Example sentences of "[not/n't] just [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sweat is not just pure water , it also contains electrolytes and some protein . |
| 32 | But it is not just prospective parents who have contact with mentally handicapped people , and the attitudes of many people in positions of authority are crucial in that they will make decisions which will affect the lives of our mentally handicapped community . |
| 33 | If things are not just right , they have to go through that process all over again . |
| 34 | But it was not just long service that endeared him to Palace fans , for Billy was an enthusiastic player , full of pep and fight , with the ‘ never say die ’ attitude that supporters love to see . |
| 35 | It is not just long waits that are falling . |
| 36 | This time , however , they were under commanders who were soldiers , not just high-born magnates , and were not underestimating their foes . |
| 37 | The ego , which itself develops out of the id , excludes certain impressions and processes as a defensive process , which become not just preconscious , and therefore capable of being remembered easily , but repressed into the id , where powerful emotional factors keep them forgotten . |
| 38 | That is odd , because Wall Street 's troubles are not just cyclical . |
| 39 | So you 're not just reliant on one person , and if that person 's away you 're stuck . |
| 40 | The rise of numerous sociétés savants is one of the most interesting aspects of this period , with their accommodation of not just professional scientists but anyone who could be induced to participate and part with the fee charged for annual membership . |
| 41 | Not just British-produced fuel would be taken there , however , but the outpourings of all those expanding nuclear nations which did n't have their own similar plants — Japan , Belgium , Italy and a potential clutch of other European countries . |
| 42 | China 's rush to capitalism is also a rush towards individual liberty : the chance to choose not just fancy clothes and fast cars but how to live , where to live and who to be ruled by . |
| 43 | And it 's not just tropical countries that are affected . |
| 44 | The author is thus not just skilled in the use of form ; he also enjoys a very productive skill in characterization : that is in the exploitation of the literary phenomenon of the production and manipulation of characters within a series of dramatic events for his own effects , rather than in the production of " memorable " or " realistic " characters . |
| 45 | Since tomorrow 's materials will be better than today 's , delay is not just pointless procrastination . |
| 46 | Is it not just harmless fun ? |
| 47 | Rachel sat there in the back of the Mercedes , unable to give him the stinging retort on her lips because she knew he would do what he promised , and she had a profound fear that the minute he made love to her fully the feelings she was desperately trying to suppress would keel over and completely overwhelm her , leaving her not just vulnerable but absolutely devastated by the reality of what they were . |
| 48 | Not just illegal , it was also counter-productive , fuelling further resentment among Catholic families ( McCauley , 1989:143 ) . |
| 49 | It is far more desirable to develop a style of advertising that fits the brand and has a relevant built-in attention-getting effect — in other words advertising that is original and unusual , not just technical fireworks . |
| 50 | Wired purports to be about America not just Belushi , but this is trite stuff about decadence in Tinseltown ; what it has to say about the nation is nugatory , unless you count a depressing scene in which an audience collapses in laughter while the Voice of its Generation ( as Bluto in Animal House ) stuffs a sandwich down his pants . |
| 51 | ‘ Wired purports to be about America not just Belushi , but this is trite stuff about decadence in Tinseltown ; what it has to say about the nation is nugatory . ’ |
| 52 | Looking now at all legitimate births , not just first births , remarried women contributed 7 per cent of the 40,231 pre-maritally conceived births in 1976 , 18 per cent of the 41,250 in 1986 . |
| 53 | The LEP tunnel has room for not just two colliders but three . |
| 54 | In my attempt at a wide-angled overview , however , I shall argue that the camera has not just two but many sides , and that feminist film criticism and theory can only benefit from casting its eye outside a field of vision in which the theory of the gaze and questions of representation and power have been dominant for too long . |
| 55 | I do n't know if it was by accident — I should ask him one day — but I used to play that over and over again and just revel in that sound , and I thought if you could get hold of that sound and make a feature of it , and if it were not just two guitars but as many as you needed to make a proper arrangement , the possibilities would be endless . |
| 56 | As an Austrian , Niki is divided against himself , and there are not just two Nikis but several dozen of them . |
| 57 | However worthy this has been ( and necessary in places ) , our purpose should be to create work which records the process of change , not just two ‘ negative ’ or ‘ positive ’ poles . |
| 58 | Not just two old men in a van . ’ |
| 59 | The graduated fill allows you to choose a number of colours in the fill , not just two , which means it is a great facility for the poor of taste to prove their shortcomings . |
| 60 | We ca n't defend on a broad front George not just two of us . |