Example sentences of "not simply a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of those cultures might , with some justification , argue that the distinction between language-systems and the state of the world is not simply a neutral , theoretical tool but itself an ideological weapon constructed within a dominant culture and serving the purposes of cultural and linguistic imperialism . |
| 2 | The technology employed is not simply a neutral manifestation of progress : it both reflects and helps to reinforce the social relations which exist between managers and those who occupy their buildings . |
| 3 | It will be able to demonstrate ( aided by Thames ' formidable selling skills ) that it is not simply a complacent white elephant milking the public purse . |
| 4 | There is an early retirement pension , a late retirement pension , an ill-health retirement pension and , perhaps more important , an in-built provision for index linking so that it is not simply a straightforward sum each year . |
| 5 | The man was not simply a present enigma . |
| 6 | learning to relax is not simply a pleasant thing to do . |
| 7 | Marriage was obviously not simply a religious union but had profound social consequences and these were recognised in the formal legal changes of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | Furthermore the amount of white land identified in the Local Plan is a measure of whether land performs a greenbelt function , and not simply a long-term strategic land reserve . |
| 9 | His was not simply a negative strategy of " divide and rule " . |
| 10 | What is needed is an effort to build trust , tolerance , and a spirit of friendly ( or comradely ) competition , not simply a new generation of weaponry . |
| 11 | But , she argues , it 's not simply a new spirit of democracy which should prompt such thinking . |
| 12 | What we need is not simply a new , flatter organization but an understanding of how managerial hierarchy functions — how it relates to the complexity of work and how we can use it to achieve a more effective deployment of talent and energy . |
| 13 | God 's Word is not simply a bare event of encounter with the Subject who stands over against us as Lord . |
| 14 | This is not simply a passing fad . |
| 15 | However , if imperialism is a consequence of capitalist expansionism and not simply a colonial system of government , then some form of economic neo-imperialism could persist after independence for ex-colonies ( see Abel and Lewis , 1985 ) . |
| 16 | The popular fronts themselves became still more intransigent in their demands : both the Latvian and the Lithuanian fronts , in late 1989 , were openly contemplating the possibility of formal secession from the USSR , not simply a greater measure of autonomy , and the three fronts jointly organised a Baltic Assembly which called for political independence for the republics within a ‘ neutral and demilitarised Balto-Scandia ’ . |
| 17 | This was not simply a hollow hewn out of the mound ; a room to admire or to sit in . |
| 18 | It has been argued that British membership of the EEC imposes a legal not simply a political limitation on Parliament . |
| 19 | Within these limitations , however , an amorphous and diverse spread of topics remains to be explored , particularly since a persistent theme of this chapter will be to emphasize that environmentalism in rural England is not simply a technological or ecological affair , but a social , political and even philosophical question , too . |
| 20 | It is not simply a legal issue or even a theological one . |
| 21 | This was not simply a boastful assertion of the worth of his own cultural background , for there is no doubt that at this time the Dalmatians included theologians , philosophers , poets and lawyers whose ‘ minds were admired by Italy itself ’ . |
| 22 | His example makes it seem that the circle is not simply a detachable result of , or something which can be considered in isolation from , certain motions , but rather something whose very nature and properties are essentially tied up with its method of production . |
| 23 | Spiritual direction is not simply a cosy chat , and being straight may be one of the most important contributions you make to a person . |
| 24 | Malcolm Storry 's bullet-headed Aufidius is not simply a rude barbarian but an acute analyst of Coriolanus 's character : Mr Storry has the priceless gift of making the language tangible so that when he says ‘ I think he 'll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish ’ the image comes resonantly alive . |
| 25 | Leapor 's treatment of the division of labour in this poem confirms that this was a fundamental struggle in her life and poetry , not simply a localized disagreement with Sophronia . |
| 26 | He was a famous painter once more now , not simply a local eccentric to encounter on the beach . |
| 27 | The action sought to emphasize that the conflict , in which more than 3,000 people had died in faction fighting since January 1987 , was a national , and not simply a local problem . |
| 28 | This was a development which also disseminated throughout northern England the idiosyncratic customs of the clergy of the Celtic regions of the British Isles which the Church of Rome , as it comprehended them over time , came increasingly to view as schismatic — not simply a different , more archaic method of calculating the date of Easter ( which Iona retained long after other Irish communities had abandoned it ) , but a whole range of differences in ritual practice and , in the absence of an established ecclesiastical hierarchy of bishops and archbishops , a barely recognizable ecclesiastical order . |
| 29 | Two-Three-One was not simply a resident unit at Bassingbourn it was Bassingbourn and vice versa . |
| 30 | Muji is not simply a post-matt black yuppie haven , but beware — once you buy one thing , you 'll find it hard to stop . |