Example sentences of "[adv] was [pron] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , not only was there a tremendous rapport between the members of the company , there was also a recognizable repartee between them , led by Ken , which was so fast that unless he actually knew the language , a stranger was in foreign territory . |
| 2 | Not only was it a vast amount of money for the fledgling state to raise , by many Israeli officials felt passionately that Israel should not begin its life be seeking to extend its reach ad influence through such obvious corruption . |
| 3 | For the government , not only was it a further opportunity to display its resolve in the face of a union challenge but it also provided the chance of defeating , if not publicly humiliating , one of the country 's most powerful trade unions . |
| 4 | Not only was it a superior car , but quite clearly the engines which Ford furnished for Jackie and the Tyrrell team were quite exceptional . |
| 5 | Not only was it an important factor in winning the Second World War , for its specific electrical insulating properties were a key to the development of radar , but it is one of those rare inventions which create an entirely new industrial development . |
| 6 | Not only was I an only child but my dad 's father was an orphan and my mum 's family had been happy to get out of Kensal Town — which was a little down the road . |
| 7 | Not only was he a first-class commentator , he was also a true gentleman of the old school who was not afraid to criticise the sport 's overpaid prima donnas when they started throwing tantrums and acting up on court . |
| 8 | Not only was he a good judge of horseflesh , but he was capable of treating most ailments which occurred both in the hunters and the heavy farm animals . |
| 9 | The boys liked Basil for they felt that not only was he a good teacher , he was also a man . |
| 10 | Albert was the epitome of the wing-half of the 1920s because , not only was he a ferocious tackler and a prolific feeder of his forwards , but he could come upfield himself to great effect and possessed a smashing shot of his own , so that the ‘ Feebury specials ’ of the period generated a great deal of enthusiasm among Palace fans — and no little anxiety to opposing goalkeepers . |
| 11 | Ali 's cutting edge was his intellect : not only was he a renowned sportsman of brilliance , but he also commanded the world 's attentions through his insight , sarcasm and satire . |
| 12 | Not only was he an important member of the ministry ( though without a cabinet place ) , he was also , from his father 's death in 1706 , the head of his family and the leader of the Tory interest throughout south Wales . |
| 13 | With a slow , teasing smile , he asked outrageously , ‘ So was he an eager lover , my little friend ? |
| 14 | No longer was he a diffident youth . |
| 15 | This again was something a shady jeweller would be likely to do to cover himself . |
| 16 | While no one in bowls would deny the BLI from having their chance to hand over their green and facilities for the two day event which only comes once every eight years , why was there a full programme of league games listed on finals day ? |
| 17 | One major problem remains : if , as seems clear was the case , the main period of depopulation in the mid fifteenth century preceded public hostility to enclosures , why was there a sudden growth of the latter from the second decade of the sixteenth century onwards ? |
| 18 | Mm why was it a hundred degrees ? |