Example sentences of "not only [verb] [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Not only had £250,000 worth of equipment fallen off the back of a submarine , but the torpedo firing system and the periscope were out of commission as well !
2 There were significant differences , for the factory system not only took child labour outside of the home , it placed it in an inferior overall environment .
3 Not only does automation lead to a heightened sense of alienation , it also , Naville suggests , enables workers to obtain a better understanding of the real determinants of the pattern of authority relations prevalent in the society , which Naville presumes to be dictated by social class rather than technocratic or efficiency considerations .
4 ‘ In a year which has seen more investment than ever in drama on S4C , it is wonderful not only to have audience acclaim in Wales but critical acclaim of professional peers in the RTS. ’ he said .
5 The results of these latest trials indicate the continuing need for close cooperation between neurosurgeons , pathologists , and radiation oncologists in the management of cancers that metastasise to the brain , not only to provide biopsy material for histological diagnosis but also to carry out excisional surgery in appropriate cases .
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