Example sentences of "is not primarily a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the relationship between literature and language in the structuralist view is not primarily a negative or oppositional one , as it is in Formalist theory ; in accordance with the basic principles of structuralist theory , the relationship between the two is one of parallelism , or , to use a structuralist term , homology . |
| 2 | It is not primarily a mental disease because thought processes return to being perfectly intact in those who are in substantial recovery through the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 3 | The problem which it presents is not primarily a financial one , but a physical one . |
| 4 | Although history is not primarily a vocational subject , the skills of analysis and writing which its study develops are much in demand . |
| 5 | It is not primarily a Christian problem , but a human problem . |
| 6 | The problem is not primarily a structural one — structures are dependent variables . |
| 7 | All Motor Safari 's instructors are members of the Driving Instructors Association , and the fact that two of the instructors are women proves that off-road driving is not primarily a macho pastime . |
| 8 | Whether a Single Currency would be good or bad for Britain is not primarily an economic question , though it would have profound economic effects . |
| 9 | Doubt is not primarily an abstract philosophical or theological question , nor a state of morbid spiritual or psychological anguish . |