Example sentences of "[adv] only [verb] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only had a much slower rate of fall , but are actually detached nineteen ninety one from what we know has been happening . |
| 2 | This dog not only became a very good show dog , but also an excellent working dog and great stock getter . |
| 3 | In order to deal with this we have done both , that is not only compared a strictly identical sample of newspapers , but also provided the full range of the newspaper selection for each sample year . |
| 4 | You can not only expect a very warm welcome in Seefeld , but the green fees wo n't make your toes curl and the course is rarely crowded . |
| 5 | One successful type of sponsorship that not only creates a more accurate impression of modern teaching methods but also gives parents something back in the way of entertainment is the sponsored Krypton Factor type event . |
| 6 | The Corrado not only has a little more power and torque , it also benefits from about 170lb less bulk . |
| 7 | America not only has a largely privatized nuclear industry but is the home of the Pressurized Water Reactor . |
| 8 | The knowing use of the conventions of the detective story to write something that is not quite a detective story not only follows a rather well-established practice in post-war Italian writing , of which the novels of Gadda and Sciascia are the best-known examples ( cf. |
| 9 | The absence in 1983 of any need to think about , and justify , a second term given the disarray of the opposition not only produced a remarkably thin manifesto ( Why take unnecessary risks ? ) but also , more significantly , led to a loss of momentum . |
| 10 | Elicitation procedures which measure a child 's comprehension of spoken language generally only require a relatively simple response . |
| 11 | I 'll come back to that in a moment because we still only enrol a rather tiny proportion of those active in our sport but to go back to the point about training . |
| 12 | Although each institutional investor may still only own a very small percentage of the issued share capital of the company , nevertheless , they have the requisite skills to monitor management effectively , and can act collectively to exert pressure on the managers of the company , thereby overcoming the problem that there is little incentive for the individual shareholder to spend the necessary time and money to inform himself of and perhaps challenge the actions of the directors as the managers of the company . |
| 13 | But this layout seemingly only lasted a comparatively short time , before it too was swept away , together with the buildings which had survived the previous changes and the fort defences . |