Example sentences of "not [adv] [be] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only are guillotine motions being introduced with phenomenal frequency ; they are being introduced at a very early stage . |
| 2 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 3 | Not only are science teachers in short supply , however , but also industry is facing a shortage of skilled scientists and engineers . |
| 4 | There are many reasons for this ; not only are leather corals very attractive , but they are also relatively hardy , much more so than most other coral types , such as stony corals , gorgonians or such beautiful soft corals as cauliflower corals ( Dendronephtya spp ) . |
| 5 | Not only are frontier youth workers part of an enterprise which is global in extent . |
| 6 | In this upgraded version — 1.2 — not only are Typographica fonts not supplied , but they have been replaced by Adobe Type Manager 2. x and ATM fonts of the same style of the originals . |
| 7 | Not only are beer taxes still with us , but they have just gone through their biggest shake-up for many years . |
| 8 | Not only is West Belfast discriminated against by the IDB , but the IDB discriminates in favour of other areas . |
| 9 | Not only is Hardwick House the the environment for Kenneth Graham 's imagination , Toad himself may well have been based on one of the old inhabitants . |
| 10 | Not only were West Germany , Japan , the United States and Sweden recording much better economic results than the United Kingdom , but European countries such as Italy , France and Spain experienced ‘ economic miracles ’ which passed Britain by . |
| 11 | Not only were CCK levels increased two to threefold at the relevant time ( one to three weeks postoperatively ) , but the specific antagonist CR-1409 completely abolished the increase in pancreatic mass and cell proliferation . |
| 12 | In between excessive laughter I noticed that not only were SCUM CRAP at the back but they got completely pissed on by the Turkish Delights : - ) ) ) ) ) |
| 13 | Jennie was heard to remark that the will was a cruel one ; by this she meant that not only were family recriminations made public but that when outlining a request for a company to be formed , her husband certainly showed his doubts about her competence . |
| 14 | Not only was Sarah Titford 's wedding celebrated in a ‘ socially unregenerate ’ part of London — it also featured a bride who gave her place of abode on the marriage certificate , ominously enough , as ‘ Millbank Prison ’ . |
| 15 | Not only was Mrs Funnell startled , but Victoria was too , and even Peggy herself as she rounded on the old woman , crying at the top of her voice now , ‘ Like all men of his ilk , with a bloody big moaning mouth , yelling off , I , I , I , all the time , his wants . |
| 16 | Not only was US advice on war plans to be sought and heeded but ‘ we should give our views on organization and training of army and advancement of senior Viet officers ’ and there should also be some Franco-American rather than Vietnamese control over the ‘ dilatory fiscal collections ’ of Vietnam . |
| 17 | Since the revolution in 1989 , it has been revealed that not only was Romania passing on some of the Western secrets obtained in the long honeymoon with the West to Moscow , but that Ceauşescu 's brother , Ilie , the Deputy Defence Minister , was passing Soviet military secrets and technology to the Americans . |
| 18 | They had met once while on holiday , and not only was Dustin Hoffman a great fan of Sting , but he had written a song which they performed together . |
| 19 | Not only was pitch attitude included but many British airlines , including BOAC and BEA , chose to install electro-magnetic pulse code modulated recorders rather than the American mechanical ‘ scratch foil ’ types . |
| 20 | Just as thrilling but achieved in a much more orderly fashion , was Sweden 's remarkable escape against Canada in Vancouver , ( see special report on page 25 ) , where not only was Stefan Edberg , the world number one at the time , beaten by the little known , 237th ranked Daniel Nestor on the opening day but Magnus Gustafsson also had to save two match points against the Canadian hero before winning the fifth and decisive rubber from two sets to one down . |
| 21 | Not only was John Barnesley 's remuneration as bailiff of Hartlebury omitted , he was credited with no landed income at all . |
| 22 | Can we be assured that those regional representatives will reflect the political majority in those regions and will not simply be Government nominees , as we have seen in so many quangos and regional bodies that have been set up in recent years ? |
| 23 | And last but not least is Ross Hickling 's pastel study of the Gateshead Garden Festival ( 057 ) which , if his present run of good fortune still goes his way , might well scoop the pool . |
| 24 | Behind all the razzmatazz of exploding cannons lies a movie that contains many more considered pluses , not least being Daniel Day-Lewis 's mesmerising central performance as Hawkeye . |