Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] only [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some critics of the inequitable distribution of services and resources and of the poor quality of much local provision have argued that the fault lies not only with local government but with antiquated central government organization . |
| 2 | The ‘ intercom ’ of the Quartet 's title refers not only to technological developments in information-processing systems , but also to how these developments have affected intercourse between individuals in everyday situations , and how this has in turn made possible a new role in society for narrative fiction . |
| 3 | A strong Iranian presence throughout the period 479 — 334 is indicated by chance literary references , such as Herodotus , who refers not only to Persian individuals at Sardis before the Ionian Revolt from Persia of the 490s , but also to Persians being given the land round Miletus after the revolt ( v. 101 ; vi.20 ) . |
| 4 | A further type of presumed NMDA receptor-dependent LTP has been described in which potentiation occurs not only at those synapses where there is coincident pre- and postsynaptic activity , but extends to synapses made by concurrently active terminals onto neighbouring cells , whether or not these are active . |
| 5 | This abandonment of both the major innovations made by the descendants of Eusthenopteron during their colonisation of the land occurs not only among those salamanders that have taken to water but even among some that spend their lives almost entirely on land . |
| 6 | This favourableness depends not only on leader-member relations and the degree of structure in the task , but also on the power and authority of the position . |
| 7 | Even when the military balance is in her favour , the Soviet Union will maintain a healthy regard for the political stakes in East-West rivalry , as well as its social undercurrents ; she will be aware that the ability to act effectively depends not only upon military trumps , but the psychological and moral intangibles of world politics . |
| 8 | Some organs may grow faster than the rest of the body so that their size increases not only in absolute terms , but also relatively to the rest of the body , which is positive allometry . |
| 9 | My confidence in making the opening statement of this chapter stems not only from scientific fact . |
| 10 | It responds not only to wanted sounds but also to unwanted background noise . |
| 11 | The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution applies not only to molecular speeds but also to molecular energies . |
| 12 | The principle applies not only to taxing statutes but all forms of statute law . |
| 13 | The preceding discussion applies not only to jurisdictional errors of law but to all heads of illegality which render a decision ultra vires , including breach of natural justice . |
| 14 | The Directive applies not only to listed securities , but also to those quoted or dealt in with less formality ( e.g. on the British Unlisted Securities Market and the French Deuxième Marché ) and to traded options related to them ; this will be so even if they are issued by non-EC companies . |
| 15 | In truth , ‘ All Praises Are Due To Mammon ’ might be the more apt substitute , considering that the sleeve lists the names and addresses not only of Young MC 's management , but also of his ‘ legal representatives ’ and ‘ business representatives ’ . |
| 16 | There is also the further of point that the new tax extends not only to actual disposals but to deemed disposals where , after 17th December 1973 , a chargeable building is first let or occupied to a material extent after the commencement of relevant development , ie , there may thus be a charge to tax not only on realised gains but also on unrealised gains . |
| 17 | This arises not only from potential changes of field ( where student preferences are not guaranteed — the contractual baseline is merely that students are enabled to complete the fields upon which they originally registered ) but more significantly from the changing pattern of extra-field choice . |