Example sentences of "not only be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the root of the problem were the Scottish campaigns of 1480–2 , which had not only been expensive in themselves but had brought continuing expenditure on defence , notably through the acquisition of Berwick . |
| 2 | At the root of the problem were the Scottish campaigns of 1480–2 , which had not only been expensive in themselves but had brought continuing expenditure on defence , notably through the acquisition of Berwick . |
| 3 | By drawing engine cooling air in through the left-front wheelarch , for example , Renault engineers have not only been able to enhance the Clio 's aerodynamics , but also protect the engine from damage caused by ingress of foreign bodies . |
| 4 | They had not only been active in discussion among themselves , but had become a source of commentary about the state of the nation . |
| 5 | It was felt that Manson and his Family had not only been responsible for the death of seven people , but also for the death of innocence , and suddenly hippies were n't cute or funny any more . |
| 6 | Users ' freedom to browse in a library collection has not only been desirable but would also appear to be linked with the right of access to information itself . |
| 7 | Not only are lower paid workers likely to occupy housing that is different in tenure from that of skilled workers but a certain proportion of the latter may occupy housing that is similar to that of the non-manual group adjacent to them . |
| 8 | Not only are personal data not protected if a Cabinet Minister certifies that exemption is required ‘ for the purpose of safeguarding national security ’ ( a rather vague and wide catch-all phrase ) but there are other exemptions where the protection afforded by the Act is held to be ‘ likely to prejudice ’ the prevention or detection of crime , the apprehension or prosecution of offenders , or the assessment or collection of any tax or duty . |
| 9 | Inevitably this means that not only are individual consciousnesses unique but that the consciousnesses of one epoch may differ as greatly from those of another as do the construed worlds of a polar Eskimo and a city dweller in New York . |
| 10 | Not only are Japanese products now highly visible in our shops , but also Japanese companies are equally visible as employers in their overseas plants . |
| 11 | Not only are certain subjects ( physics , maths , engineering ) considered more suitable for men than for women , but also these subjects in themselves seem to embody qualities which are closely linked to our ideas about masculinity and femininity . |
| 12 | Not only are sleeping dogs allowed to lie , but also their owners . |
| 13 | Not only are primary schools in the neighbourhood competing for children but prep schools may also be attracting pupils out of the area too . |
| 14 | ‘ Not only are serious problems encountered with clinker but on some occasions spectacular displays of ‘ black glass ’ have been produced , lining the firebox tube plates — a situation not conducive to free steaming ! |
| 15 | They interpret the studies as showing that not only are central details more likely to be attended to in the arousal condition , but that since even when only one eye fixation is permitted the same results occur , there must be differences in the processing of arousing material in addition to the original attentional effect . |
| 16 | Not only are such foods very nutritious , they also contain fibre . |
| 17 | Not only are such predicates eliminable , it might be argued , but conceivably it might be possible to devise a method of paraphrase which would enable us to dispense with quantifiers as well ; and if the latter can be achieved , then the myth of the " logical independence " of existential propositions will have been exploded once and for all . |
| 18 | The complete mechanism design can thus be developed with greater confidence — not only are all the performance functions available but the mechanism can be " run " ( by cycling layers ) so as to observe it throughout its complete operating cycle . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , not only are legal firms unable to maximise the amount of extra business they can sell through cross-fertilisation of other specialised services , they are losing it to other providers of information and advice . |
| 20 | Not only are external courses not the only way to achieve exchange of experience or heightened professional awareness , but more importantly , they may be inefficient and/or ineffective , if course content , or membership , is only marginally relevant to the person attending . |
| 21 | Not only are biblical accounts of supernatural visitations during dreams and dreams foretelling the future repeated without comment , even where ambiguity exists , the authors writing for children insert more accounts of dreams rather than asserting that visitations happened to people who were awake . |
| 22 | Indeed it is possible to imagine circumstances in which not only are regional disparities not reduced , but they are further extended . |
| 23 | Furthermore , not only are negative emotions suppressed , but the control of an outward show of pleasant emotions in public is also rarely relaxed in Japan . |
| 24 | Not only are many consumers injured by corporate crime ; thousands of employees too suffer from ‘ accidents ’ at work ( which are in fact not pure accidents but events which spring directly from the conditions of production and are in that sense avoidable ) or work-induced diseases , such as asbestosis , lung cancer , and mesothelioma . |
| 25 | Not only are many of the possible haplotypes confined to one race or area , but there is even a haplotype that is confined to the former ‘ Silk Road ’ between China and Europe . |
| 26 | Not only are more people marrying but they are marrying more often . |
| 27 | If we take the former interpretation of the increase in rape reporting then this would mean that not only are more men raping , but also the judiciary is increasingly allowing them to get away with it . |
| 28 | So , not only are more families drawing family credit than FIS , but a larger proportion of this group pays tax and insurance on each additional £1 of earnings , as well as losing part of the family credit payment . |
| 29 | Not only are different names used for the same thing , different things are known by the same name . |
| 30 | Not only are cordless tools more convenient but the low voltage is safer than mains operated ones and they are quieter in operation . |