Example sentences of "not only [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experiments just mentioned not only introduce a much-needed control procedure but they also extend the generality of the effect . |
| 2 | In Leeds , Newton Park Union Church not only had a seventy-foot tower but a clock which Leeds Corporation agreed to illuminate at night . |
| 3 | Not only had a 30-minute journey taken one hour , but according to him , we 'd been brought back to where we started ! |
| 4 | Not only had a large section of the population been enfranchised , it was a notably different electorate from that which had existed previously . |
| 5 | The arrival of computer graphics will not only facilitate a wider access to geometry but will be , in an important sense , integral to doing geometry . |
| 6 | The Contagious Diseases Acts not only involved a subtle shift in the balance of forces within moral environmentalism , they also marked a new and more particular specification of sexuality within sanitary discourse . |
| 7 | A nation 's labour force is by far the most important part of its daily accruing resources , and an inability continued over several years to direct some 10 per cent of it or more to any useful purpose not only involved a disastrous impoverishment of the nation , but is in itself a demonstration that the machinery for directing the available labour into appropriate fields of enterprise has broken down … we put , therefore , in the forefront of our proposals a vigorous policy of national reconstruction embracing within its scope , inter alia , the rehabilitation of agriculture , still the largest of our national industries ; an extensive programme of highway development ; afforestation , reclamation , drainage , electrification , slum clearance and town development , and the development of canals , docks , and harbours . |
| 8 | To understand the specific nature of the abnormality experienced by disabled people we have not only to document a general failure to provide for needs . |
| 9 | They not only pursue a certain quarry , the mysteries and riddles of Sir Thomas , I think they enjoy the killing . |
| 10 | The end results will not only create a higher standard of competence within the company directly related to each person 's individual role but also an enhancement and enrichment of that person 's own development and personal qualification . |
| 11 | This not only produces a balanced form to the plant , carrying and showing the blooms to advantage , but reduces hindrance to air movement to a minimum . |
| 12 | That would not only cost a great deal of money , but put power once again into the hands of the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service Employees , which could then decide how hospitals were to be run . |
| 13 | Foster 's recall for the second Cornhill Test at Lord 's not only represents a major gamble , however , but also underlines a desperate shortage of fit and in-form pace candidates . |
| 14 | A solution involving the secession of Eritrea , he said , " would not only bring a great deal of difficulty to Ethiopia , but also to a large number of other countries in similar positions " . |
| 15 | Much more important than the Duchy was the royal household , whose financial institutions , the Chamber and the Wardrobe , not only consumed a large part of the Crown 's income but also assisted , from time to time , in national government . |
| 16 | Bede not only compiled a detailed account of this important Synod but in another of his treatises , De temporum ratione ( ‘ On the Reckoning of Time ’ ) , written in 725 and generally regarded as his scientific masterpiece , he computed Easter tables for the period 532 to 1063 and also made a first attempt at a general chronology of the world down to the reign of the contemporary Byzantine emperor , Leo the Isaurian . |
| 17 | The most informative is undoubtedly that caused by Gundovald 's claim to the throne , since Gregory of Tours not only allocates a considerable amount of space to the rebellion itself , but also provides evidence in the ensuing books of the Histories which illuminates the nature of the " pretender's ' following . |
| 18 | The ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation , which will care for physically and mentally handicapped people in Atea , expect to find that by owning their own tractor they will not only go a long way to becoming self-sufficient but will be able to hire out the tractor locally to enhance their income . |
| 19 | Henry had been involved in many of these discussions , had indeed had a pint with Dave Sprott to debate the issue , but when Elinor put the question to him he saw , suddenly , how he could not only perform a helpful , neighbourly act , and another last tribute , but also serve something that would , in all senses of the word , Finish 'Em . |
| 20 | ‘ They 've not only developed a great understanding on the pitch . |
| 21 | He not only added a greater dimension through his excellent , exciting tennis , but also through his personality . |
| 22 | As the government and many local authorities are striving to make the operation of the system quick , simple for the lay user and an encouragement to development when it is employment-related , so the public is not only taking a greater interest in its immediate environment , historic buildings and countryside and conservation generally , but is increasingly using the planning system to try to achieve its aims . |
| 23 | In an industry where communication of information between different levels is vital to effective management ( a factor reported as by no means negligible in Government inquiries into construction industry disasters ) , this project was not only fulfilling a real educational need , but also illustrating the justification for us to include communication skills within the scope of information skills . |
| 24 | Becky 's not only made a good physical recovery , but a good emotional one as well . |
| 25 | The railways not only made a direct physical impact on the landscape : their indirect effects were equally powerful and far-reaching . |
| 26 | Not only does a lexical check give a greater reduction in the number of candidates , but also a more useful reduction because it guarantees the output will be words ( see also Higgins and Ford , 1989 ) . |
| 27 | Next month I shall be writing about the rib transfer carriage , another small accessory that not only does a good job but also helps that neck ache ! |
| 28 | Not only does a Christian believe ; he is a person who ‘ thinks in believing and believes in thinking ’ , as Augustine expressed it . |
| 29 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 30 | Cabrera Infante , among others , repeatedly draws attention to his role as author , while the narrator of Alfredo Bryce Echenique 's A World for Julius not only maintains a running dialogue with the reader , but also involves himself with his characters , putting himself in their shoes , addressing them directly as if they were there alongside him and , like a supporter at a sporting event , siding with some against others . |