Example sentences of "it [be] not merely that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not merely that ‘ state capitalist trusts ’ compete on the world market , but that their creation has brought about a new and different model of production relations . |
| 2 | It is not merely that classics are ambiguous ; it is also that ambiguous texts are more available for the debate which elevates literature to classic status . |
| 3 | It is not merely that Mansell is Britain 's leading driver — no other Briton has won a Grand Prix for nine years — but that he is someone fans can identify with . |
| 4 | It is not merely that the speaker wants to create a good impression in the sight of others , who might have a different set of values . |
| 5 | It is not merely that the incidence of single-parent black families has been exaggerated ( Phoenix , 1988 ) , but that class , gender and racism intersect in highly complex and contradictory ways in the lives of black women ( Anthias and Yuval-Davis , 1982 ; Phizacklea , 1983 ; Ramazanoglu , 1989 ; West wood , 1985 ; West wood and Bhachu , 1988 ) . |
| 6 | It is not merely that they are not just another class of public phenomena ; it is through nothing but experiences themselves that such phenomena become objects for us . |
| 7 | It is not merely that there are portraits of him at every turn , for there are almost as many of Inglis , nor could it be claimed that he was the greatest lawyer , for he had many rivals for that title even in his own generation , yet it is beyond argument that he was the most influential advocate ever to walk the floor of Parliament House . |
| 8 | As Duncan illustrates in a brief discussion of the development of temperature scales , it is not merely that in science measurement becomes more precise and reliable in the move to a new type of scale , say a shift from the nominal categories " hot " and " cold " to degrees of heat to the Fahrenheit , Celsius and , lastly , the Kelvin scale , but that the theoretical basis also shifts . |
| 9 | It was not merely that many people were dismayed by Labour 's tax plans : they also felt a wider and deeper sense of mistrust , that Labour 's numbers on revenue and spending simply did not add up . |
| 10 | It was not merely that he had paid her shot . |
| 11 | It was not merely that he had the work done quickly but he had done it thinkingly . |