Example sentences of "[adv] is it [adv] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only is it not necessary to confine sex to the bedroom , it is disastrous to associate sexual activity with ‘ going to bed ’ . |
| 2 | I can imagine it would be , because perhaps , erm , the higher you are , not only is it more easy to fall , but it 's more easy to be tempted . |
| 3 | Not only is it more convenient to pick up the ‘ phone and make contact , you are also more likely to succeed since few people are able to ignore the telephone and leave it unanswered . |
| 4 | Not only is it extremely easy to go the wrong way , and indeed many businesses have foundered on the basis of one , usually inadvertent , mistaken direction , but all of us are aware that a lot of businesses are n't going anywhere at all . |
| 5 | Thus is it not resonable to suppose that when we come to play the likes of Liverpool , Arsenal , Norwich and Man Utd that once again these teams will once again expose our defencies and we 'll be on the loosing end of the scoreline . |
| 6 | If we do not know what we believe and can not agree on what we believe , then is it not better to wait until we can and do . |