Example sentences of "but also [conj] it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chicherin believed not only that serfdom was immoral but also that it was acting as a brake on the economy , that it could not be justified as a bastion against pauperism , and finally — a somewhat unusual argument — that it entailed the improper transference to the gentry of responsibilities which ought to be exercised by the state . |
| 2 | The Government promoted Swahili as a national language not only because it was useful in administration but also because it was seen as an instrument ‘ for uniting the people of the nation 's different tribes ’ . |
| 3 | The book was an immediate success , not only for its sexual interest and its association with the notorious Maundy Gregory [ q.v. ] , but also because it was seen as introducing a new mode of biography . |
| 4 | Colin Blakemore was pilloried in 1987 and 1988 not just because his work was considered ( wrongly ) to be excessively cruel but also because it was thought to be useless . |
| 5 | Lapis lazuli was probably valued in the ancient world not only for its colour , but also because it was derived from a single source and thus always signified its origins as distance . |