Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] but [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orwell 's point can be extended , since these writers recognized not only the dissolution of public or social values but also the bankruptcy of private ones : it ought to be remembered that the notion of " personality " reached its apogee in Oscar Wilde during the same period of scientific and social optimism . |
| 2 | In April 1990 the town had 28 empty offices but now the figure stands at 52 , while the number of vacant shops has risen from 20 to 46 , not including 68 shops under construction at the Cornmill centre . |
| 3 | This move towards legislation in the field of social policy that does not proceed from evidence or research by those professionals engaged in the field , but proceeds from the ideology of the political party in power , has doubtless significantly changed not only the structure of the social services but also the role of the legislative process . |
| 4 | We shall have occasion later to examine the evidence submitted to and conclusions of the Bullock Committee , and it is sufficient here to note not only the submissions from educational and public librarians but also the committee 's support for the work of librarians in schools , and its welcome for the now-emerging courses leading to people dually qualified as both teachers and librarians . |
| 5 | The development of a research programme will involve not only the addition of suitable auxiliary hypotheses but also the development of adequate mathematical and experimental techniques . |
| 6 | Struggles and strategies in the fields have at stake not just the value of symbolic goods but also the degree of autonomy of a given field . |
| 7 | The 10 workshops trial tested were of varying lengths but collectively the time required for completion was 6 working days so a considerable degree of commitment was required from all concerned . |
| 8 | This means you must practise not only individual sentences but also the use of these sentences in larger contexts . |
| 9 | We would be able to do it more easily if we could not only accurately assess the reading performance of individual children but also the readability of particular texts . |
| 10 | Not the actual chemicals but just the sort of question , that you 'd get . |
| 11 | This increases not only professional costs but also the risk that important information embedded in the general mass becomes overlooked . |
| 12 | The lectures of the former and the associations of the latter appeared to be serving not only academic and economic purposes but also the promotion of political instability . |
| 13 | Probably the most attractive feature of self-regulation , however , is the fact that the regulated must obey not only the letter of the self-regulatory codes but also the spirit . |
| 14 | Among this generation was Ralph Hengham to whom are attributed not only two short legal treatises but also the initiative for much of Edward 's legislation . |
| 15 | However , the dependent wife receives only 60 per cent of the single person 's pension — a fact that reflects not only the dependent status of married women but also the failure of the social security system to adapt to the increase in economic activity ( particularly in part-time jobs ) among women since the Beveridge scheme was introduced . |
| 16 | The apparently fragmented organization of the state apparatus represents not polyarchic pressures but rather the outcome of intra-state conflicts or the deliberate fragmentation and disorganisation of policy-making by state officials . |
| 17 | Looking at Durham Cathedral , the Cardinal pointed out that the Church is not just concerned with beautiful buildings but also the dignity of the individual — ‘ I think we ought to be inspired by those saints of Anglo-Saxon England , to do in our day what they did in theirs . |
| 18 | This demonstrates not only a continuing uncertainty about the precise objectives but also a change in emphasis away from the provision of courses towards other forms of dissemination , of which more will be said below . |
| 19 | I 'd seen premature babies but never a baby that small . |
| 20 | The Hooker collection charts not only the claims of obsolete products but also the swell of public sentiment during two world wars , as well as some prize not-in-front-of-the-children examples of publicans ' ribaldry . |