Example sentences of "[be] [adj] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This training video would be useful not only to show to new staff , but it must be admitted , to a lot of heads of homes as well . |
| 2 | think feminism has to provide a unified , positive alternative for all women , in order for them to be able not only to know about but to reject and try to escape subordination ( 1979 : 129 ) . |
| 3 | In particular , in this type of assessment it is important not just to think in terms of incremental cash flows above those currently being received , but also to bear in mind what the problems will be if no investment is undertaken . |
| 4 | Since language is a coherent system , it is important not simply to focus upon specific areas which , at first glance , suggest errors , but to examine the whole system in the expectation of discovering interrelationships between the different levels of linguistic functioning . |
| 5 | The next day in the House of Commons he was able not only to listen to tributes to himself — a rare experience normally confined to a man 's widow — but to perform the role of an out-of-season Father Christmas . |