Example sentences of "[not/n't] only was [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was ownership of the islands in itself unclear , but the dispute highlighted the disparities between Japan 's attempt to reorganize her administration and diplomacy along Western lines and China 's adherence to the traditional tributary relationship as a basis of international dealings . |
| 2 | As the sky faded to orange over the sea of felltops , it became clear that not only was Rib and Slab out of the question but we would be struggling to get back to Wasdale before nightfall . |
| 3 | Not only was Sarah Titford 's wedding celebrated in a ‘ socially unregenerate ’ part of London — it also featured a bride who gave her place of abode on the marriage certificate , ominously enough , as ‘ Millbank Prison ’ . |
| 4 | In a fourth condition subjects were given a description in which not only was sentence ( 3 ) removed but also the internal structure of the story was disrupted by altering the temporal sequencing of events and removing the causal connection between them . |
| 5 | Although BT said they were continuing to look at the results of the experiment , initial findings included the fact that not only was BT satisfied with productivity achieved but the staff themselves were only too sorry to see it end . |
| 6 | Not only was metal shaped in this fire , but even the smelting of fine high carbon steel for sword blades was accomplished on the simple arrangement . |
| 7 | Not only was literacy not necessarily recognised as more ‘ reliable ’ , but we would be bound to say that it really was not more reliable . |
| 8 | For a long time , though , not only was contact thought of as inappropriate and as transgressing the traditional image of adoption , but there was also the view that the Adoption Act did not provide for access or contact . |
| 9 | Not only was money now possibly available , but , as a result of the conferences , ‘ authoritative ’ statements supporting curriculum reform had become available from an influential source . [ … ] |
| 10 | For not only was history of this sort anecdotal , prey to the prejudice and impressions recorded in diaries , letters or dispatches that happened to have survived . |
| 11 | Not only was Mrs Funnell startled , but Victoria was too , and even Peggy herself as she rounded on the old woman , crying at the top of her voice now , ‘ Like all men of his ilk , with a bloody big moaning mouth , yelling off , I , I , I , all the time , his wants . |
| 12 | Not only was France here , and on many subsequent occasions , unable to pronounce the word ‘ independence ’ . |
| 13 | Not only was France a republic , one and indivisible , but so was the French ‘ community ’ which comprised France and its colonies . |
| 14 | Not only was Pumblechook 's elbow in my eye , but I was n't allowed to speak , and they gave me the worst pieces of meat . |
| 15 | Not only was Buckinghamshire small , its inadequate internal communications served to check the evolution of a true county town . |
| 16 | Not only was US advice on war plans to be sought and heeded but ‘ we should give our views on organization and training of army and advancement of senior Viet officers ’ and there should also be some Franco-American rather than Vietnamese control over the ‘ dilatory fiscal collections ’ of Vietnam . |
| 17 | Not only was profitability poor , bondholders actively sought to have their bonds redeemed . |
| 18 | Since the revolution in 1989 , it has been revealed that not only was Romania passing on some of the Western secrets obtained in the long honeymoon with the West to Moscow , but that Ceauşescu 's brother , Ilie , the Deputy Defence Minister , was passing Soviet military secrets and technology to the Americans . |
| 19 | This assertion would be misleading , for not only was cattle stealing not primitive , but when organized it was a rational economic business . |
| 20 | Not only was administration of controls difficult ; their abolition was politically risky . |
| 21 | By merging rural district councils with nearby urban districts and county councils with county boroughs , it was widely believed that not only was administration bound to become even more remote , but that the control of rural affairs would be handed over to urban interests with no understanding of agriculture and the ways of the countryside . |
| 22 | They had met once while on holiday , and not only was Dustin Hoffman a great fan of Sting , but he had written a song which they performed together . |
| 23 | Not only was pitch attitude included but many British airlines , including BOAC and BEA , chose to install electro-magnetic pulse code modulated recorders rather than the American mechanical ‘ scratch foil ’ types . |
| 24 | Not only was Liz looking forward to her new life in the United States , but also to living well away from her future mother-in-law . |
| 25 | Sydney Morning Herald sportswriter Greg Growden 's task was not easy , for not only was Fleetwood-Smith 's life story shrouded in all kinds of mysteries — from his name and birth-date ( 1908 , not 1910 ) at one end to burial details at the other — but there was a general reluctance among acquaintances to resurrect the past , for this ex-Test cricketer was , like many a scoundrel , loved by most who knew him . |
| 26 | For not only was James trying to hold back a tide , even if a small one , within Scotland . |
| 27 | Not only was Marx willing to accept that historical development might have followed several different lines in different places but it also shows that he was always revising his ideas . |
| 28 | Peck , though , dismisses the event as ‘ humour ’ and Justin Simpson comments : ‘ If this fable was trustworthy we could scarcely do otherwise than believe that not only was Stamford in days past frequently honoured by the presence of English Kings and Queens , but also that His Satanic Majesty occasionally hunted in the neighbourhood . ’ |
| 29 | Not only was Leslie 's fate unknown , but there appeared to be considerable confusion in the regimental records and in subsequent references to the operations in which he died . |
| 30 | It showed that not only was Wood 's circle feasible but that it definitely seemed to exist , at least within the limitations of maps and acetate overlays . |