Example sentences of "[verb] not [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To complete unity it needs not just a flow of money from west to east but a sense of national solidarity . |
| 2 | To maintain the advances that it has made in the last few years , Unix needs not only a ‘ viable ’ desktop environment , argues UI , but an attractively sized market for developers to aim at . |
| 3 | Keeping a quick-changing all action-show like Barnum up to the mark needs not only a completely dedicated cast of performers . |
| 4 | Such a profit element may include not only a straightforward management fee but also a hidden profit , such as a discount , which may be given to the headtenant under a block policy of insurance . |
| 5 | If long-term priming of visually presented words arises within a visual word-recognition system , not within a semantic or phonological component of the mental lexicon , then of course one needs to postulate not only a visual word-recognition system , but also an auditory word-recognition system , since hearing a word primes subsequent auditory recognition of that word . |
| 6 | You can win not only a Megadrive 16-bit computer console ( exquisitely styled to produce faster and smoother games playing scenarios and requiring greater levels of skill and dexterity , it sez here ) but also a brand new Michael Jackson game to go with it . |
| 7 | In this view , an object has not just a single history but all possible histories . |
| 8 | The mythical train has not only a destination but a timetable . |
| 9 | … the bilateralism inherent in the traditional structures and processes of international law is secured on the one hand , by a prohibition of intervention protecting not only a State 's internal but also its external affairs against third party interference and , on the other hand , by the pacta tertiis rule in the law of treaties , according to which an agreement can create neither obligations nor rights for a third State without its consent . |
| 10 | This sentence contains not simply a report of something said ; but of something said on repeated occasions at times later than the ‘ moment ’ which is being described . |
| 11 | The versatile Starter Kit contains not only a 50ft Soakerhose , but also 10ft of garden hose , and a set of hose couplings , plus a flow control regulator and a 16-page instruction manual . |
| 12 | This comprehensive kit contains not only a printed canvas , but also a full size coloured chart , wool card , detailed instructions and needles . |
| 13 | The definitionalist might seek to save his position by arguing for a general principle of law to the effect that to intend an act is to intend it under a full description and that therefore in all crimes where the actus reus contains not only a conduct element but also circumstances and consequences , mens rea is to be taken as being ‘ coextensive with the actus reus . ’ |
| 14 | It contains not only a Rope Museum and Blacksmith 's Shop but a working watermill too . |
| 15 | It contains not only a personal element but a property element . |
| 16 | In Aachen , Charles built not only a formal palace , but a huge basilica , some of which was incorporated into what is now the present cathedral . |
| 17 | Lunging forward with a net , he caught not just a leaf but a tiny fish as well . |
| 18 | returning not even a sigh |
| 19 | Today , little more than a week after the event , I received my copy , to find not only a short account of things said by the Secretary of State at our Anniversary Luncheon , but also our Chairman 's considered response . |
| 20 | But it does indicate the extent to which Mary 's cushioned childhood created not only a cocoon of adulation , but a cocoon of immaturity which she seemed remarkably reluctant to pierce . |
| 21 | After I got my free plaster and sticky tape to keep the cotton wool swab on I found not just a cup of tea and rich tea on offer but a wide choice of beverages and crisps and chocolate biscuits all individually wrapped — from looking at that feast you would n't believe the NHS is strapped for cash . |
| 22 | This found not only a generally high level of support for the police , but that this spread throughout the class structure ( indeed was marginally higher in the working class ) . |
| 23 | It was intended to provide not only a means of cooking but of heating the water we drew from the well . |
| 24 | What we 're trying to do is to provide not only a stadium but something that everybody will want to use . |
| 25 | A strong ruler used not only a complex administrative system inherited from his predecessors , but also an ability to keep a significant number of his chief men moderately well-rewarded , or charmed , or cowed . |
| 26 | In addition to this , he has crossed the border gaining not only a ZPT qualification , ( see Appendix 1 ) , but also SchH III . |
| 27 | He holds not only a gutted Diamond-back but a pose ordained as well as caught by the photographer . |
| 28 | The unions want not only a pay rise but a proper pay mechanism for the future , and that 's where the talks could still fail . |
| 29 | This was true of the declared intention to establish not just a common commercial policy once the transitional period had been concluded , but also of objectives which were to be sought during the transitional phase : a common transport policy , free movement of workers , and a common agricultural policy . |
| 30 | To serve and suffer is considered not only a woman 's lot but right . |