Example sentences of "not only [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Essentially what all are saying is that a right to consent to medical treatment , whether required under the common law ( see Gillick 's case ) or under statute ( section 8 ) , must and does carry with it a right not only to refuse consent to treatment , but to refuse the treatment itself . |
| 2 | One of the most common experiments of this kind is making and firing of pottery , which not only tests methods of pottery construction , decoration , glazing , and firing methods , but also leaves the remains of the kiln itself which can be compared with excavated examples . |
| 3 | He must not only distinguish behaviour from ideology , he must also take careful note of just how they are interrelated . |
| 4 | Talks on privatising Deutsche Bundespost Telekom have entered a critical phase , with a key decision due next month , Germany 's postal and telecommunications minister Wolfgang Bosch told Reuter at Hannover on Friday : ‘ In a few weeks we will know whether or not there will be a change to the constitution , ’ he said , noting that decision will not only affect privatisation of Telekom but also Bonn 's position at the upcoming talks with the European Commission — an agreement on privatisation would pave the way for Bonn to approve the Community plan to open domestic and international telephone calls to competition ; the current strategy to get agreement from Germany 's opposition socialists is to win over the postal union , which so far rejects turning Telekom into a joint stock company for fear of massive job losses . |
| 5 | For such a plan not only allocates land for development but , as a consequence , distributes financial or environment costs and benefits . |
| 6 | By raising the question of the Holy Places the French President not only gained ground at home but also set in train a long-term policy . |
| 7 | To be sure , he still upheld the standards of his father ; he played a full role in the family business on the manufacturing side , but the crown went to his younger brother , Horace , who had not only secured field-promotion to Captain , but went on to bring the family business — and his industry — to new heights , for which he was awarded the OBE several years later . |
| 8 | The whole effect is so convincing that flies not only visit flower after flower , transporting the stapelia 's pollen , but even complete the activity for which they visit real carrion — laying their eggs on the flower just as they do in a carcass . |
| 9 | Of course they not only reflect ageism in society but help to reinforce it and make it acceptable . |
| 10 | His leadership characteristics include ingenuity and determination not only to unearth agents of change , but to see that they are profitably applied : he took robotic ideas from Austin Rover into food manufacturing . |
| 11 | Hence variations in mortality not only indicate variations in morbidity but also variations in the great need for services in caring for those with conditions with a high number of deaths . |
| 12 | These forces not only exclude women from unemployment statistics but also from ‘ legitimate ’ experiences of unemployment . |
| 13 | Railway and port facilities will be needed and higher levels of mine mechanization if coal production is to achieve levels which not only supply 70% of energy demand but afford an opportunity for exports . |
| 14 | Lambeth Council in London banned a book , Midnight Circus , on the grounds that ‘ most carers ’ disapprove of circuses , and the presentation of an ape as the baddie not only raises issues of animal rights but has racial overtones — even though it turns out that the ape is really a white woman in disguise . |
| 15 | Since that time , not only have views of education and educational research changed , but so have views of science . |
| 16 | Since that time , not only have views of education and educational research changed , but so have views of science . |
| 17 | Not only has experience before marriage been less so , also , has experience within marriage . |
| 18 | This principle includes the need to see whether the professional or other body under scrutiny not only has rules of conduct , which will be thoroughly scrutinised within the statutory machinery , but also has an effective mechanism for enforcing the rules of conduct and is likely to enforce them . |
| 19 | The Law Society considers that the Law Commission 's proposals will have a significant practical application , not only to solve problems in relation to incapacitated people , but also to provide ways in which potential conflicts or disputes can be avoided . |
| 20 | Greek civilization not only gave rise to philosophy but it also produced , in the fifth century BC , the first real historians . |
| 21 | In short , wage inflation operates not only to divert resources from investment in the country 's manufacturing capacity but also to make borrowing and exporting more and more difficult . |
| 22 | This chapter looks at how each of the different aspects of this strategy has been employed , not only to free money from welfare for tax cuts but also to gain an appreciation of the extent of the disenfranchisement from an insurance-based welfare that has occurred . |
| 23 | One type of insulating lining has a coating of aluminium on the reverse side which not only provides protection from heat loss in winter but also prevents excessive heat build-up in a room during summer by deflecting the sun 's rays . |
| 24 | Such mis-managed demeaning talk not only induces feelings of worthlessness amongst old folk momentarily , but can , in the long run , reduce life-satisfaction , mental and physical health , with valued social welfare and medical resources being subsequently implicated . |
| 25 | At the outset this seems an onerous task , as not only do gallons of water lie on the sail but the wind is also trying to hold the sail down . |
| 26 | They are advised to choose the compulsory modules for an extra field , not only to encourage breadth of study but also to serve as a foundation for a possible change of field in the future . |
| 27 | These and other findings discussed by Johnston and McClelland ( 1980 ) not only provide evidence in favour of their model of visual word-recognition , but also evidence against other types of model . |
| 28 | The shortage of cooking energy not only causes problems with nutrition , but also spreads disease . |
| 29 | In the next year , one in which bad harvests had pushed up the price of wheat to 119s. 6d. a quarter , the overseers not only paid 1s. per week to Mary , but also found a further 2s. per week for Thomas himself from 26 May until 30 June on account of him having ‘ No work ’ . |
| 30 | Once this happens , the medium is said to not only reduce ammonia/nitrite to nitrate , but go one step further and , by means of the anaerobic bugs , convert nitrate to harmless nitrogen gas . |