Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [is] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We live in a hi-tech society , so why is it few people can pass a fountain or a well without dropping in a coin ? |
2 | Then Harriet Shakespeare said , more softly and sounding puzzled , ‘ So why is it any use talking to me ? |
3 | Not only is it good value for money , it 's clear that a great deal of thought has been given to the virus problem and how to cure it . |
4 | He makes more mess in his bedroom than she does and his is because , not only is it all papers and books and toys and everything else , it 's all his clothes as well . |
5 | First , medical treatment other than symptom control or management is uncalled-for as a matter of law and , indeed , is inappropriate ; not only is it unethical conduct , but the doctor could also be subject to legal sanction . |
6 | Not only is it little consolation , he wrote , it is actually a further cause for despair , for it only shows that everything is far too late , that the glass was a dream of lateness and the work on the glass was a fantasy of lateness and the belief in the glass was the madness of one who has lost all sense of the meaning of lateness . |
7 | The mechanic says that on that year the truck the part was handcrafted in Zogmolia near Flelzonia and not only is it double reverse threaded but that its made from a rare alloy rendered from toxic wastes in New Jersey ; however , he has assured me while trying to hold back a laugh and spraying spittle all over me he knows a junk yard on Mars where he can get the part soon . |
8 | No longer is it any use making a note in your diary at home about the meal you 'll be enjoying at a friend 's on Wednesday night . |