Example sentences of "it [be] not just that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It is not just that beetles and mice are pests ( we might have said the same of ladybirds and the pursuit of wildfowl ) , but rather that the relative similarity of the larger mammals to ourselves materially affects our thinking and is reflected in our instinctive responses . |
2 | Finally , it is not just that women are invisible , but that gender itself is . |
3 | It is not just that things could be other than they are — it is that they must be . |
4 | It is not just that politicians speak with forked tongues . |
5 | It was not just that degenerates were thought to be intelligent and gifted ; their intelligence manifested one of the most disturbing paradoxes of the perverse : a vitiating regression to the primitive from within an advanced cultural sophistication . |