Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it was [not/n't] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report by the West Yorkshire Low Pay Unit demonstrated that it was not only residents who ran the risk of exploitation , but also the staff . |
| 2 | But in the months following the diagnosis , Mrs Henry found that it was not only a life-threatening disease that she had to contend with . |
| 3 | Brown and Harris found that it was not only discrete events which could provoke depression . |
| 4 | For a brief moment , it seemed that it was not only the presidents of newly independent Third World countries who had to take special precautions before departing on state visits . |
| 5 | Once again the movies learnt that it was not only the wealthy and respectable who liked to think that they were being given the best . |
| 6 | ‘ Your friend Kafka — I 'd have lobotomized him , speaking personally — he said that it was not only Budapest but the whole world that was tragic . |
| 7 | The record goes on to show that it was not only the handing over of the Yugoslavs that was discussed at these conferences . |
| 8 | Wilfrid 's failure to secure a sympathetic hearing suggests that it was not only Oswiu 's family which found him unpalatable . |