Example sentences of "may not only be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the condition often occurs in the secondary-school years , the young person may not only be faced with the trauma of the diagnosis and the confusion of being still able to see clearly in some situations and not at all in others , but there may also have to be a decision to transfer the medium of communication from print to braille , all this taking place in the years leading up to important examinations . |
| 2 | His title-pages specify that his songs may not only be sung but also played ‘ on all sorts of instruments ’ ( auff allerley Instrumenten zu brauchen ) ; indeed the non-tenor parts are often obviously instrumental , as in Senfl 's ‘ Wol kumpt der May ’ in Ott 's 121 . |
| 3 | However , a conspiracy theory may not only be arguing against those who are blind to , or specifically reject , the notion that a worldwide conspiracy explains most political events . |
| 4 | A child may appear before a hearing for reasons other than offences ; and he will have a disposal tailored to his needs for care rather than to the seriousness of the offence ; and a child may not only be put under a supervision requirement for reasons other than an offence , but he may remain under such a requirement for a period of years for reasons completely unconnected with breaches of the criminal law . |
| 5 | Your elderly widowed parent may not only be losing her close companion , friend and confidant ( and , if she is still sexually active , as some woman are , well into the sixties and beyond , her lover ) , but also the one she depended upon for financial advice , physical protection in an increasingly violent society , and transport if she does not drive herself or can no longer afford to run a car . |