Example sentences of "not [adv] do it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For not only does it contain one of the largest conurbations outside London , but it also includes some thinly populated territory as well as smaller towns and rural districts . |
| 2 | Not only does it set you free to live in the present but you had better start enjoying it , because — at the age of 40 or 50 or whatever — this is it , the future has arrived ! |
| 3 | Not only does it sizzle to perfection in a very short time but its natural succulence and subtle , sweet taste win compliments whenever it is served . |
| 4 | For not only does it burn off on average up to 100 calories for every 15 minutes of activity , but the raised BMR can continue to burn off calories for several hours after exercising is over . |
| 5 | Not only does it form a part of the dominant beliefs of catholic nationalists , but their state form gives catholic social teaching coercive and hegemonic support . |
| 6 | Finally , Sources for English Local History by W.B. Stephens ( Cambridge 1981 ) is a quite indispensable guide , for not only does it refer to archives and collections , but suggests ways in which they may be used , and does so by major subject categories : population and social structure ; local government and politics ; poor relief ; charities , prices and wages ; industry , trade and communications ; agriculture ; education ; religion ; and houses , housing and health . |
| 7 | Not only does it refer to developing in a photographic sense , but to the development of a group of young people . ’ |
| 8 | Not only does it discredit the emphasis on ‘ partnership ’ between Central Government and the faith communities which has been highlighted by the recent establishment of the Inner Cities Religious Council ( and re-emphasised at the meetings which you attended in Bradford on May 21st and Kirklees on October 27th ) but it also means that church and other faith communities will be less likely to play their full part in the implementation of other aspects of Government policy such as the forthcoming Community Care changes which will require the use of local premises , volunteers etc . |
| 9 | This technique is significant for two reasons — not only does it aid the process of word sense disambiguation , it also provides a method whereby the topic of the text can be identified . |
| 10 | Working together makes sense : not only does it ensure that duplication of effort is minimised , it addresses the need for a single , coherent , national system . |
| 11 | It has also developed something of an international character ; not only does it attract a proportion of its students from overseas , but it also has strong links with overseas institutions . |
| 12 | Not only does it command the following of only one god , but it also makes it clear that only one god exists . |
| 13 | Not only does it make us horribly uncomfortable and ill-at-ease but it is impossible to disguise the voice . |
| 14 | Not only does it offer the opportunity for forging strong links and friendships between schools in Northern Ireland but it also allows them to learn about a very different social and cultural environment in Japan , ’ said Mr Hanley . |
| 15 | Not only does it tend to concentrate on psychic inner experience at the expense of the spiritual , but it inflates one 's pride in having some superhuman power that others do not possess , and it is only too easy to overstep the boundary between the neutral psychic and the evil occult . |
| 16 | Ice is the greatest worry that a pool owner has during winter months , for not only does it trap noxious gases which are likely to suffocate the fish , but it also exerts tremendous pressure upon the pool structure and can crack the most expertly laid concrete . |
| 17 | In fact , I would argue that not only does it do this , but that it goes much further , indicting all men in complicity for rape and insisting that they share the guilt . |
| 18 | Not only does it go faster but it is also more controllable and better-protected . |
| 19 | Not only does it restrict my life . |
| 20 | Not only does it ignore the sense in which suffering can be unwitting but it also begs the question in favour of saying , when specific symptoms like struggling or urination occur in animals , that these are properly to be seen as , emotional responses ' ( which covertly elicits our sympathy for the conscious distress of the stricken human parent rather than the symptoms of it observed in the struggling , yet unaware , athlete ) . |
| 21 | Tests of the drug ivermectin in Liberia have shown that not only does it stop the progress of the disease in infected individuals , it also reduces its rate of transmission . |
| 22 | Also , not only does it expose , er , our weakness on the fact that we ca n't supply the bearings for remote valves , it also opens the door to whatever standard valve business will continue in the future . |
| 23 | Not only does it involve large sums of money but , for the vast majority of us , most , if not all , of the money has to be borrowed . |
| 24 | Not only does it meet his own policy expectations but it does so in language supplied by Mr Greenspan in congressional testimony which would allow Mr Greenspan to run rings around his Administration critics . |
| 25 | Not only does it draw from what Pollitt ( 1986a , p. 159 ) describes as the ‘ belief-system of the incoming Conservative government of 1979 ’ — the crusade against bureaucratic waste , belief in the superiority of private sector managerial techniques and drive towards increased value for money — but it shares the same ideological roots as privatization and contracting out . |
| 26 | The time of high and low water is one of the most important things you should know , since not only does it affect the direction of any dangerous currents but also how flat the water will be . |
| 27 | ‘ If there 's no wind it 's a fine day ! ’ is a Shetland expression , and to me it is especially relevant because not only does it affect the movements of birds and animals , but it makes them so much easier to see on the water . |
| 28 | Not only does it avoid the need for each service to ‘ re-invent the wheel ’ by working in isolation , it also forges closer links — invaluable at a time when the world is becoming smaller and ‘ international standards ’ loom . |
| 29 | The Centre 's goal is to create quality jobs for the local community — not only does it give start-ups a hassle-free environment in which to get their business going , but as they expand , they inevitably take on more staff . |
| 30 | The Pazyryk ( or Altai ) carpet , as it is known , is of crucial importance ; not only does it confirm the existence of highly sophisticated hand-knotted rugs during the first millennium BC , it also strengthens the belief that rug-making was widespread through the Middle East and Central Asia , because the design is an almost exact replica of one found on a paving slab in the Assyrian royal palace at Nineveh , nearly three thousand miles away . |