Example sentences of "could not only [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This could not only distort the free interplay of market forces but also jeopardise bank assets . |
| 3 | LEE SHARPE last night relived the anguish of discovering he had a disease which he feared could not only end his career — but kill him . |
| 4 | Goering had boasted that no enemy 'plane would fly over the Reich and here they had shown that they could not only do this but could attack the capital itself . |
| 5 | Suddenly a new perspective began to open before the young Prince ; he could not only dream of a Bonapartist cause , he could himself become the representative of that cause . |
| 6 | By leasing he could not only spread the payments , but either enjoy for himself the benefit of a 100 per cent tax write-off on the asset of the plane in the first year , or come to some arrangement with a financier , who would build the tax deduction into the price . |
| 7 | Above all , he had been led to it by the discovery that story , myth , could not only carry truth , but also be truth . |
| 8 | Many countries of the world could not only make better use of wastes , but increase agricultural production of the crops of which surplus produce could best be used to manufacture fuels . |
| 9 | Definitions and meanings could not only extend the matching of terms but , more importantly , these could provide a contextual approach as well . |
| 10 | He could not only grow rich by these means . |
| 11 | The appointment of the famous doctor and educational theorist Nikolai Pirogov to the headship of the Odessa educational district in 1856 demonstrated that under Alexander II enlightened academics could not only serve in educational institutions , but also run them . |
| 12 | The surface microenvironment could not only influence initial immobilisation and orientation , but also antibody conformation and effectiveness . |
| 13 | The problem which the Chancellor faced was that failure to tackle the fiscal deficit could not only leave him having to borrow nearly £1 billion a week in the coming year . |
| 14 | The problem which the Chancellor faced was that failure to tackle the fiscal deficit could not only leave him having to borrow nearly £1 billion a week in the coming year . |
| 15 | I had been trying to negotiate the Friday lunch-time run , which was the most lucrative , office-party wise , as ER was always on the lookout for reliable drivers who could not only deliver their people but hang around and pick them up . |
| 16 | Such infill could not only explain the mascon but could also explain why no Imbrium impact features are visible within Mare Imbrium and why the surface is fairly smooth . |
| 17 | Officials say more caution when buying could not only save a lot of trouble but just perhaps your life as well . |
| 18 | In Germany , the pre-eminent centre of Europe 's intellectual life , he could not only learn the language , but engage in the study of philosophy and religion which he now felt certain was his true vocation . |
| 19 | It could not only prove dangerous to expatriates inadvertently breaking local laws but could damage a company 's reputation and its business dealings . |
| 20 | Our reports provide many examples ; for the present we note three which were both prominent and recurrent In these cases the pressures and dilemmas could not only prove intractable but might also have adverse consequences for the children . |
| 21 | Would-be interpreters studying the music could not only see Elgar 's intentions in the printed score , but could follow the creative process a stage further — to the ultimate stage , in fact , and hear the creator realize his work in its natural medium , that of sound . |
| 22 | In the lighted deckhouse he could not only see old Willis , fiddling about with what looked like tins and glasses , but Janet , wearing her other trouser suit . |
| 23 | A single fallen leaf can smother a wide area of seedlings and it is perhaps no surprise then to learn that it has such a large seed , which could not only penetrate this mass but have enough stores to supply a seedling as it grew up through it . |
| 24 | Their sedentary way of life , the fact that individual families could become units of production and could not only store considerable surpluses , but pass them on to subsequent generations , now meant that the old egalitarian and cooperative values of the hunter-gatherers were gone for ever . |
| 25 | Either that , or he could waylay one of the match officials and help run the line where he could not only point out to the referee the error of his ways but also use a brightly-coloured flag to do so . |
| 26 | By this means Smith could not only solve the problem for five squares but for seven as well . |
| 27 | If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys . |
| 28 | Expressing concern at the " increasing degradation " of the environment " which could not only endanger economic and social development , but the very basis of life itself " , the resolution asserted that the UN system was the " appropriate forum for concerted political action " on this issue . |
| 29 | With that , careless of his obvious amazement that someone of her slender weight could not only pack such a punch but dare to do so , she spun rapidly round and raced back the way she had come . |
| 30 | Enter our simple competition and you could not only find yourself with the answer to all your bedroom storage needs , but also regain an extra , usable room . |