Example sentences of "[noun] not [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid-term , fully 70 per cent of Mirror readers not only had a party preference but regarded themselves as party ‘ supporters ’ . |
| 2 | Town and fortress were closely connected , and indeed the burgh of Stirling not infrequently had a battalion of infantry in the town itself as well as the permanent garrison . |
| 3 | He says : ‘ We are making more and more DCDs — Driver Controlled Deliveries — where the driver not only delivers a tanker of petrol to a filling station , but is trained to unload it into the underground storage tanks ’ This has become a necessity , as more and more petrol stations are operated by one person locked behind security windows . |
| 4 | Mortimer not only procured a reversal of the judgement against his father , but also very substantial portions of the forfeited Despenser lands , including the lordship of Denbigh , and property in Shropshire which the Earl of Arundel had forfeited . |
| 5 | When Ishmael is old enough to marry , Hagar not surprisingly finds a wife for him in her own country of Egypt . |
| 6 | Hauser not only has a twenty-acre estate at Livingstone Manor . |
| 7 | That is , the depth of particular religions not only contains a clue to the meaning of ultimate reality , as Tillich maintains , but is the only means open to man to understand what is meant by ultimate reality , for the concept itself acquires its meaning from its use in a particular mode of discourse . |
| 8 | Frances not only developed a love for foreign food but an obsession for flying : |
| 9 | 3 The act not only created a situation in which the House of Lords had to give way to the House of Commons , but in providing for the " representation of the people " it admitted a new principle of linkage between the state and society . |
| 10 | Information books at home not only supply a resource for school topic work , they also help your child develop good study skills . |
| 11 | Hrawi not only had a portion of the regular Army at his disposal ( under the command of Gen. Emile Lahoud ) but also had the added option of Syrian support in the event of a military expedition across the " green line " which separated East Beirut from West Beirut . |
| 12 | The rails not only provide a space for the carriages in their starting places but they need to accommodate both carriages sometimes . |
| 13 | The stars will be coming out during the day to celebrate Sainsbury 's Fundays — this is your chance not only to meet a celebrity , but to get their autograph and even a photograph ! |
| 14 | ‘ Cai n't even cross a road in less than half an hour in this state . |
| 15 | The volume and speed of traffic not only creates a sense of danger but makes a significant contribution to noise and air pollution . |
| 16 | This action was very strange because Andries not only attracted a lot of attention to himself by the manner of his purchase but also the dinghy had a serial number on it which made it instantly traceable . |
| 17 | It has been mentioned several times that tonic syllables have a high degree of prominence ; prominence is , of course , a property of stressed syllables , and a tonic syllable not only carries a tone ( which is something related to intonation ) but also a type of stress that will be called tonic stress . |
| 18 | Fancy our lousy school not even having a bath ! ’ |
| 19 | A prosecution for altering the parish assessments failed , and the vestry not only passed a vote of confidence in Merceron but paid his expenses out of parish funds . |
| 20 | Purity campaigns not only registered a shift in modalities of control , but a change in the personnel responsible for sexual regulation and in the sites from which power was exercised . |
| 21 | Lack of childcare facilities not only blocks a job , even if there were one , it prevents single parents doing anything else to prepare themselves for a changing job market . |
| 22 | But religious language not only provided a link between different political constituencies , it offered a set of concepts , a rhetoric of resistance and a strength of moral certainty powerful enough to take on the weight of the medical and political establishment . |