Example sentences of "[not/n't] 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 . |