Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] as a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Programmes were long over , but the white screen with the volume down served not badly as a night light ; any of the lamps in the shoebox room kept Sam awake , and total darkness made him frightened . |
| 2 | ‘ OWING To its natural beauty , protected situation and other attractive features , Windermere is popular not only as a holiday resort , but as a permanent summer and winter residence . |
| 3 | After considerable pleas in writing and phone calls , I brought Fraser Barron back to command No 7 Squadron ; during the interdiction period prior to the Invasion he was outstanding not only as a squadron commander , hut also as an inspiration to all . |
| 4 | Josiah Wedgwood died in 1795 and is remembered as the ‘ Father of English Potters ’ , but it was not only as a pottery manufacturer that he was renowned and respected in his time . |
| 5 | Ali knew the importance of a clean farewell , not only as a health measure , but as good commercial sense . |
| 6 | The Polish Solidarnosc , an unequivocal worker movement , opposed the regime not only as a class force but as the authentic voice of the Polish nation . |
| 7 | The thesaurus functions not only as a retrieval aid , but also as a reference facility . |
| 8 | The volume is really little more than a set of expanded notes ; but what it lacks in inspiration on that score , it more than makes up by its sheer usefulness , not least as an examination primer . |