Example sentences of "not only [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today a fibre-rich diet , often including bran , is not only advocated as a preventative measure : it is also widely used in the treatment of this disease . |
| 2 | This exploratory and performance-based approach will not only lead to a deeper understanding of the text in question ( a dramatic exploration of a speech in Shakespeare , for instance , will show how the placing of different emphases can alter fundamentally one 's interpretation of character or meaning ) , but will also lead to an understanding of the play as theatre . |
| 3 | You must realise that the King not only fell from a great height but the sea pounded his body to and fro against the rocks . ’ |
| 4 | Suddenly a new perspective began to open before the young Prince ; he could not only dream of a Bonapartist cause , he could himself become the representative of that cause . |
| 5 | The individual not only operates in a social context but also is determined , to the extent that she is a social being , by that context . |
| 6 | Deviation from such norms and mores will not only result in a social storm around both the adult and child concerned but may interfere with the child 's normal development according to normal modes of life and upbringing — in other words may affect libidinal development as this must be expected in our culture . |
| 7 | ‘ The French , on the other hand , not only insist on a wide variety of fresh produce but demand that their chestnuts come from the Auvergne , their snails from Clermont , their frogs from Aurillac , capons from the Bresse , mutton from the Berry , asparagus from Lavris … . ’ |
| 8 | Thus , the MSc in Education is not only seen as a regular part of the national system of educational in-service education in Scotland , but it has a strong international appeal . |
| 9 | The climax to this ludicrous campaign from the Dark Ages came in 1953 with the tour of Europe by McCarthy 's two young assistants , Mr Cohn and Mr Schine , who not only sounded like a bad vaudeville act but performed like one . |
| 10 | These traces not only witness to a sad history , but also hint of glorious possibilities . |
| 11 | The Bramsche Massif is not only characterised by a striking coalification maximum but also by pronounced geophysical anomalies , namely maxima of gravity and magnetic intensity ( Stadler and R. Teichmüller 1971 ) . |
| 12 | We must not only abide by a precise form , but also build up the right waves of emotion to give it full human significance . |
| 13 | Their heroes reflect their psychological needs ; disappointed by the weak father , they not only look for a strong one but try to identify with men who fulfil at the same time infantile and sadistic fantasies , such as Che Guevara or Mao Tsetung … |
| 14 | Brutus says that if Caesar is crowned he will not only turn into a dangerous animal , but it will allow him to harm the public . |
| 15 | Thus Senghor was able to build a political regime which was not only founded on a democratic tradition two generations old , but also had to accommodate a major countervailing influence to that of the state in the form of the Brotherhood . |