Example sentences of "[adj] have [not/n't] only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is that same obstinacy or , put another way , determination to win , that has not only made him a successful captain , but also into one of the most feared batsmen in the world . |
| 2 | This has not only created severe problems for the national parliaments , who are finding the huge quantity of legislation difficult to scrutinise , it also represents a seepage of power to Brussels , since the best way of attaining power is simply to grab it , whether or not you have a mandate . |
| 3 | This has not only exposed the underlying differences between Likud and Labour which the initiative papered over . |
| 4 | A result of our own R&D , these have not only enabled us to increase margins but have also raised our market share in Europe and the USA . |
| 5 | Ivan the Terrible had not only decimated their ranks during the oprichnina but had eroded the distinction between their hereditary property ( votchina ) and the conditional terms of the pomestie by establishing a norm of military service to be borne by all estates . |
| 6 | After operating in the Czech and Slovak republics for the past 18 months , Leeds accounting software supplier Coda Ltd has not only won its first contract in Hungary , but also decided to open an office in Budapest , which began trading on April 1 . |
| 7 | I have been where men have suffered pains which would have murdered any of us here ’ — he nodded to Mr Crump — ‘ but those same have not only endured it but seemed to ignore it ’ — here he nodded to Colonel Moore , who straightened his back — one old soldier understood by another . |