Example sentences of "not just [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But God was not just providing a memory to cling to . |
| 2 | The aim of marking is , of course , not just to assign a number to a piece of work but to give constructive feedback so that the students ' work steadily improves . |
| 3 | So why not just follow a nice simple system . |
| 4 | But in the Soviet Union itself , on this anniversary of the horror on April 26th , people are not just remembering a five-year-old bungle . |
| 5 | When Ian Paisley calls the Pope ‘ the Antichrist ’ , he is not just picking a choice term of abuse from the Bible , but referring back to what was once the mainstream Protestant and Anglican belief that the papacy does play one of the most important parts in sacred history and the Romans are absolutely mistaken about which . |
| 6 | Erm , not just taking a back seat , we need to actually promote these . |
| 7 | Renting property means not just renting a place to live in , or to run a business from . |
| 8 | Note that the focus was on investment to increase market share , not just to retain a market position . |
| 9 | This is an odd remark , because , when auditors refer to the company as ‘ the client ’ they are not just using a loose colloquialism , they are being legally precise ; the company is the client . |
| 10 | Cricket , for James , was not ‘ mere entertainment ’ but an activity in which everybody , even those watching , has a participatory role ; for like Carnival , the involvement of the crowd means they are not just watching a spectacle , but rather ‘ they live in it ’ because , ‘ its very idea embraces all the people ’ . |
| 11 | These qualities rely upon an atmosphere which conveys that the counsellor is sincere , and can be perceived as a real person giving his or her total attention , not just acting a role . |
| 12 | They 're not just holding a private function . |
| 13 | I train to go into the ring and have a boxing match , not just take an opponent out . |
| 14 | Remember that you want to influence the group , not just win a two-way battle . |
| 15 | By an unemployment reserve , I do not just mean a register but a reserve of people who are being trained and well paid and who feel part of the economy and of our industrial community . |
| 16 | So Commander Blake we should not just offer a stick saying that we we are n't going to help you until we start dismantling your military programme , we should offer carrots too , do you agree ? |
| 17 | Why not just put a video on ? |
| 18 | Perhaps it stems from a sensation that I am in some way making a prediction of awful catastrophe , and not just telling a story . |
| 19 | In creating a single market we have to make sure we give equal opportunities to everyone , and not just create a jamboree for the Japanese . ’ |
| 20 | I like being in a war and I like being there because it 's a great adventure for me , but my duty is to be there for a reason , not just to have a bloody good time … |
| 21 | With this type of question , be careful not just to make a list . |
| 22 | We are not just presenting a series of artistic achievements , but seeking to make every possible connection between the works themselves , the space in which they are exhibited , and the senses of the viewer . |
| 23 | This means that the user is not just offered a menu of choices but can also be asked questions . |
| 24 | It was not just launching a perfume , it was giving birth to a perfume , ’ said she , who had definitely seen the shape of the bottle but still chose to stick with this metaphor . |
| 25 | The marriage of Anne and Tim does not just have a personal significance for them . |
| 26 | Er and so think er not we should not just have a policy for the we should put some money towards it as well . |
| 27 | The relative isolation of women from the public world of their husbands does not just have an impact on their access to relatives and friends but also , not surprisingly , on their use of leisure facilities outside the home ( see also chapter 10 , section 10.3 ) . |
| 28 | The purpose is to check that you are not just having a prolonged holiday but are actually living as a resident abroad . |
| 29 | Not just having a majority in parliament to govern you and that was being described at that particular time by the Tory government that their majority would be adequate they had a majority of twenty one . |
| 30 | I mean , it 's not like in a Youth Club ; you 're not just hitting a ball backwards and forwards like ping-pong . |