Example sentences of "not only [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that we actually op adopted a b a modern sensible er , reasonable attitude towards all living creatures and that we do today vote to ban fox hunting it is anachronistic as I said earlier , it is not necessary it actually causes harm , not only does it cause harm to foxes , but at least in one case , which is sufficient for me to continue my support for the ban damage to the people in my area . |
| 2 | Not only does it increase building fabric losses , but it also increases losses through fume cupboards and open windows . |
| 3 | Keyence turns this convention on its head : not only does it subcontract manufacturing , but it has an in-house sales team that accounts for fully half its workforce . |
| 4 | It should now be clear why the daggerboard must be fully down , as not only does it provide stability , but also the pivot point about which the board turns . |
| 5 | The theory is that ‘ quality architecture ’ not only helps you get planning permission , but attracts tenants and employees . |
| 6 | Colin and John wish to thank White 's Electronics for the posters , key-rings and badges they supplied and Denise Rushton , who not only let them have exhibition space free of charge , but also travelled from Leicester to Telford to meet them on the day . |
| 7 | Not only do they bring symmetry by removing the order of assignments , but by allowing such assignments as unc they will allow us to eliminate all assignments to bound variables . |
| 8 | You do n't leave deadwood on your spreadsheets , cells that are formatted or unprotected , cos not only do they use memory where you 've got the cells but between that and something else . |
| 9 | Bacteria are very clever : not only do they practise breast-stroke , but they can also ‘ order up genetic information from other cells , with the same ease that human beings order take out pizza ’ . |
| 10 | Pictures are useful for interviewing purposes as not only do they assist discussion during a group interview , but they enable the interviewer to estimate the communication skills of the candidates . |
| 11 | Not only do they trample detritus into the surface sand , they encourage the grass by grazing , and add nutrient in the form of their urine and faeces . |
| 12 | And world market prices also tend to fall because these erm sort of protectionist programmes are often too successful , so not only do we reach self sufficiency , but you reach the status of net exporter . |
| 13 | Not only did they live rent free but also received 3/6 per week . |
| 14 | Not only did they need access to the non-arable resources controlled by the nobility , but their ever-growing land shortage compelled them to work for the nobility on conditions which had much in common with those of serfdom . |
| 15 | Not only did they steal land , labour and raw materials from native peoples : they sold European goods to them as well . |
| 16 | As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be . |
| 17 | Not only did it give prestige and add a sense of urgency to an undertaking , it also exerted the pressure of old feudal practice upon vassals to join their lord in person . |
| 18 | Not only did it increase understanding of both quantitative and qualitative indicators , it also focused teachers ' attention on issues of quality in their work . |
| 19 | I walked inside and it was just like my granny 's sitting room Not only did it sell teddy boy clothes but there was also a fifties radiogram and fifties wallpaper . |
| 20 | What was more , not only did I have breakfast with I the family ( I live in the Smiths ' Quarter in Chelsea Barracks ) — toast , bacon and sausages , washed down with milk — but we had no muster parade that morning , and no Adjutant 's Orders to attend . |
| 21 | In a letter to her he said : ‘ Not only did you show discourtesy to the House in refusing to make a statement but your use of a ‘ pursuant to ’ written answer to make this announcement was deplorable . |
| 22 | Not only did he write music for various Masonic ceremonies ( such as the Maurerische Trauermusik ( Masonic Funeral Music ) , K.477 , for the memorial service of two fellow-Masons ; but , as we shall see , he actually wrote a ‘ Masonic ’ opera that was riddled with the arcane symbolism of the craft — an incredibly daring act for the member of a society dedicated to absolute secrecy to do ( all its members had to swear an oath to ‘ hear and conceal ’ on pain of having their throats cut or their tongues pulled out ) . |