Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has not only exposed the underlying differences between Likud and Labour which the initiative papered over . |
| 2 | This new development has not only alarmed WACC but also such professional organisations as the International Association for Mass Communication Research ( IAMCR ) , the MacBride Roundtable and many regional bodies concerned with a ‘ new order ’ . |
| 3 | Local authority demand has not only fallen but changed in emphasis , with the consequence that a much higher proportion of the children today placed in these homes have behavioural , emotional , physical and other difficulties . |
| 4 | By the time we get to volume two , Julian has not only nipped off and changed his shirt , but he has upgraded his gear somewhat , too . |
| 5 | Steve Pyle has not only done us all a favour ; he has done you one , Mr Laing . |
| 6 | In practice the team has not only explored what can be provided within individual schools , but developed and encouraged co.operative schemes between schools and colleges within particular neighbourhoods ; and all this work was further supported by the existence of the authority 's education library , media resources centre , film library , television service and related activities . |
| 7 | This has not only created severe problems for the national parliaments , who are finding the huge quantity of legislation difficult to scrutinise , it also represents a seepage of power to Brussels , since the best way of attaining power is simply to grab it , whether or not you have a mandate . |
| 8 | But it is that same obstinacy or , put another way , determination to win , that has not only made him a successful captain , but also into one of the most feared batsmen in the world . |
| 9 | Their union has not only survived the rigours of a decade , but has come out at the other end stronger than ever . |
| 10 | Dismissed as a novelty ever since it first began , rap has not only survived but has provided us with endless pleasures and variations . |
| 11 | Throughout , the kingdom of God has not only survived but flourished . |
| 12 | We learn that he has not only killed his brother-in-law for opposing the Iranian government but that he unrepentantly believes that ‘ war is the source of love and hope and satisfaction . ’ |
| 13 | Government has not only turned its attention to the professions as economic entities , but in the 1980s adopted an increasingly dirigiste approach to higher education . |
| 14 | The final insult is that he has not only forfeited his ‘ honest faith ’ in taking up with her but that his eyes have even deceived him about her beauty : she is ‘ foul ’ in every sense . |
| 15 | Many more recent innovations in costume have led to today 's all-over leotard and tights which has not only given dancers complete freedom of movement but has given choreographers freedom to design as they will without constricting rules and conventions . |
| 16 | Her acceptance of this role has not only given enormous pleasure to the membership but it has conferred upon the Association a status in society and an endorsement which only the seal of Royal Patronage can do . |
| 17 | Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement . |
| 18 | Much more important is the fact that Mr Constantin Oancea , the man who dealt with Hungarian relations at the Romanian foreign ministry in Ceausescu 's time , has not only remained in post but appears to have been promoted . |
| 19 | He has not only remained in his job as a chemical engineer but has also been promoted twice and is now principal chemical engineer with Ciba , in Paisley . |
| 20 | The clash in underlying values between Britain and the United States on the one hand and the former Soviet Union on the other , is illustrated by the fact that an act of financial speculation — which has not only led to the accumulation of great wealth but has also occasionally received public honour in Britain and the United States — might have earned the perpetrator the death sentence in the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | Restoration here has not only led to the repair of townscape , it has also created jobs for skilled craftsmen ( conservation creates more employment per pound than new build ) , and led to much needed housing for homeless and disadvantaged people . |
| 22 | This , he believes , is what has made Unisys Corp ‘ the most profitable computer company in the world ’ — since the merger of Univac and Burroughs , it has not only kept headcount low , but also used the profits generated from mainframe sales to develop portable software applications . |
| 23 | Furthermore , the government ( Minister of Land , 1966 , 3 ) has not only sanctioned this growth when , as long ago as 1966 , they stated ‘ that townspeople ought to be able to spend their leisure in the countryside if they want to ’ but following a report of the House of Lords ( HL Select Committee 1973 ) has also endorsed and encouraged recreational uses when they accepted ( Secretary of State for the Environment , 1975 , 1 ) that ‘ recreation should be regarded as one of the community 's everyday needs and that provision for it is part of the social services ’ . |
| 24 | Labour has not only neutralised most of those policy areas which make it unpopular ; more importantly , it has virtually erased the opportunity for Tories to accuse Labour of being run by the ‘ loony left ’ . |
| 25 | Whether she has yet reached the glorious state of fully-fledged butterfly remains a matter of interesting debate , but one thing is certain : each stage of transition has not only affected her personally , but has sent repercussions throughout the Royal Family and , most specifically , has completely changed the tenor of her marriage . |
| 26 | This has had an effect on the JCT , which has not only revised its own forms , but is working hard to extend its range . |
| 27 | She has not only lost her husband but her father . |
| 28 | In the OECD area as a whole , industry 's share of total employment passed its peak only in 1969 , and its subsequent reduction in importance was more modest than in the UK , which , almost uniquely , has not only lost much factory employment but also suffered a net loss of factory output from 1974 to 1988 . |
| 29 | For the incident has not only highlighted the risks of transporting oil by tanker past sensitive environments , but also brought the wider issue of UK oil consumption and energy policy to the fore once again . |
| 30 | For example , the country has not only suffered from unstable coffee prices , but also from a decline in production . |