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Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [not/n't] [adv] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Yet it was clear that Branson was not properly a creature of the industry in the manner of his contemporaries .
2	Corbett was not only a great hunter and practical naturalist , he was also that rare thing , a natural writer .
3	It was only later that I discovered Ghatak was not only a director , but also , in his own , idiosyncratic way , a teacher and theorist of cinema .
4	I understood her logic : to anyone , or to be precise to any tourist , who cast an eye towards the subcontinent , Machu Picchu was not only a symbol for Peru but for the whole of Latin America .
5	On both sides it was understood that Cagney was not just a man off the New York street but rather a remarkable screen performer .
6	But being a gentleman in England was not just a matter of giving orders ; it required considerable wealth , spent lavishly and in a way that commanded respect .
7	However closely it cultivated its links with the labour movement , the UDC was not simply a device for maintaining Labour politics during the wartime political truce or for bringing individual ex-Liberals into the labour movement .
8	In spite of the success of Fly-Buttons , George Birkitt was not yet a star — and quite possibly never would be : He lacked the necessary effortless dominance of character .
9	I remember her at my first supper at Grove House and it was evident from listening to those in the know that Nancy was not just a someone , but a very special someone .
10	Wurtz to have this paper presented to the Académie des Sciences but there was delay because Wurtz was not then an academician : J. B. A. Dumas eventually presented it on 14 June 1858 .
11	Yet Constantine was not simply a cynic .
12	The loss of confidence which set in after Stalingrad was not least a consequence of the totally misleading and outrightly mendacious German propaganda which had preceded the catastrophe .
13	Charbury was not even a village .
14	Hank said , ‘ Simon was n't really a war profiteer , was he , Daddy ? ’
15	Graham was not just a kind elderly man , he was a passionate and knowledgeable gardener .
16	Greene was n't just a novelist — he was a brilliant journalist and screenplay writer .
17	Woods was not only a successful cricketer ; he excelled at rugby football .
18	Bukharin recognised that NEP was not merely a compromise of ‘ principles ’ but also an acceptance of the balance of class forces in the Soviet economy and society generally .
19	It was this aspect of Althusserian theory , perhaps more than any other , that led many orthodox Marxists to consider that Althusser was not really a Marxist at all .
20	Coleridge was not only a willing listener to Southey 's ideas , but was soon developing them into grand and Utopian principles during long hours spent in Oxford ‘ disputing on metaphysical subjects ’ .
21	Overcrowding was not just an urban problem .
22	‘ Luke Denner was n't just a client , was he ? ’ she murmured softly .
23	The priest in Israel was not merely a temple functionary , a master and manipulator of sacred ritual by which the people 's offerings and worship were duly performed .
24	That is because Emerson was n't truly a Brazilian , but a Paulista .
25	Nicola was not just a simpering and empty-headed blonde with a pleasant voice .
26	The third idea unacceptable to Christians is that Jesus was not really a man at at all but God play-acting at being a man .
27	And Bob Dylan was n't just a folk singer .
28	Edward Carrington was not always a historian .
29	I mean , Gebrec was n't just a colleague , he was a close friend . ’
30	Charles Manson was not merely a symptom of the drug age ; he was the epitome of a certain sickness that gripped some sections of society , by whom he was exalted as the inspiration for the killing of so-called pigs , the word daubed in blood on the living-room walls of director Roman Polanski 's home , after the so-called Sharon Tate murders , for which the bearded prophet of the drug age is still serving life .