Example sentences of "only [vb -s] [pron] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only does he collect the ball well when under attack , he also distributes it magnificently on occasions , picking out midfielders with great accuracy , sometimes over 20–30 yards . |
| 2 | For not only does he emphasize the continuity of his poetic development but he also introduces echoes and half-parodic reminiscences of the English and European literary inheritance of which he was a beneficiary . |
| 3 | Not only does he handle the commercial activities of Kew but he is also responsible for its little-publicised conservation work . |
| 4 | Not only does he play a part in the management of the company , he is also a crucial element in the system of supervision by the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 5 | Not only does he get a chance to ‘ spread ’ his thespian wings , he 'll earn Hollywood brownie points for sporting a natty Harrison Ford-style beard . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | Not only does it command the following of only one god , but it also makes it clear that only one god exists . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This simply creates a further imbalance because not only does it increase the calcium level ( which we need ) , but it further increases the phosphorous level as well ( which we do n't want ) . |
| 19 | Not only does it constitute the object of its own criticism , it also contains a number of theories of this criticism , and in a recursive move that can truly be termed deconstructive , it presents criticism of these theories and it narrativizes this criticism . |
| 20 | Much more importantly , not only does it preserve the integrity of the people of Highfields but I guess in many ways it preserves the integrity of both the parties concerned while moving and supporting this particular amendment . |
| 21 | Into this arena then a book like Petch 's comes as a tremendous boost to the debate , in that not only does it provide an excellent summary of this area of community care policy ( including Scottish policy ) , but it also goes into the microcosms of eleven supported accommodation projects and looks at how such policy works in practice . |
| 22 | Avoid being involved in a protest at all costs since , not only does it risk a disqualification , but it also ruins your concentration as you ponder over the incident . |
| 23 | Not only does it demonstrate the work process but also the mood and emotion of the dancer . |
| 24 | Not only does it help the condition of the skin itself by removing the build-up of dead skin cells on the surface , it stimulates lymphatic drainage and the elimination of as much as one-third of body wastes . |
| 25 | Not only does it neutralize the free lime , but also seals the pool by internal glazing . |
| 26 | Not only does it invert the natural sequence of events in a given life by interpreting origins and development in the light of conclusions ( teleological falsification ) ; it also selects particular ideas , events and utterances for interpretation within the framework of a preferred intellectual system ( ideological falsification ) . |