Example sentences of "only [be] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only are students asked to demonstrate their craft by selecting , preparing and presenting the best possible three course meal for four to a fixed budget , but equally high standards are demanded in the question paper stages of the competition . |
| 2 | Not only are problems becoming more global in nature — such as atmospheric pollution — but international collaboration can be a more effective use of national resources . |
| 3 | Not only are worm casts rich in plant nutrients , but are in a crumb form some ⅛ in. in diameter which can be very efficiently exploited by plant root hairs from all sides . |
| 4 | Not only are departments prepared for a Tory or Labour minister but also a Liberal Democrat one as well . |
| 5 | ‘ Not only are people needed during the summer to supervise children and organise activities , there is a lot of work to be done beforehand , planning a timetable , and arranging helpers and activities . |
| 6 | ‘ Not only are people starting to stay at home but the next danger is that there is so much football that viewers will start saying , ‘ Do I really want to watch this ? ’ ’ |
| 7 | Not only are Arsenal losing , but they are failing to score — just one goal from seven games — and it 's beginning to have an effect on fans who have been accustomed to rolling with the good times . |
| 8 | Not only are numbers increasing every year but most students qualify in universities and polytechnics , whereas in other countries that have similar numbers entering higher education there is a much higher wastage rate . |
| 9 | At Leeds , for example , not only are fans separated in this way , but a wedge-shaped piece of terracing at the corner of the visiting fans ' terrace is designated a ‘ no-man's-land ’ , surrounded by high fencing , and kept empty . |
| 10 | Not only are aitches dropped , appalling vocals now reign virtually supreme in the realm of pronunciation . |
| 11 | Not only are victims denied immediate help , they are subsequently kept in the dark by the police and courts about what is going on . |
| 12 | Taking these two points into consideration leads us to the conclusion that meaningful chain dimensions can only be values averaged over the many conformations assumed . |
| 13 | ‘ This is why food packaging products can only be 50% recycled . |
| 14 | George noted that Sprague — it would only be Sprague had been leaking a version of Maxim 's performance at the Committee . |
| 15 | Proposals to rehabilitate existing broadleaved woods ( which are a source of livestock shelter ) on farms should only be grant aided if the scheme aims to ‘ retain the essential broadleaved character of the woodland with appropriate native tree species ’ . |
| 16 | Most users believe that the drug is less harmful than the tobacco it is rolled with , but this can only be supposition given the lack of knowledge surrounding the drug 's long-term effects . |
| 17 | Now there would only be days to finish things . |
| 18 | yeah , erm yeah it was different erm with it only being role play it was a bit erm difficult to keep up with it sometimes and actually keep it going like , erm if it was the real life situation outside right you 'd know that the person you were talking to had more had been through that situation before |
| 19 | In Victorian times baked potato sellers were a familiar sight in most towns and cities throughout Britain , particularly during the winter months , when not only were potatoes bought for eating , they were also bought as hand warmers . |
| 20 | From the document we learn that not only were pumps installed to drain the mines but a water-powered battery of stamps had been erected at Tilberthwaite . |
| 21 | She honestly believed that she was making life easier for Jack , by providing him with a background of home , where not only were meals provided and clothes mended , but his time was also jealously guarded . |
| 22 | Not only were lines built to tap it , not only did almost every station become a distribution centre in all those areas where the fossil fuel was vital for domestic and industrial use , but trains themselves in many countries ran on it . |
| 23 | To my great delight , I found that not only were trains running , but to outward signs at least , the Mid-Hants does not have any problems . |
| 24 | Not only were limestones deposited in Europe as far south as Cantabria and right across the Mid-West , they also went a lot farther . |
| 25 | Not only were boyfriends forbidden but even fathers were not allowed to cross the threshold to carry their daughter 's suitcases in . |
| 26 | Not only were schools divided into academic and nonacademic , but the academic schools were further divided into A , B , and C streams . |
| 27 | This would imply that not only is psychopathology becoming increasingly externalized , but also increasingly schizoid in appearance . |
| 28 | Not only is fundamentalism growing fast outside the Church of England — attendance at the independent churches that practise this sort of Christianity increased from 44,000 in 1979 to 108,000 in 1989 — but there is also a boom inside the Church of England itself , at places like Holy Trinity . |
| 29 | Europe , of course , is something of a captive market ; not only is ESA funded by 13 European member-states but ESA 's procurement policy has been to award contracts in proportion to a country 's given contribution to its budget . |
| 30 | Not only is colostrum known to be extremely nutritious but it too has special protective properties against illness . |