Example sentences of "not just a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were guaranteed a national , not just a regional , showing for their programmes for a number of peak hours each week . |
| 2 | We all do our bit to ensure that the general public and also members of the Health Authority , are fully aware of our feelings in connection with the closure of , what is not just a regional speciality , but what is a nationally and internationally renowned , orthopaedic hospital . |
| 3 | By providing an authoritative mark it introduces , although in embryonic form , the idea of a legal system : for the rules are now not just a discrete unconnected set but are , in a simple way , unified . |
| 4 | For Assiter , fantasy is not just a harmless and essentially solitary activity in which everyone engages to a greater or lesser extent , but is something which also has an effect on the way people behave towards others , and on the way they may feel they can justifiably treat each other , particularly women . |
| 5 | Baths were mandatory and not just a lazy soaking but a good scrubbing with carbolic soap . |
| 6 | This is not just a liberal euphemism for the city 's ethnic diversity . |
| 7 | The use of compulsion in psychiatric care is not just a procedural , professional matter . |
| 8 | That is a perfectly good description , especially as this is not just a procedural matter . |
| 9 | Terminology is required in particular here to allow distinctions to be made between prescriptive and descriptive approaches to language , and to show that the grammar of spoken English is different from that of written English , and not just a haphazard deviation from it . |
| 10 | The ‘ Nation of Israel ’ , as Jesus , James and their contemporaries conceived it , was not just a geographical entity . |
| 11 | The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others . |
| 12 | To both of them , the human sacrifice of 1914–18 created not just a deep loathing of war but also a determination that such sacrifice should not be in vain . |
| 13 | It is not just a one-way traffic as he tried to er indicate . |
| 14 | well not just a tiny bit , you put about half way up do n't you Paul ? |
| 15 | However , the concentration of people with particular demographic characteristics is clearly not just a selective effect . |
| 16 | I think when you 're a carer , caring for a disabled person , in my own case it 's child , you 're not just erm it 's not just a disabled child , you 've got a disabled family , because the whole family 's disabled because of what holds you back with this one child . |
| 17 | He said it was worthless having a respected financial sector that did nothing to help the economy and added that the vested interests of the sector needed to be tackled so that the benefits could be accrued by everyone in Scotland and not just a selected minority . |
| 18 | A European winter where racers could race a sparkling mountainside , not just a dubious pelt of manmade snow . |
| 19 | The mixer is not just a bulking food , but an essential part of the dogs diet containing not only carbohydrates but important vitamins , proteins and minerals . |
| 20 | This is not just a subtle shift of emphasis . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | Not just a good singer , but the best opera singer in Paris . ’ |
| 23 | To ring her the following morning seemed , therefore , not just a good , but even a right idea . |
| 24 | It is not just A Good Thing , but seen as an important part of the business . |
| 25 | I hope it will be a birthday year in in every way , er but it 's not just a good excuse to have a party there is very serious intent behind this birthday . |
| 26 | Fit is more important today , he believes , and the sizes in his new collection range from 10–16 , although he is anxious to point out that it is a generously cut 16 , and ‘ not just a bigger version of the size 10 . |
| 27 | He proved that he can create a great ready-to-wear collection , strong in its own statement , not just a shallow imitation of his couture triumphs . |
| 28 | This fascinating story is one of many such in Roger Lonsdale 's anthology of Eighteenth-Century Women Poets , not just a marvellous piece of scholarship but as richly entertaining and original a book as I have come across for some time . |
| 29 | In short , the administration of the Church of England is not just a spiritual matter ; it is also a managerial task of daunting proportions . |
| 30 | It is not just a historic document of immense important , it is a fascinating insight into what a really great pianist can do to the music we all know so well . |