Example sentences of "not just [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not intend to set up an alternative formal system ( uninterpreted in itself ) to act as the interpretation for our syntax , and we shall not just specify patterns of co-occurring word classes on the supposition that causal factors are described by exhibiting the phenomena they govern ( or , worse , that the two are the same ) ; this mistake , which has been widely made , reverses the logical priorities — rather as if one were to answer an enquiry about the underlying geological structure of a region by offering aerial photographs of the terrain . |
| 2 | And it 's dangerous ground , because before you know it they 're not just honouring millionaires by putting their names on degrees , they 're putting their names over the door . |
| 3 | This tumble is not just breaking limbs — it is breaking the spirit . |
| 4 | The letter to a friend left behind after a move could contain thoughts about the way the family have been treated by immigration officials ; the really interesting letter would not just recount memories , but also hint at the dreams and fears , the expectations and terrors of what lies ahead . |
| 5 | You bought some bloody jogging shoes ( not just jogging shoes , with air-suspension heels , but shorts , two T-shirts , two pairs of running socks , a sweatshirt , a book on dieting and exercise , and a rowing machine/fitness centre for wet days costing £117.85 ) . |
| 6 | Chang had produced some seemingly impossible shots too : not just decapitating waves as they curled over and scimitared down , but the underbelly of the wave as well , shot through the turbulence ; the lip from behind and below ; the inside of the barrel taken from the inside looking out . |
| 7 | This does not just mean interviews with a therapist , but also appropriate contact with nursing and other ward staff . |
| 8 | All businesses , not just incorporated ones , gain from the public-good and quasi-public-good provisions of the public sector , especially the legal framework in which limited liability is enjoyed . |
| 9 | Third , conjunctive relations do not just reflect relations between external phenomena , but may also be set up to reflect relations which are internal to the text or communicative situation . |
| 10 | But still , the vital point is missing — that rock 'n' roll was internally contradictory from the start : not Just boogie rhythms rough sound , blues shouts and physical involvement but also sentimental ballad melodies and forms , ‘ angelic ’ backing vocal effects and ‘ novelty ’ gimmicks . |
| 11 | In fact , Marie Hoader tried to account for the negative consequences of unemployment in terms of five things that employment provides in our society , five sorts of experience that more and more , as we are industrialized and as more and more people are involved in working in employment , erm have come to be important and provided via employment , and we talked of two of those earlier — one 's activity and one was time structure — and you 've just raised the issue of feeling that you 're contributing to society in some way , that you 're part of a collective purpose , that you 're not just drawing things out , you 're also doing something useful with your time . |
| 12 | So why not just let things flow on . |
| 13 | And there 's more people taking it up seriously now , not just strumming chords . |
| 14 | It will not just teach learners how to form the passive or reported speech , but also when and how to use them . |
| 15 | Have to ask for contraceptives at chemist 's , not just wave items pinkly at assistant . |
| 16 | " The point of conventionalism is not just to protect litigants against surprise , but instead the more complex goal , which includes this one , of achieving the social benefits of coordinated private and commercial activity . |
| 17 | The pool system was not just to protect journalists and share the work out fairly , but also to control and censor the media . |
| 18 | Regulatory agencies in America have been required , as a result , not just to involve others in the decision-making process but to take a ‘ hard look ’ at all the relevant issues and alternatives , including abandoning a project , to give reasons for decisions and to make continuous disclosure of the facts and assumptions which it relies on in promulgating a rule . |
| 19 | Why not just leave things alone ? |
| 20 | No one can afford to keep open beds that are not being used , not just losing savings but soaking up resources that can only come from cuts in other vital social services . |
| 21 | Group I/II/III : A trio of classifications applicable to all fax machines , not just fax modems . |
| 22 | Some researchers think the STM may have a more distant future not just analysing molecules and microcircuits but helping to make them . |
| 23 | The purpose of the intervention is not just to help parents sort out a specific behaviour problem . |
| 24 | The BMA has already pinpointed cycling as a way of reducing Heart Disease and cancer , so we clearly have grounds for promoting better facilities for cycling for health reasons and not just to reduce accidents . |
| 25 | ‘ Thus , although Dillons discounts only a limited range of titles , the knock-on effect of its advertising campaign and aggressive marketing is that it brings people into its shops , and generates the belief that all books are cheaper in Dillons , not just discounted titles . |
| 26 | Does he not just see Lapps ? |
| 27 | I ca n't prove anything yet but he 's not just making sausages , he 's got some racket going buying and selling stuff on the side and the money 's not going through his books . |
| 28 | And not just making books like Gurder 's Book of Nome . |
| 29 | These are not just talking heads : their testimonies are a fascinating mix of anecdote and analysis that are a real credit to the film-makers ' skills . |
| 30 | The whole point of allowing the big schemes to go ahead at this difficult economic time , after all , is not just to get roads and railway lines built but to cut unemployment and get the economy moving . |