Example sentences of "[be] not only [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the complexity of company records , which are not only subject to mysterious , ( but relief-bringing ) disappearances down the corporation vortex , but when occasionally discovered are often so specialized and riddled with technical jargon that the average jurist finds them unintelligible — naturally corporate lawyers render them intelligible in ways which favour their clients ; |
| 2 | The methods described and implemented are not only applicable to on-line cursive script recognition . |
| 3 | In a boring , repetitive task these subjects are not only prone to occasional failures to respond , but their " good " responses are also impaired . |
| 4 | For politics and political reporting are not only concerned with set-piece events in the House of Commons but with the gossip , nuances and flavour of what is going on . |
| 5 | I 'm not only interested in male dogs , I 'm interested in dogs . |
| 6 | Isaac Newton ( 1642–1727 ) had demonstrated that natural phenomena were governed by universal laws ; these were capable of experimental proof , whereas the ‘ truths ’ derived from books , mystical visions or revelations were not only incapable of mathematical proof but were often contradictory . |
| 7 | This curatorial self-consciousness is not only symptomatic of current museological debates but also evidence of the fact that exhibition and gallery display is not solely the concern of the museum professional . |
| 8 | We find , for example , that Irish English example 44 is not only equivalent to standard English example 44 but is also equivalent to the same standard English surface string . |
| 9 | Collectively , these results clearly demonstrate that TFIIA is not only involved in efficient expression of many pol II genes ( 26 ) but also plays a role in pol III transcription . |
| 10 | As a consequence of these complications the Modular Course has to operate a planning and response structure , through its own committees and crucially through a termly meeting of Heads of Departments contributing to the Course , that is not only sensitive to overall Polytechnic directives but also ensures a sensible collaborative response . |