Example sentences of "n't just [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | It was n't just that copies of knitting patterns in a popular British magazine were regarded as subersive , or even that the border guards had strict rules about the permitted length of visitors ' hair . |
2 | It is n't just that she does n't have the stomach to eat anything because of her morbid dread of flying ; more that she ca n't accept touching anything anti-Green . |
3 | However , it is n't just that their perceptions and responses are affected by their beliefs . |
4 | It was n't just that Major appeared to have accepted a dare to go through an entire broadcast without offering a single specific incentive of any kind for people to vote for him , but Brunson , an experienced broadcaster , was even odder . |
5 | It was n't just that Nottingham 's studious fullback landed seven goals from his solitary World Cup appearance , against the American Eagles at Twickenham last October . |
6 | It was n't just that the parents had to be kept under control despite the fact that they and the police were in many respects working at cross purposes , it was the danger of some third party interfering … a go-between with power and influence was what the Captain dreaded most … |
7 | It is n't just that the repertory is far-removed from that of the harp 's romantic territory — and , to the best of my recollection , of a kind last explored ( more conservatively and on a modern instrument ) in an entire disc by Zabaleta ( Archiv ) over 20 years ago , nor that it is played on two pedal-less early harps , it 's the spirit with and in which it is executed . |
8 | It was n't just that Bernice had no time for women who made themselves look like that ; the other woman demanded attention . |
9 | It was n't just that the thing looked misshapen and ugly and threatening . |
10 | It was n't just that it looked so out of place hanging against the speckled mystery of clean , deep space . |
11 | It was n't just that their possessions , wood and porcelain , paint and linen , symbolised their joint life . |
12 | It was n't just that she was strikingly beautiful ; there was an unworldly air about her . |
13 | It was n't just some inevitable reserve because of the age difference , and it was n't just that she was an intensely private person whose public persona did n't tell the whole story . |
14 | It was n't just that she had grown older and softer or that they were harder than he had been . |
15 | It was n't just that he was pitching it lower . |
16 | as I say because of my health and one thing and another you could n't just and he , and he was really good he was and explained everything to me I say that |
17 | Anyway he would n't I know what he said about working Saturdays but like , you used your car as well and it was n't just when you said that as well . |
18 | And it was n't just because England won the World Cup , either . |
19 | She had been so worried about the mistress , and it was n't just because of the way she had torn into the work this morning , nor because of the bairn growing heavy inside her and making life uncomfortable . |
20 | You see , it was n't their joy , it was n't just because they were exuberant , they had already i di , expressed this joy back in verse eight , at the preaching of the gospel , there was much rejoicing in the city ! |
21 | And it was n't just because of what happened with Mortimer … that was part of it , but the way Guy made her feel , deep inside , must surely mean that any damage done by Mortimer Harrison had been transitory … must n't it ? |
22 | ‘ My anger at the time of his death was n't just because I believed you 'd distracted him , it was more complicated than that . ’ |
23 | He 's only only third in line , I mean you ca n't Just because he 's |
24 | She loves to say she does n't just cos he thinks like that but she does ! |
25 | ‘ This is n't just where I live , it 's where I work . |