Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [noun] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This position claims that the existence of God not only can not be proved but can not make sense . |
| 2 | In a German broadcast it was stated that ‘ the defenders of Hazenbrouck not only delayed the advance , but resisted in a manner truly worthy of the highest traditions of the British Army ’ . |
| 3 | Poland reappeared on the maps of Europe not so much through its own efforts to liberate itself — though over the years these had been prodigious but unsuccessful — but through the collapse of the partitioning powers that had held Poland in check . |
| 4 | Many tutor-librarians were also required , as a condition of appointment to teacher-scales , to teach a minimum number of hours in the Liberal Studies programme , and this often included the teaching of subjects not essentially part of the librarian 's speciality . |
| 5 | Accordingly , the shipper enters into the contract of carriage not only on his own behalf , but also as an agent of the consignee . |
| 6 | Further , the retardation of maturity not only preserved a better brain/ body-weight ratio but also extended the period of educability and cognitive development which characterizes primate childhoods . |
| 7 | The quasi-legal requirements of the Cadbury code of practice and new auditing and accounting rules , putting the responsibility on directors not only to satisfy themselves that adequate systems and controls are in place and that the business is a going concern but to declare this , compound the risk . |
| 8 | The preferences of officials not only vary according to the type of agency ( delivery , regulatory , transfer , contract and control ) . |
| 9 | On the other hand , I 'd been pulled by the cops for reasons not yet clear but had something to do with enigmatic Jo Scamp and her gaff in Sedgeley House . |
| 10 | A final chance to pick up the kind of luxuries not often seen on sale nowadays . |
| 11 | A bursary took her to Hamilton Academy , the kind of option not then normally on offer to steelworkers ' daughters . |
| 12 | It must be regarded as extremely probable that Oswiu was able to seek help in the confrontation with Penda not only from the Scots but also from the Picts , possibly even from the Irish ( see also below , p. 99 ) . |
| 13 | Many men will leave the aircraft with weights not far short of their own body weight ; almost all of this kit will be essential to carry out the soldiers ' tasks . |
| 14 | Haig had ordered the artillery to bombard not merely the enemy front-line trenches but those to the rear , to prevent German reinforcements coming up . |
| 15 | The Act thus attempted to control the admissibility of such evidence in the courtroom for reasons not only for its biasing effects upon a jury , but also for subsequent press coverage , which is often based on courtroom interaction . |
| 16 | Many blamed the coming of sound not only for its enormous expense and for making producers rely on highly conventionalized and , by their very nature , static plots of theatrical origin , but also for taking all the essential fantasy out of film-going . |
| 17 | The House of the Republic dominates the skyline of Bucharest not so much through its height but its mass . |
| 18 | The enormities of the Hitler regime and the Holocaust opened up many fields of research into the workings of minds not only of fanatics but also of the mentally disoriented or diseased . |
| 19 | Town and fortress were closely connected , and indeed the burgh of Stirling not infrequently had a battalion of infantry in the town itself as well as the permanent garrison . |
| 20 | And which of us has not broken the law of God not just once but thousands of times ? |
| 21 | It has remained of particular interest because its canon seven was the first to declare the marriage of clerics not only unlawful but invalid . |
| 22 | This gives the spelling of words not always included in other dictionaries , e.g. kidnapped . |
| 23 | The later , more sophisticated theories tended to view the question of salvation not so much as God winning back the world from the Evil One and reconciling humanity in himself , but in terms of a legal arrangement entered into by God and man because of the perfect death of the sacrificial Lamb : God the lawgiver lets off sinners , as it were , because of Christ 's substitution . |
| 24 | Eventually it allowed the emergence of institutions not too distant from our own political and legal understanding of the term . |
| 25 | The process of industrialisation not only began later in Germany than in Britain , but also Germany achieved spectacular economic success in a relatively short period of time . |
| 26 | However , it is generally difficult and , for the purposes of translation not particularly helpful , to attempt to draw a line between what is linguistic or textual and what is extra-linguistic or situational . |
| 27 | The long , silvery , all-metal kitchen was already occupied by two figures dressed in white trousers and jackets topped by high white paper hats : the diminutive lady chef from Montreal and a tall willowy young man who introduced himself as Angus , the special chef employed by the outside firm of top-class caterers who were providing for this journey the sort of food not usually served on trains . |
| 28 | The authorities were taking a proactive role , acting as the mainspring of change not only in fundholding but in other areas such as consumer surveys and information systems . |
| 29 | Now these when they 're received through the post of course not necessarily retained |
| 30 | Town says a loophole designed to allow the importing of drugs not already on sale in Britain allows him to import what he likes . |