Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of course goes inescapably to a notion of the quality of experience ( though what we are calling the aesthetic here is not , or not only , a question of intensity ) . |
| 2 | The original point of the survey , however , was not , or not only , to suggest how specifically and illuminatingly the term ‘ postmodernism ’ can be applied to the British context , but simply as an answer to B. S. Johnson 's fear that the baton of innovation had been dropped altogether . |
| 3 | Although not only really big natural find came to light , nearly every family group took home a few Roman coins and , perhaps , the odd hammered medieval coin as well . |
| 4 | And it could be said that not only is it about imitation — it is also , as are other tours de force , itself an imitation of something . |
| 5 | In consequence it is becoming increasingly accepted that not only does the anthropologist have his own social history and subjective stance , but more importantly , that those accounts which ignore this seem to lose something in the telling . |
| 6 | If you believe that not only will you believe anything , you 'll probably end up as a Doctor of Philosophy . |
| 7 | In the wake of major advances in medicine and technology it 's interesting to hear that not only is acupuncture still used for many human conditions , but there is also an increasing trend toward using acupuncture for pets . |
| 8 | It emerged that not only was there no reliable evidence of guilt , but , on the contrary , there was considerable proof of innocence . |
| 9 | As it is used in the draft poem it seems to imply that not only are the decadent versions of primitive sexual rituals inane , the god dead and impotent , however passionate the rituals of his worship , but that even the ultimate act of martyrdom is a sexual indulgence . |
| 10 | Weston emphasized to Eliot that not only dramas , but poetry also derived from primitive rites . |
| 11 | As I took my place with two jamjars in my first Saturday morning kids matinee queue , apprehensive lest the currency had been devalued or even replaced with money , I observed that not only were Royals the heroes in the films but that my choice of cinema was between the Queens and the Royal , and I was warned that before the performance you were supposed to stand for the pianist 's rendition of ‘ God Save the King ’ . |
| 12 | I think you could play so many tunes on it that not only would we be producing much more efficiently and economically , but people could have a better quality of life too . |
| 13 | When you pray for us please pray that not only will we all have a safe , energetic yet relaxing holiday but that during the course of the venture our faith in and walk with Jesus will be deepened . |
| 14 | The White House seemed unaware that not only were there no hostages , but that the trapped Americans were heavily-armed , elite troops trained to protect themselves in just such circumstances . |
| 15 | Mr Wright said after the settlement that not only his resort , which he described as ‘ the last of the Hi-de-Hi holiday camps in Great Britain ’ but also Barry Island , which had some of the finest beaches in the UK , had been vindicated . |
| 16 | The next paragraph says that not only did Lord Young cut the published penalty clause for BAe from £650 million to £400 million as disclosed in the National Audit Office memorandum , but offered ‘ a private side-letter ’ waiving the penalty ‘ the text of which would be agreed with BAe in advance ’ . |
| 17 | The second social consequence of care that emerges from Carlen 's work is that not only is the education of the young person seriously neglected , but so , too , is the emotional development . |
| 18 | There is also evidence that not only gods and mythical figures were associated with dolphins and mounted their backs , but children apparently rode wild dolphins in just about every bay , harbour , and inlet of the ancient Mediterranean , and dolphins often befriended sailors and rescued people from the sea , carrying them safely to land . |
| 19 | On 26 May 1989 , the then Deputy Prime Minister , Mr Geoffrey Palmer , announced that not only would the use of drift-nets be banned inside the New Zealand EEZ , but also their possession . |
| 20 | But it is important to remember that not only ‘ natural ’ but also ‘ civil ’ philosophy comes under Hobbes 's general definition of philosophy . |
| 21 | We were told that not only had the Argentinian fleet continued on their route to the Falklands but there was now every reason to believe that Argentinian troops had landed . |
| 22 | There appears to be no time-limit on the matters to be considered , so that not only the final act but a whole course of conduct may be taken into account . |
| 23 | One drawback of this style of argument is that not only is the harm serious for the victim , but conviction for such an offence is serious for the defendant : a single class of offenders ( rapists , serious wounders ) would contain not only those with subjective fault but also those who merely failed to take proper care , all of whom would be convict.ed of a grave offence carrying a maximum of life imprisonment . |
| 24 | Perhaps a more fruitful line of argument is to emphasize that not only is rape a serious matter for the victim , but the ascertainment of one vital fact — consent — is a relatively easy matter for the man . |
| 25 | Alien conspiracies and kidnaps , and why some people believe that not only have UFOs landed , but their passengers are living under the Nevada desert |
| 26 | It seemed that not only the president , but the whole country , might have been in some delightful lotus-sleep for the past few years . |
| 27 | This ruling caste has come to rely on Italy 's huge public sector as a patronage machine for rewarding friends and supporters , a system that not only leads to corruption but also acts as a break on much needed free market reforms . |
| 28 | He argued that not only did the technology bring safer products , but it could cut the number of chemical steps in production , and simplify the manufacturing process , lead to more effective use of chemical plant and improve return on capital investment . |
| 29 | In discussing Brian Way , I have suggested that not only has the emphasis placed by him on the individuality of the individual been misleading , it has also put some teachers in a position of distorting the medium of drama itself ; and that Brian Way in practice overcame this problem by including in his seminal publication a system of training in life skills . |
| 30 | This means that not only do we describe ourselves to ourselves and create identity constructs but we can also face the issue of whether we want to alter those constructs and become another kind of person . |