Example sentences of "not only [verb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additional steam excursions have been arranged in West Wales , so that local people , visitors and enthusiasts alike can not only experience the nostalgia of a bygone age , but also sample the beautiful scenery of Central and West Wales . |
| 2 | They were catapulted back on their own ball , which not only put the pressure on Nicol but meant there could be no back-row moves to take the heat off the threequarters . |
| 3 | This would have been impossible with the yoke-harness , because as soon as the horse begins to pull with it the neck-strap presses on the animal 's windpipe and thus tends not only to restrict the flow of blood to its head , but also to suffocate it ! |
| 4 | Eventually , the slurry not only reached the bottom of the main shaft , over the following 24 hours it rose 16 feet up it . |
| 5 | Artists do not only record the world about them . |
| 6 | These not only cause a change in self-concept — the way a woman sees herself — but , more important , a change in the way she is perceived by other people . |
| 7 | Can an exhaust brake be fitted to my 1989 Range Rover Vogue V8 auto as , on long declines it will gain enough momentum not only to rip the skin off a rice pudding , but take the table and chairs with it . |
| 8 | On the first day of the war the prime minister , Yildirim Akbulut , asked the national assembly not only to sanction the use of the bases for American bombing raids but also to allow the Turkish armed forces themselves to go on the offensive . |
| 9 | At midlife many people are not only facing the death of parents but also coping with difficult teenagers . |
| 10 | ‘ Whereas with workflow management the document could find itself round the company to the right person — everyone has a PC on his or her desk — and you not only outsource a lot of the data entry work but get rid of the paper . ’ |
| 11 | The company not only had no interest in encouraging innovation , but its fear of creative daring amounted sometimes to paranoia . |
| 12 | Hrawi not only had a portion of the regular Army at his disposal ( under the command of Gen. Emile Lahoud ) but also had the added option of Syrian support in the event of a military expedition across the " green line " which separated East Beirut from West Beirut . |
| 13 | The exit-entrance distinction was found to be more specific for depression , and people who attempted suicide not only had an excess of exit events , but also an excess of entrance events . |
| 14 | Not only had the reception of The Family Reunion been altogether more favourable than the ill-started attempt in 1939 , but both this play and Murder in the Cathedral were to be performed at the first Edinburgh Festival in the following year . |
| 15 | These agreements not only had the effect of gaining the Indians ' approval of the film but also lent it a greater authenticity . |
| 16 | She not only had the figure of a mannequin but she had learned from the girls at the salon how to walk , how to hold her head up , how to appear perfectly poised . |
| 17 | As a former BBC war correspondent , he not only had the gift of the gab but was able to keep his head . |
| 18 | The Formalist strategy for dealing with the problem of definition not only had the virtue of ensuring that literature could not be reduced to anything else , but proved also to be immensely productive in the elaboration of every aspect of Formalist theory . |
| 19 | Being credulous in matters of sorcery , they began to put it about that the Frank doctor not only had the power of expelling demons but had dominion over them . |
| 20 | Phil Bellto , 46 , not only reads the post to the blind former civil servant , but even takes her washing around to the launderette . |
| 21 | Inequalities of that kind , if they are gross and excessive , not only threaten the coherence of society , they also tend to negate the principle of political equality of which democracy is an expression . |
| 22 | Is the Minister interested in building homes in Britain not only to tackle the problem of homelessness but to allow peple to move within the private sector ? |
| 23 | However , scheduling will not only protect the site from damage through property development , but is also likely to prevent further archaeological excavations being carried out — at least without special government authority . |
| 24 | ONCE UPON a time , the government of Norway promised that it would not only protect the wolf as an endangered species , but even maintain a breeding population of the beast . |
| 25 | Mortimer not only procured a reversal of the judgement against his father , but also very substantial portions of the forfeited Despenser lands , including the lordship of Denbigh , and property in Shropshire which the Earl of Arundel had forfeited . |
| 26 | All of these choices , it was felt , not only avoided the sense of incompleteness generated by ( b ) , but also rounded the story off more neatly with a short descriptive statement devoid of any actional content . |
| 27 | These skills not only facilitate the functioning of the team but the training process itself becomes a team maintenance activity . |
| 28 | At this time the village inn had not only become the centre of social life for the lower classes but was also frequented by the local squire and lesser gentry . |
| 29 | This not only kept the suit in good condition and therefore prolonged its life but also provided him with a smart outfit always ready at short notice , as now . |
| 30 | Antoine Bloye not only clarifies the meaning of Antoine 's life and in the process immortalises it in a negative exemplary narrative . |