Example sentences of "[noun] should be [not/n't] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time ‘ Chronic Diseases ’ had been published , Hahnemann had decided that the remedy should be not only succussed but also diluted before repetition , and he formulated the fifty millesimal scale , in which we have both more succussion ( one hundred times instead of ten times ) and greater dilution ( fifty thousand times instead of a hundred times as in the centesimal scale ) . |
| 2 | Ultimately , though , a ship with no rotating parts in its engine room should be not only quieter , smoother and more efficient than a conventional vessel , but a good deal more reliable as well . |
| 3 | It was important , bearing in mind private viewing , that bodies should be not only as wholesome as possible but also as well dressed ; and dressed not only in a material according to social status but also in as well upholstered a coffin as funds would permit . |
| 4 | It really is not right or fair that legislative provisions of real substance should be not only practically inaccessible but should be left in the hands of some virtually unsupervised departmental draftsman . |
| 5 | It is important that food should be not only dispatched but distributed to those who need it . |
| 6 | The king , of course , was the chief prize of Poitiers , and Edward intended that the price of his release should be not only a substantial ransom but also a definitive peace with France : the gains of battle needed to be consolidated by a diplomatic success . |