Sentence examples for given not just from inspiring English sources

Last November he was given not just a mandate, but a chance to reinvigorate his presidency.

"A place where opportunity is given, not just to those who can afford to buy it, but to those willing to work for it".

And yet … Cameron may have offered one of the great oh, come on! pieces of testimony ever given: not just deeply ingenuous, but perhaps fabulously unaware.

That, too, is starting to look questionable given not just the weakness of CPI inflation but also the lack of any real price pressure in the pipeline.

No wonder, analysts say, given not just the growth in popularity of smartphones, but also the fact that games for phones cost just a few dollars, compared with, say, $30 for a PSP title.

Mr Whedon may in fact have done as good a job as was actually possible, given not just the script but all the tie-ins to other films required of this $250m production.

Christmas is a time for giving, not just presents, but love.

They're giving, not just receiving," says Monserrat Guzmán Salamanca, the head teacher at Emilio Carranza.

Yet his silly and sordid public error in tweeting an intimate photograph paid off in the kind of derision we give not just to sinners but to phonies.

The Brazilian constitution gives not just the country's 27 states but also its 5,570 municipalities the right to interpret the law as they see fit.

They are required to give, not just their labour and their time, but some kind of emotional supplement – to smile, join in, have fun.