Example sentences of "not [adv] [be] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The primary determinant of service was still land , in the sense that a lord normally drew the core of his following from the area where his estates lay , although the men who looked to him for lordship would not necessarily be his own tenants . |
| 2 | The primary determinant of service was still land , in the sense that a lord normally drew the core of his following from the area where his estates lay , although the men who looked to him for lordship would not necessarily be his own tenants . |
| 3 | The advantages of Bt toxins are obvious : not only are they natural proteins that readily degrade in the environment , but they are highly specific for crop-destroying caterpillars ( Lepidoptera ) , flies ( Diptera ) , or beetles and weevils ( Coleoptera ) ; they do not harm vertebrates . |
| 4 | Not only are they dramatic representations of personal and social events , they are also outward expressions of inner emotional feelings . |
| 5 | Pulmonarias make an impressive foundation , not only are their early flowers a welcome sight , but the foliage that follows can be outstanding — although those with the most attractive flowers are not always succeeded by the best leaves . |
| 6 | Thus , not only are their own customers in focus , but the demands of the next group of customers " down the line " are part of the segment . |
| 7 | Not only are there good approximations to such an object available in nature but also it is an ideal subject for theoretical consideration . |
| 8 | Where work can be planned in co-operation , in any modification or adaptation of team teaching , not only are there obvious gains for the students but the teacher himself receives much needed support . |
| 9 | Not only are there fewer titles published today but the process of decline has also led to monopolies within large cities . |
| 10 | Not only are there fewer workers around on each farm than formerly , but the modern farm worker spends much of his time isolated in the noisy interior of his tractor cab . |
| 11 | Not only are there few people in the Highlands and Islands , but they are much fewer than in the past ( see Appendix 2 ) . |
| 12 | Not only are there different kinds of theories but also there are different priorities awarded to theories vis-à-vis methods . |
| 13 | A closer look at this data supports the obvious view that not only are there different rates of accidents among manual occupations but also that rates of accidents are higher in occupations with high proportions of manual than non-manual workers . |
| 14 | Not only is it good value for money , it 's clear that a great deal of thought has been given to the virus problem and how to cure it . |
| 15 | He makes more mess in his bedroom than she does and his is because , not only is it all papers and books and toys and everything else , it 's all his clothes as well . |
| 16 | First , medical treatment other than symptom control or management is uncalled-for as a matter of law and , indeed , is inappropriate ; not only is it unethical conduct , but the doctor could also be subject to legal sanction . |
| 17 | Not only is it little consolation , he wrote , it is actually a further cause for despair , for it only shows that everything is far too late , that the glass was a dream of lateness and the work on the glass was a fantasy of lateness and the belief in the glass was the madness of one who has lost all sense of the meaning of lateness . |
| 18 | The mechanic says that on that year the truck the part was handcrafted in Zogmolia near Flelzonia and not only is it double reverse threaded but that its made from a rare alloy rendered from toxic wastes in New Jersey ; however , he has assured me while trying to hold back a laugh and spraying spittle all over me he knows a junk yard on Mars where he can get the part soon . |
| 19 | Not only is there tremendous pressure on teacher time with this approach , but the amount of time that can be offered to each pupil is of limited value . |
| 20 | This concluded that ‘ not only is there sufficient land for building another 250,000 dwellings [ in the study area ] over the next five years , but already capacity has been identified for building an additional 117,000 dwellings after five years ’ . |
| 21 | But not only is there considerable divergence between different texts , there is also normally great variability ( particularly in spelling and inflexional forms ) within the texts . |
| 22 | Yet , we find , not only is there widespread discrimination against older people in the provision of health care , but they are also the victims of restricted assumptions about the quality of health which can be expected in old age . |
| 23 | Not only were they prolific breeding stock , but some very useful dogs were to appear from their matings . |
| 24 | Not only were there extensive wastes or commons in some areas , but also rough woodland , unreclaimed land and undeveloped land to a greater or lesser extent wooded , which is the natural vegetation for cool temperate areas like Britain . |
| 25 | Not only were there French troops , but Frenchmen were infiltrated into the royal household , and even into the higher levels of government . |
| 26 | Not only were there more 40s. men and fewer at £1 or less , but in the borough itself the poorest class was much smaller than on the land , implying that the more skilled , more remunerative trades were carried out there , while poorly paid weavers and the like lived and worked in Speenhamland . |
| 27 | Indeed , not only were his 29 League goals ( out of a total of 70 ) the major contribution towards Palace 's promotion to Division Two in 1920–21 , ( our first season in the Football League ) , but many of them had been scored with his head . |
| 28 | Not only was there overwhelming support on the picket line ( from trade unionists and from many feminists who identified with the women 's movement rather than any particular trade union ) but on 15 June local postal workers at Cricklewood started a boycott of Grunwick mail . |
| 29 | Not only was there great perplexity about the existence of a Strait — for all the men in their five little ships knew , Balboa 's Panama and the Columbia that Columbus had sighted in 1499 might be the equatorial portions of a continent that extended without a break to the Antarctic pole , and the Southern Sea would be quite unreachable from the west . |
| 30 | Not only was there comic Vic Reeves and writer Ian La Frenais there was also producer Nicolas Kent . |