Example sentences of "it [was/were] not [adv] [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not simply terror that I might invade his study and his solitude ; it was terror that I might invade his heart . |
| 2 | Clients who needed money would become upset at what they considered inappropriate questioning , but this would suggest to the workers that they had touched a sensitive point , confirming some personal theory that it was not really money that the clients required . |
| 3 | It was not only wool that behaved in this manner , some synthetics could do the same thing . |
| 4 | It was not only food that was running short ; the Collector was shocked to see how little powder and shot remained the mine , the fougasses , and the firing of chain shot to clear the foliage had seriously depleted what he had considered an ample provision of powder ; if used sparingly it might last for two weeks , but the shot was almost exhausted . |
| 5 | It was not only strategy that was affected by Verdun ; personalities , too , were involved . |
| 6 | It was not only industry that gave advanced European nations their character , but the way in which industrialisation took place , developing the growth of capitalist social relations . |