Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [vb pp] but [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | which not only ignored but almost denied the existence of women and therefore the importance of love and sex between men and women in human life . |
| 2 | By the time ‘ Chronic Diseases ’ had been published , Hahnemann had decided that the remedy should be not only succussed but also diluted before repetition , and he formulated the fifty millesimal scale , in which we have both more succussion ( one hundred times instead of ten times ) and greater dilution ( fifty thousand times instead of a hundred times as in the centesimal scale ) . |
| 3 | Better that it should end like this , when justice was not only done but manifestly seen by all to be done . |
| 4 | The elaborate network of " sympathizing mass organizations " built up through the Comintern by Willi Muenzenberg was not only maintained but rapidly expanded . |
| 5 | Furthermore , the Second World War had resulted in the most terrifying weapon of destruction being not only developed but also deployed against the enemy . |
| 6 | Within the map all of these judgments were not only recorded but also grouped and related , so that the broken and sequential account afforded by conversation was presented in an immediately available visible format . |
| 7 | His early training as an engineer stood him in good stead , and he not only devised but also constructed most of the apparatus that he used . |
| 8 | European railways not only reflected but also played their part in institutionalizing the stratified class system which had emerged in the wake of the Industrial Revolution . |
| 9 | There is a real possibility that the newcomer is not only exhausted but possibly wounded by the time he has won the harem . |
| 10 | By the 1860s in Britain , people of all sorts were becoming increasingly concerned about the ‘ residuum ’ , the body of paupers being supported by the Poor Law who not only persisted but steadily increased . |
| 11 | Inadvertently , Miliutin not only impeded but positively retarded the coming of local representative institutions , since the Commission on the Reorganization of Provincial and District Institutions proposed the introduction of " peace arbitrators " . |
| 12 | In Britain the railways not only transported but considerably stimulated the making of bricks . |
| 13 | The result was that the Ops inspectors were not only permitted but actually put under pressure to qualify and remain current on at least one large modern public transport aircraft while at the same time flying club and private aircraft as well . |
| 14 | Later , in Stuttgart , he was not just accepted but positively idolized ; even so , there were barriers : he complained to Frank Tait , ‘ They do n't know the same nursery rhymes as we do ! ’ |
| 15 | Physical weathering encompasses a range of mechanisms , the relative effectiveness of which are not accurately known but clearly vary significantly as a function of environmental conditions . |
| 16 | The meaning of any spoken language is not simply altered but actually determined by dialect , accent , facial expression etc. , while written communication derives much of its meaning from the format , layout , institutional context etc . |
| 17 | The reasons for these declines in late-age mortality are not well understood but probably reflect a variety of factors including better health care and improvements in nutrition and other aspects of living conditions as well as improvements in the availability and quality of medical care . |
| 18 | Details are not yet finalised but please keep any potential teachers ‘ on the boil ’ . |
| 19 | After the Restoration he was one of those not actually attainted but perpetually disabled from holding any office . |