Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not only [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | It is not only that Charlie 's lives , like those of Tiresias , grow confused ; his expression , speaking out of modern London about remote and contemporary affairs , all in ‘ a confused tangle of other voices ’ , like a poetic ventriloquist , points in the direction of |
2 | It is not only that a significant part of most people 's pensions are invested in these falling Japanese shares but also that a significant part of Japan 's wealth is invested in the West . |
3 | It is not only that homeowners need the increase to allow them to move and to restore the equity which they invested ; lenders need an appreciation to restore the security on their fragile loan books . |
4 | It is not only that those extreme means of attempting to extort confessions , for example the rack and thumbscrew , which have sometimes disfigured the system of criminal justice in this country , are abhorrent to any civilised society , but that they and other less awful , though not necessarily less potent , means of applying pressure to an accused person to speak do not necessarily produce speech or the truth . |
5 | It is not only that our version of poverty — a mean and ragged insufficiency — is destructive , but so , also , is our version of wealth . |
6 | It is not only that no one on the planet has a bad word to say about Sybil : people trip over their superlatives . |
7 | In the example quoted , the first line leaves unstated the place to which Israel is to return ; the B-line specifies the full significance of " return " in A. It is true of course that it is not only that the B-line is more specific than the A-line but also that the A is more specific than the B. Such cases do not negate the parallelism of greater precision ; they are a subset of the examples of our feature . |
8 | Thirdly , it is not only that the approaches give different ‘ answers ’ , it is also that they are asking different questions . |
9 | It is not only that the social range of fiction becomes much more inclusive , allowing the writer to explore interiors that make no claim to architecture , but that living space itself develops individual character . |
10 | The way in which temporary working overlaps with each of the other forms of " non-standard " working identifiable through the LFS — namely self-employment and part-time working — is shown in Diagram I. As can be seen , it is not only that some temporary workers are self-employed and some are part-timers ; a sizeable minority are both . |
11 | It is not only that in the past unions have not tried or wanted to recruit such workers ; temporary workers themselves have often had no real interest in being recruited . |
12 | If experimental novelists metaphorically stare across the Channel , it is not only because they hope some valuable contraband — fresh styles from France — may be smuggled through English literary customs . |
13 | It is n't only that they enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim , but because they are , in the jargon of the trade , ‘ good copy ’ — talkative , controversial , witty and opinionated on a whole range of topics . |
14 | Well it is n't only that I mean er we do n't provide the food when they 're at home , do we ? |