Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] just a " in BNC.

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1 While many of the 200 young mothers , grandmothers , shoppers and office workers who drifted into the Women 's Education Day might never have thought of themselves in this light , they probably identified immediately with the cartoon on the fact sheet : ‘ I am not just a housewife , I am an accountant , vet , nurse , negotiator , teacher , cook , red coat , driver … ‘ .
2 I am not just a snake he said .
3 ‘ I am not just a child . ’
4 I am not just a teacher , I 'm so much more than that !
5 These changes are not just a matter of following technological devlopments , but reflect the way businesses are changing .
6 ‘ It means that they 're beginning to realize that Free People are not just a bunch of dumb bomb-chuckers . ’
7 It is a fundamental belief of developmental biologists that the regulatory processes , just discussed , are central to how the pattern is established in normal development , and are not just a bizarre result of experimental interference .
8 Application forms are not just a routine procedure .
9 This means that presuppositions are not just a part of coming to believe but the heart of continuing to believe .
10 The stupid thing is that U2 are not just a good new rock-pop group , ‘ boy is n't it great that they can emerge out of the unhelpful Irish environment ’ .
11 He derided those who thought it was ‘ all right to stay in opposition so long as your socialist heart is pure ’ , and argued it was not they who suffered , but the poor in Britain and in the third world : ‘ We are not just a debating society .
12 We are not just a socialist Sunday school .
13 As a world-wide Church we are sent out into the whole world — we are not just a localised unit of believers .
14 The reason for this amount of detail is that DOG filters are not just a figment of the imagination , they are actually embodied in a class of retinal ganglion cells , the X-cells .
15 However , case conferences are not just a forum for professional decision making .
16 ‘ We are not just a temple to gold and glass but should turn our attention to daily life ’
17 We are not just a temple to gold and glass , but should turn our attention to daily life in all its many aspects .
18 Social roles , therefore , are not just a matter of the way people can be observed to behave ( in the usual run of things ) but concern the way it is thought that people ought to behave .
19 Taxes are not just a way of paying for welfare : they can be a way of promoting welfare too .
20 Indeed , in a certain kind of theory , centre-periphery relations are not just a particular case , they constitute the framework within which all social interaction takes place .
21 Holidays abroad are not just a chance to unwind , they 're an opportunity to taste a different culture , see how other people live .
22 ‘ These figures are not just a temporary blip .
23 There does not appear to have been an account taken of the of the factors that may reduce traffic on the A sixty one er and ways of ameliorating the current problems on the road which are not just a question of the volumes , but in fact the timescale it takes in fact to clear that road in the mornings .
24 This is never easy , and she will only respond if she feels that your suggestions spring from real affection and concern for her and are not just an attempt to dominate or to ‘ bully ’ her into a new regime .
25 THE trial of three businessmen accused of exporting arms-making equipment to Iraq turns out to have been not just a farce but a scandal .
26 Standing in the dawnlit hall of Calatin 's house , Taliesin knew that for Fergus this had been not just a venture , a battle for the Fiana , but something much deeper .
27 They show that you 're not just a ‘ browser ’ , but are serious — and you 'll get a lot more help as a result .
28 We 're not just a metropolis , as you see . ’
29 I 've been in the family for generations , said the tray , so you can see that they 're not just a bunch of jumped-up farmers like so many around these days .
30 We can find out far easier what is really required , and they can begin to realize that we 're not just a set of photographs at back of church with names underneath , that we 're actually person who are thinking of speaking .
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