Example sentences of "not only a [noun sg] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tobermory was not only a trading centre but an administrative ‘ capital ’ . |
| 2 | I learned that the Manitoba Racing Commission had moreover by midafternoon given each of them not only a champagne reception and a splendid lunch but also , as a memento , a framed group photograph of all the owners on the trip . |
| 3 | It contains not only a Rope Museum and Blacksmith 's Shop but a working watermill too . |
| 4 | In a society constructing socialism an architect is not only a building engineer and a street engineer , but also an engineer of human souls . ’ |
| 5 | The unions want not only a pay rise but a proper pay mechanism for the future , and that 's where the talks could still fail . |
| 6 | It is not only a colour variety but also a more milky strain of the breed and there have been dairy herds of the beloved ‘ Belties ’ , though they would be better described as dual-purpose cattle . |
| 7 | In the first place , there was not only a sex difference but a gap of glaring dimensions politically , socially and even of age , between those who promoted the introduction of women to printing and those who opposed it . |
| 8 | For Mrs walker , that periosd was not only a worryiong time but a costly one . |
| 9 | The definitionalist might seek to save his position by arguing for a general principle of law to the effect that to intend an act is to intend it under a full description and that therefore in all crimes where the actus reus contains not only a conduct element but also circumstances and consequences , mens rea is to be taken as being ‘ coextensive with the actus reus . ’ |
| 10 | The taxpayer received not only a capital sum when the companies were sold but now also receives a substantial annual dividend . |
| 11 | Thus , TFIIF is not only an initiation factor but an elongation factor . |
| 12 | In Saudi Arabia foreigners need not only an entry visa but an exit visa as well . |