Example sentences of "[noun] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , manners not only make the man , but lack of them make men into animals . |
| 2 | Refusing to pay the army 's wages risks not only throwing away all that has been achieved , against the odds , but also consigning Cambodia to renewed civil war . |
| 3 | The syntax defined by the Guidelines not only formalizes the way in which such features are encoded , but also provides for a detailed specification of legal feature value/pair combinations and rules determining , for example , the implication of under-specified or defaulted features . |
| 4 | Pre-literate peoples not only agree with modern taxonomists about species , but in at least some cases agree in identifying the same higher categories . |
| 5 | The weaving horse not only swings its head and neck , but also the front end of its body from side to side . |
| 6 | But they would still insist that induction into a tradition is right — it should be teaching religion not just teaching about religion in a way which distances it and effectively marginalizes it . |
| 7 | Neither is it , nor will it ever be , affected by the advances of human knowledge on whatever frontier , for further consideration of the position in these last highly scientific decades of the twentieth century , reveals that the need for a ‘ god-dominated ’ religion not only remains but has become almost desperate . |
| 8 | This versatile multi-function card not only combines all the benefits of a cheque guarantee card and Cashline card but also allows you to pay for goods and services quickly and easily without writing a cheque at retailers displaying the Switch sign . |
| 9 | However , the collectable aspect of the genre is also a factor : fans not only want their favourite author 's books in hardback , they want the paperback , the graphic novel and the T-shirt as well . |
| 10 | Using a camera to record the progress of plant growth or of an experiment not only gives useful experience of photographic work but gives a particular slant to , or stimulus point for , subject study . |
| 11 | Thus ethnographic interviewing describes an open ended unstructured approach designed to encourage informants not only to describe individual infant care practices but also to locate them within a broader ideology . |
| 12 | The programme makers say the alleged fraud not only crippled the Ghanaian economy by taking £30m out of the country , but also caused an environmental disaster . |
| 13 | Judith Jones , his editor for the past 15 years , said Mr Hersey not only wrote , but fought for the rights of all authors and was active until the end . |
| 14 | since 1987 , given that even double-glazing salesmen appear to have gone quiet in this recession and given that energy-efficiency investment not only helps the environment but protects the vulnerable and the old and creates hundreds of thousands of jobs , will the Government consider extending the exemption from stamp duty for all energy-efficient homes beyond August and perhaps indefinitely ? |
| 15 | It was therefore thought necessary to take steps not only to secure the defence of the Iberian Peninsula , but also to give it the ability to assume an offensive role if necessary . |
| 16 | ‘ We are aware there is a degree of anxiety among the public and so we have taken steps not only to contact those people concerned but to set up a helpline so any member of the public can ring in and have private counselling . ’ |
| 17 | This has guaranteed not only resources but also access to national databases not always open to others . |
| 18 | Bell , the Company 's Managing Director , explained why it was in the interests of the Company 's policyholders that levels of reversionary bonuses not only had regard to the investment outlook but also preserved the Company 's ability to invest freely so that its total performance would not be adversely affected . |
| 19 | There were several discernible influences at work here — one was undoubtedly her father 's piping , which suggested decorations to the melodic line at North-east songs not always accustomed to such , and the other was acquaintance with young English revival singers who had incorporated into their singing styles something of the sean nos tradition of the West of Ireland . |
| 20 | Some researchers think the STM may have a more distant future not just analysing molecules and microcircuits but helping to make them . |
| 21 | I would very much hope that the BBC will be enabled to continue such a service in the future not only monitoring post war circumstances in the Gulf but in discussing the tortuous approach to European Community integration in 1992 . |
| 22 | We have to then work in the future not only to develop South Africa but to develop the region Angola , Mozambique , all the other countries . |
| 23 | The animals not only provided dairy products , meat , leather and wool for clothing ; bone was used to make such things as combs , weaving tools and netting needles . |
| 24 | The suckers on each toe pad enabled these little animals not only to climb vertically but well beyond , nearly but not entirely , upside down . |
| 25 | Many of these animals not only have to contend with a changing landscape due to human development ( ! ) but also human greed . |
| 26 | These animals not only have five pigments in their retinas but also each cone has an oil drop which filters the light , narrowing the band of wavelengths it responds to . |
| 27 | The large animals not only tolerate and , by their presence , protect the birds ; they also use them as lookouts for predators . |
| 28 | These compounds not only prevent schistosomiasis , but also prevent abnormal cell-division . |
| 29 | As Mr Hart himself asked in a letter to The Times : ‘ In the face of so pellucid a Parliamentary intention , how was it that the Revenue not only thought it worth while to try it on , but actually found two courts to agree with it ? ’ |
| 30 | In addition , there are many other units not officially recognised — ‘ disruptive units ’ , ‘ remedial classes ’ , ‘ sanctuaries ’ , etc . |