Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This dual safeguard , which was designed not merely to maintain the real value of benefits , but also to guarantee that they paralleled any increase in the real incomes of the working population , was removed in 1980 . |
| 2 | She personally recruited university-trained teachers , who were prepared not only to provide their services free but also to participate in the social life of the college . |
| 3 | Charles acquired a magnificent collection of pictures and became a patron of Rubens and van Dyck as well as of Inigo Jones , who was commissioned not only to build palaces but to write and produce masques at Court . |
| 4 | It is even possible that Gloucester 's claims of another plot against him were intended not only to justify Hastings ' removal but to impress the council with the gravity of the situation and make them more disposed , not less , to back Gloucester 's leadership as the one hope of stability in a worsening political climate . |
| 5 | It is even possible that Gloucester 's claims of another plot against him were intended not only to justify Hastings ' removal but to impress the council with the gravity of the situation and make them more disposed , not less , to back Gloucester 's leadership as the one hope of stability in a worsening political climate . |
| 6 | And here she stayed on public display until 1868 when it was decided not only to close the museum but also to lay Hannah Beswick to rest . |
| 7 | He was instructed not actually to conclude a sale without first referring back to his principal ; he was to receive commission if a sale was concluded . |