Example sentences of "should [not/n't] only be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | News of a proposed relocation should not only be communicated to employees but should also be given to suppliers and customers . |
| 2 | The claim of a holy Gad that those who have fellowship with him should not only be acquitted and accounted righteous , but actually and progressively be made righteous in an ethical sense is strongly brought out in the Pauline letters . |
| 3 | In Sussex Justices the court said that " it is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done . " |
| 4 | It was always our contention that justice should not only be done but that justice should be seen to be done by the due process of the public inquiry . |
| 5 | Apparent oppositions , they felt , should not only be tolerated but gloried in : ultimately they would prove to be resolvable in a wider harmony . |
| 6 | This should not only be expected to happen as a natural consequence of ‘ the Church 's active , sympathetic presence within the world of communications ’ ( ibid. ) , but also as the result of a precise commitment on the part of communicators . |
| 7 | ‘ It should not only be retained but given the go-ahead for further development , involving new advanced PWRs to replace the aging Magnoxes . |
| 8 | There can be no doubt that this claim has impressed many as an important reason why his views should not only be taken seriously but accepted as true . |
| 9 | It is no accident that two of Jane Austen 's titles — Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice — should express symmetry and invoke proportion ; while two others — Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey — should not only be taken from houses , but can be read , respectively , as an apologia for Palladianism and a satire on the Gothic taste . |
| 10 | The problem drinker in our society can be defined as any person who experiences social , psychological or physical problems as a consequence of his or her own repeated drinking , and services should not only be aimed at the individuals themselves but also at family members who suffer as a result of someone else 's drinking . |