Example sentences of "in [noun] [not/n't] only [prep] " in BNC.

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1 1974 was the time of a change in direction not only in career but also in fossil hunting .
2 Collectors can hardly have failed to notice the appearances back in March not only of Volume 1 of our survey of recommended mid- and budget priced recordings , but also a more selective ‘ Top 100 ’ in two other publications .
3 Pétain , he recommended , should now be put in command not only of the Left Bank , but of the Right Bank as well ; the ‘ fatigued ’ General Herr should be kept on for a while as Pétain 's adviser , then quietly ‘ limogé ’ .
4 Former farm workers have felt the need to move out to the towns and cities in search not only of employment , but of higher pay , better working conditions , and increased opportunities for personal advancement ; and farmers have felt the need to shed labour as an accompaniment to increasing productivity .
5 One of the many boasts made by the Free Church Council 's driving force , Hughes , was that the Free Church Council was the real representative in England not only of undiluted Protestantism but of the de facto Church of the English-speaking world .
6 It is not putting it too strongly to say that marriage is in crisis not only in the UK , but throughout the Western world .
7 As late medieval Catholics also believed that they could elicit the help of the Virgin Mary and the saints in heaven not only for themselves but also for those in purgatory , intercessory prayers , masses for the dead , and the worship of relics of the saints were all extremely important features of lay piety .
8 Project manager Francis Msonthi , a geology graduate with just two year' experience , is therefore in charge not only of drilling rigs , well-digging teams and maintenance workers , but also travels around the district discussing the department 's plans for water supply .
9 The feeling of being in the centre of things , of constant activity , of being in charge not only of a vehicle but its VIP occupant — or occupants — and the different venues to and from which she transported them all over southern England , appealed enormously to her restless nature and craving for excitement .
10 The sportsman thoroughly disapproves of myxomatosis — the plague that now hits rabbit stocks almost annually — and he fervently hopes that reasonable stocks will survive in perpetuity not only for the maintenance of his sport but also out of regard for the rabbit itself .
11 They could do so again , especially now that they are in conflict not only with the West but also with their own leaders and with their mentors ( and military suppliers ) in Serbia .
12 Simmel differs markedly from Marx — and almost all other commentators on modern society — in that he stresses the relationship between people , the products of industrialization and the monetary economy in terms not only of production , but also of consumption .
13 Can you assist us on the approach which you have adopted in terms not only of greenbelt function , but of the need for a strategic reserve ?
14 For all these reasons the apparently draconian central powers contained in the 1984 Rates Act had a surprisingly limited effect in terms not only of the numbers of authorities rate-capped but also in terms of the capping limits actually imposed .
15 Certain occupations are important in terms not only of class but also of status .
16 The emperor Hadrian is commemorated in Britain not only by the engineering achievement of his famous wall , but also by the Car dyke , a catch-water drain encircling the western edge of the Fens , linking the river Cam at Waterbeach with the Witham near Lincoln .
17 She said she believed the adoption of the Social Charter would ‘ cause a great increase in unemployment not only in this country but in others as well , and would probably end in Fortress Europe ’ .
18 She said she believed the adoption of the Social Charter would ‘ cause a great increase in unemployment not only in this country but in others as well , and would probably end in Fortress Europe ’ .
19 The court of Ecgberht was in touch not only with Rome ( HE III , 29 ) but also with Frankish Gaul ( HE IV , 1 ) , and possibly Lombard Italy , its continuing economic vitality reflected in the adoption of the silver sceatta ( see above , p. 43 ) .
20 This 'll go out worldwide and there is a great lot of interest in Potter not only in Gloucester but across the country and the whole world in general
21 In chapter 2 , ‘ The Transmission of Divine Revelation ’ ( DV 7–10 ) , the sense of historical revelation continues , with repeated emphasis on the Holy Spirit , in relation not only to the apostles but also to the Church as a whole .
22 It was a learning situation for all concerned , and in the processes of meeting and debating , reporting and being reported on , there was a substantial measure of self-scrutiny — in relation not only to the content of courses , but also to the procedures being followed within institutions and in the CNAA .
23 Erm , the first point relates to erm affordable housing targets in York , and the consequences that that has in relation not only to York but other areas , on the on the assumption that that there is , there has to be an overspill to adjou adjacent areas .
24 Reckless optimism about 1992 would clearly be out of place — but to hear Mead you 'd think there was a crisis of confidence in advertising not only among clients but among some of the industry 's own leading lights .
25 Arthur Wilson was also the first deaf Briton to own a car , ( in 1896 ) and competed in races not only in cars or on cycles , but also on motor bikes .
26 Tolls taken by the Durfort in the Agenais hampered the economic development of some Cistercian houses of the region , and the abbeys of Moissac , Belleperche and Grandselve engaged in litigation not only with the Plantagenet king-dukes but with many local seigneurs in defence of their rights and revenues .
27 While one may note that these are observations that may be drawn as much from first principles as from pragmatic induction , studies by other authors who are not averse to imperialism and all its works tend to convey an impression in Vietnam not only of pervasive French presence but of almost total control .
28 A few of the players such as Jim McKeever and Phil Stuart reside in Belfast but all are expected to be in Dublin not only to be feted but to cheer on the present day Oak Leaf county heroes .
29 The individual has his views represented in policy-making not only through the representative mechanism of elections but also through the participatory mechanism of group politics .
30 Peacocks or , to be more correct , Indian peafowl males , fan their many-eyed tails in display not only at peahens but at almost any creature that passes .
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