Example sentences of "is not only [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another difference : within Renaissance metaphysics a constituted identity might nevertheless be essentially fixed ( e.g. the soul as divine creation ) in a way the post/modernist would probably reject ( identity is not only constructed but contingently so ) . |
| 2 | It holds together in tension the reality of Christ in his Church , but the Christ who is real is not only risen but is crucified as well . |
| 3 | Language is not only presented and practised in context , but through a range of topics that appeal to teenage concerns and interests . |
| 4 | This ‘ great perturbation in nature ’ ( V.i.9f. ) causes her to reveal all their deeds , an effect made much more intense in the theatre by the Doctor writing down all that she says , so that hypocrisy is not only detected but recorded . |
| 5 | It is essential that existing use of the line is not only maintained but increased . |
| 6 | After several twists and tilts , the sediment is not only disturbed and encouraged to leave the sides of the bottle , but the bottle finally achieves a fully inverted position ready for dégorgement . |
| 7 | It is not only labour that the economic power of Bangkok is sucking out of the north-east . |
| 8 | If governors are actively involved as a dynamic , lively group and feel that their contribution to decisions and actions is not only valued but essential , then enthusiasm and commitment snowballs . |
| 9 | The worm is not only overlooked but undervalued . |
| 10 | But where there is an ambiguity , or the law is otherwise unclear or so far undeclared by an appellate court , the English court is not only entitled but , in my judgment , obliged to consider the implications of article 10 . |
| 11 | There is a real possibility that the newcomer is not only exhausted but possibly wounded by the time he has won the harem . |
| 12 | At low frequencies Brownian motion can relieve the deformation caused by the stress before the next cycle takes place , but as the frequency increases the conformational change begins to lag behind the stress and energy is not only dissipated but stored as well . |
| 13 | for every legislative enactment constitutes a diktat by the state to the citizen which he is not only expected but obliged to observe in the regulation of his daily life and it is the judge and the judge alone who stands between the citizen and the state 's own interpretation of its own rules . |
| 14 | ‘ It is n't only queers that get AIDS you know . |