Example sentences of "was not just that " in BNC.

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1 It was not just that degenerates were thought to be intelligent and gifted ; their intelligence manifested one of the most disturbing paradoxes of the perverse : a vitiating regression to the primitive from within an advanced cultural sophistication .
2 It was not just that they helped out at the occasional by-election , but that they ‘ pointed to new sources of support whose eventual accommodation , and to new issues whose eventual resolution , would ultimately modify the party itself and help equip it for the challenges of post-war politics ’ .
3 It was not just that I was alone in the middle of the enemy .
4 It was not just that he had gone off with someone else but he had actually gone off with a woman and it seemed to me like a betrayal of my identity .
5 It was not just that he was unversed in Washington mores ; he was also a deeply religious man with a highly developed moral sense .
6 It was not just that the Old King possessed the greater resources — which he did -he was also able to overwhelm his enemies by sheer speed of movement .
7 As she talked Eva revealed it was not just that she was coming back to God , but that she had realised she must give her whole self to him for the ministry .
8 It was not just that they had lost a friend through death , but the death that Jesus had suffered was long and cruel , and above all it was unjust .
9 It was not just that his career had suffered : he would have been an errand boy if it would have done her any good .
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