Example sentences of "[not/n't] only was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trevelyan was clearly excited by the prospect of a new Palace of Whitehall , as not only was a large part of his evidence to the Committee devoted to an eloquent description of a monumental scheme he envisaged , but he also produced another scheme for the area in 1866 . |
| 2 | In the case of lions , not only was a rival male likely to be a close relative , but the costs of physically competing with him were high and the benefits low . |
| 3 | Not only was a papal judgement difficult to get , but there were some points on which Anselm was not prepared to abide by a papal judgement unreservedly . |
| 4 | Not only was a loan of 7,000 gold coins made , but the repayment was subsequently remitted . |
| 5 | Not only was a large proportion of Communist Party membership unemployed but it was in the shattered heavy industrial areas that there seemed some possibility of gaining support in the " revolutionary " phase through which the Party was passing . |
| 6 | Not only was the non-fulfilment of the APT an enormous financial loss but since its rapid adoption in ‘ squadron service ’ had been presumed there were no alternative plans for either trains or track . |
| 7 | Not only was the deity rendered benevolent ( unenvious ) towards men , but Christianity offered an interpretation of human life in which envy and the fear of envy became irrelevant . |
| 8 | Not only was the rumble of the sweeties heard by the audience . |
| 9 | Not only was the Ritz showing The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold on the screen , but the Lone Ranger himself was going to make an appearance ‘ In Person ’ . |
| 10 | Her sense of inadequacy escalated rapidly ; not only was the receptionist extremely pretty , she was also immaculately dressed , well-mannered , and had perfectly clean , shell-like little fingernails . |
| 11 | Not only was the company interested exclusively in cheap pictures for the local market , but also Dean had to go through the ignominious process of securing cast approval on his pictures from Solly Newman , the head of the company 's UK subsidiary , whom he regarded as both ‘ illiterate ’ and ‘ over-shrewd where money was concerned . ’ |
| 12 | Not only was the boat moving away from land , but this 147-year-old colony is also beginning to move away from the Prince of Wales and the country he represents . |
| 13 | It was a day to reassure English hearts , for not only was the sequence of defeats brought to an end but the fight was sturdily fought and morale given a welcome boost . |
| 14 | Not only was the UK the largest emitter of sulphur dioxide in Western Europe , it also exported 77 per cent of it , mainly on westerly winds to Europe . |
| 15 | This was plainly not part of the agreement and not only was the French government furious but it used the sentence as an excuse to generate public support for Mafart and Prieur on the grounds that they were being unfairly treated by the New Zealand government . |
| 16 | Not only was the traditional ideal of union between church and state relinquished but also the Council stressed the responsibility of the church to pass moral judgements , even on matters touching the political order , whenever basic personal rights or the salvation of souls make such judgements necessary . |
| 17 | Not only was the CEGB pursuing it too slowly but it had underestimated the potential , he argued . |
| 18 | Not only was the libretto itself being written in Salzburg , but a translation into German was also undertaken there . |
| 19 | In view of subsequent denials by all concerned that the King of Prussia had been directly involved in events leading up to Leopold 's decision , it is worth noting that not only was the King present but also the Crown Prince of Prussia , Leopold , and his father Prince Anthony . |
| 20 | But anyway , one day he found himself walking in our street , which was different to how it is now , because not only was The Bar there , which as you know is gone now , but also there were different kinds of people living in that part of town then . |
| 21 | Not only was the conversation flowing more freely and loudly , we found ourselves serving out wine at a conspicuously increased rate . |
| 22 | not only was the undergraduate teaching poor , but there was only a minimal amount of postgraduate education in this subject ; part of the reason for this was that there was a shortage of suitable qualified and experienced doctors who knew enough to take on such postgraduate teaching ; |
| 23 | Not only was the weather becoming ghastly , with wind and rain starting to turn to gales with snow , the mountain was now full of people walking dogs and putting up umbrellas . |
| 24 | Not only was the death of Diego the cause of personal sorrow , it also spelled the end of his family line . |
| 25 | Not only was the wider effect of debt on family life recognised but also , as happens today , attempts were made to influence social policy through retrieving bureau experience and to build educational programmes to influence the public in their home-making . |
| 26 | Not only was the membership of Coleridge 's proposed household in doubt for many weeks , but also its exact location . |
| 27 | Not only was the world into which you wanted to escape there for you to see but you also knew that it was a practical possibility to reach it . |
| 28 | Not only was the rehearsal space larger but here Tiller was able to have an imposing office which he decorated with caricature drawings of himself showing large heads on small ( but fat ) bodies , and always with his hands clasped behind his back . |
| 29 | Not only was the cause somewhat of a mystery but the contamination was estimated to have lain there undetected for two or three years . |
| 30 | Not only was the number of court cases higher in Sri Lanka than in India , but the proportion of convictions to cases was much lower . |