman and it seemed to me like a betrayal of my identity .
3 It 's not just that he has withdrawn from the business of running a diocese , or that he walks abroad a great deal at night but is scarcely seen during the day , or that he often wo n't accept phone calls .
4 Er so you would you would need a very heavy rectification programme to sh to ensure , not just that you had enough cadres , but that the cadres were going in with , with the right attitudes .
5 ‘ We had a very good season , ’ Walsh reflects , ‘ not just because we 've won something , but because you learn in the process , and it 's very enjoyable .
6 It 's not just because we 've had police officers injured .
7 It 's not just because we 've had police officers injured — we 've had extra officers in their all the time , but we 're going to step that up now .
8 I was really looking forward to the 1961 Birkdale Open , and not just because we 'd gone so close the year before , though I was dying to get another chance to go one better this time .
9 ‘ Actually I was really happy about that , not just because we 'd been made Singe Of The Week , but because it was a woman reviewing the singles — and they 're a lot harder to please .
10 I was very happy there , not just because I 'd won but also because the crown was very nice to me and I saw lots of Portuguese people .
11 I hope you will be with the health service workers , not just because I have the honour and privilege of being a national officer with this greatest union in the country .
12 In view of this , it would be no more than proper and right for me to talk in some in great detail about it , but I am not going to , and not just because I have an eye on the clock , or an ear for the protest of stomachs .
13 Laggan Locks , just along from the hostel , was very much the heart of the area for all our doings — and not just because it has a tearoom !
14 Mr Wallace expects to get support for his view that the Scottish Constitutional Convention should go into cold storage , not just because it has little relevance but also to expose Labour as uninterested in cross-party co-operation .
15 Jane was angry , not just because he had refused , but because it was unbearable that such a worm could be so successful .
16 IF Gorbachev the Great is looking more and more like Mixed-up Mikhail , it is not just because he has an impossible job .
17 Feeling years older than when she woke up this morning — and not just because she had acquired a new , sophisticated façade of hair and clothing during the day — Belinda plunged into the middle of the party crowd again .
18 How she hated calling him that , not just because she had an American 's disdain for such outdated nonsense but because Nicolo obviously relished the title .
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