Example sentences of "[adv] only [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In animal studies , UV-B radiation has been shown not only to be carcinogenic , but also to alter the response of the immunological system ; this results in impeded recognition of a cancerous tumour as a foreign body . |
| 2 | The films were not only to be self-produced and self-distributed , but self-financed as well . |
| 3 | Together with the Temiskamming and Northern Ontario Railway it also opened up northern Ontario , which was discovered not only to be good for settlement , but also to possess staggering mineral resources in copper , gold , silver , zinc , and cobalt . |
| 4 | They dismay the big auctioneers , such as Jacques Tajan of Ader-Tajan , and the modern paintings specialist Guy Loudmer , who believe competition from foreign countries not only to be beneficial to native companies of their importance , but also essential for Paris 's development as an art market . |
| 5 | If we do it correctly , the horse learns not only to be confident with us and to respect us but also to like us . |
| 6 | The following range of services have been chosen not only to be relevant to members in the course of pursuing their professional objectives , but also to be of interest on a more personal level . |
| 7 | Already the atmosphere is such that companies such as Chubb Insurance Company of Europe is advising client directors to make concerted efforts not only to be familiar with all aspects of their companies ' activities but to take prudent action at the boardroom table : right down to ensuring all documents are prepared ‘ with the expectation that they will be scrutinised at a later date by others who are looking for evidence of wrongdoings ’ , that detailed minutes are taken , and that they should vote against any proposal rather than abstain because abstention could be construed as approval . |
| 8 | that would be of interest , sort of allow them not only to be interested but would , would show them a variety of graphic design based on similar ideas . |
| 9 | Truths of geometry can be proved , and so known not only to be true but also to be necessarily true . |
| 10 | The accusations were flat and uniform , although what is truly remarkable is that the youth of the nation were believed not only to be free of all discipline , but also excessively affluent . |
| 11 | It is necessary for the nurse not only to be concerned with the outcome of the action but she must understand its origins and the process of carrying it out . |
| 12 | To avoid considering these consequences on the grounds that they were not intended is not only to be blind to much human suffering , but also to accept the relative positions of intention compared with indifference on a common-sense hierarchy of immorality . |
| 13 | ‘ I am one of those people ’ , he has said in the past , ’ who must take exercise not only to be able to give of my best , but just to survive — I mean , I ca n't function without it . |
| 14 | We need not only to be able to swim in a sea of uncertainty but also to resist panic when we get out of our depth . |
| 15 | Not only in being able to select a group where perhaps we can justify more aggressive therapy , or even a group that perhaps we should just treat palatally but also in the future with the development of anti- angiogenic therapy . |
| 16 | ‘ I kept thinking that the bike would break down or something else would happen to me for I 've been in the lead so many times here only to be disappointed . |