Example sentences of "[not/n't] only by the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the principal features of the renaissance of the twelfth century was a great increase in historiography , stimulated not only by the Norman conquest of England but also by the crusades and the rise of the north Italian communes , or city-states . |
| 2 | Their ranks were swelled not only by the general growth of the economy and steady expansion of secondary and higher education but also by the rapid development of services run under the aegis of the zemstvos and staffed by the so-called ‘ third element ’ — teachers , doctors , statisticians , veterinary surgeons , and agricultural experts of various kinds . |
| 3 | The last ten years have brought into the open the struggle between the oligarchy , supported by the United States , and a substantial section of the population , represented not only by the armed opposition FMLN but by trade unions , popular organizations , women 's groups , Christian base communities and the liberal intelligentsia . |
| 4 | Wives and mothers of British seamen were reported as incensed , not only by the low pay of their menfolk , but also by the medical examination to which they were subjected on signing on , " mauled about and handled as though they were a piece of New Zealand mutton " . |
| 5 | The declining historical significance of nationalism is today concealed not only by the visible spread of ethnic/linguistic agitations , but also by the semantic illusion which derives from the fact that all states are today officially ‘ nations ’ , though many of them patently have nothing in common with what the term ‘ nation-state ’ is commonly held to mean ; that therefore all movements seeking to win independence think of themselves as establishing nations even when they are patently not doing so ; and that centralisation and state bureaucracy will , if they possibly can , put on the fashionable national costume . |
| 6 | Hence it is appropriate that the recitals should be used as an aid to interpretation not only by the European Court itself , but by any court dealing with the interpretation of a Community legal text , for example a British court or tribunal of any level . |
| 7 | They suggested that the likelihood of an OR might be determined not only by the specific state of habituation of the target stimulus but also by the extent to which the context is generally arousing ( cf. the dual-process theory of Groves and Thompson 1970 ) . |
| 8 | The achievements of the past 10 years will be jeopardised not only by the present bout of inflation , but even more by a general loss of confidence in the Government 's ability to deal with it . |
| 9 | Americans were bothered not only by the Baltic crackdown in January but by the Soviet reaction to American complaints about it . |
| 10 | But in most industrial organizations the hierarchy of status and authority is marked , not only by the relative size of the total pay packet , but also by such distinctions as whether the actual payment is made on a daily , weekly , monthly or annual basis . |
| 11 | In 1991 , I added Czechoslovakia to the programme and if you select a holiday there or a resort in Poland or Hungary , you will be delighted not only by the beautiful scenery but also by the welcome you will receive . |
| 12 | Opposition to the proposal was expressed not only by the main whaling countries , led by Japan , but also by four small Caribbean states — St Kitts , St Lucia , St Vincent and Dominica . |
| 13 | For example , the benefits of a soil conservation programme will be felt not only by the direct land users who are causing the soil erosion , but by others who may be subjected to less severe crop losses , deposition of gravel on cultivated land , loss of livestock and building or siltation of canal irrigation networks . |
| 14 | Finally , it has to be admitted that we were strengthened in our resolve not only by the robust advice of our own legal team but by the knowledge that the merger of Dearden Farrow and the loss of the practising name meant that we were not susceptible to concerns in regard to our reputation . |
| 15 | These new principles of greater kindness towards horses continued , despite the many advocates of cruel practices which were recommended not only by the Neopolitan School but also by other influential writers on the Continent and in England . |
| 16 | The board 's proposals for its future as a voluntary co-operative have been criticised not only by the Scottish dairy trade , but by a recent Monopolies and Mergers Commission report . |
| 17 | This healthy tone has been bred not only by the daily influence of the railways , but by the annual practice of ‘ going to the seaside ’ or making a tour , a practice undreamt of before railways , and now endemic … |
| 18 | A generation of politicians is now in power whose opinions have been shaped not only by the Stalinist dictatorship but also by the defeat of the first attempts at reform . |
| 19 | Christians were distressed because the age of revelation was over ( and they were acutely conscious of this with the passing of the apostolic generation , as is made clear not only by the speedy recognition in the second century that their writings were determinative for the Christian faith , but also by the deep sense of nostalgia to be found in the earliest of the sub-apostolic writers like Polycarp and Ignatius ) . |