Example sentences of "[adv] [vb mod] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , not only may inadvertent delay or failure to implement decisions go undetected but officers may attempt to ‘ amend ’ or ‘ shelve ’ decisions which they dislike ( see Greenwood and Wilson , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | Not only may local employment and production be beneficial for the reasons mentioned , but the parent company can offer the subsidiary the wealth of its business experience and resources . |
| 3 | So may individual judges . |
| 4 | So may explosive charges used to burst the warheads open . |
| 5 | Only so may choral opportunities be provided for future generations of children . |
| 6 | Of the two , Biddulph again offer the finest transfers , though I would not want to be without Cortot 's version of the Liszt Sonata on Music and Arts where , despite so may battle-scarred moments , his performance blazes with an endearingly old-fashioned poetry , thunder and lightning . |
| 7 | ( So may excellent writers : Byron and Keats were both less than perfect spellers . ) |
| 8 | In the Middle Ages it was generally accepted that women 's ears turned men on to the same extent as the more obvious feminine attributes ; that is why so may medieval headdresses ensured that women 's ears were discreetly covered . |
| 9 | Common sense should tell you that if you are finding it difficult to diet , so must other people . |
| 10 | Moreover , its mutations must follow those of language : when the functioning of language changes , so must narrative functions . |
| 11 | This means that not only must all shareholders of the same class receive the same offer but , for instance , if the offeror subsequently buys shares in the market at a higher price he must increase his offer generally to that higher price . |
| 12 | If the dangers of loss of prestige by the discipline are to be averted , James urged , not only must new measures such as joint schools and interdisciplinary studies be introduced , but the " catastrophic decline " in the medieval side of English studies must be reversed . |
| 13 | For , not only must these systems perform the required service in a timely and efficient manner , but also they must not be exposed to the threat of failure or interference . |
| 14 | Nowadays , the majority of people would regard it as a perfectly natural variation to be indulged in should both partners feel like it . |
| 15 | ‘ The Queen ought to pay tax and so should other members of her family . ’ |
| 16 | Now the Noble Lord , Lord Merlyn Reece and one or two other have argued against that , but I think on the Your Lordships would feel that there should be a wider constituency , that being so should these recruits be secured by co-option , by appointment , or by some other way . |
| 17 | If Dr De Melker feels that a watch and wait policy is warranted , how long should that period be ? |
| 18 | Or how long should any right to repayment last ? |
| 19 | There can be little doubt that economically inactive lone mothers would have been classified as unoccupied in the census , but so might other people . |
| 20 | A club servant might be taking Moscow gold so perhaps one should not share secrets with them and so might another club member — but since he is likely to be a government official as well you already have a far bigger problem than just his being a member of your club . |
| 21 | Not only might religious education ( and the compulsory school assembly , already more or less a dead letter in many schools ) be abandoned , but the obligation to give sex education or moral instruction might also go by the board . |
| 22 | In addition , ‘ not only could new planning processes forge a closer link between the interests of business and government , the very style of corporate management , the language that both partners were now speaking , brought them closer together ’ ( p. 19 ) . |
| 23 | This was so , despite the fact that not only could large profits be made from such trading , but that the whole rationale of the legislation ( ie. to protect the fairness and integrity of the market ) was seriously undermined . |
| 24 | How long could that game go on ? |
| 25 | How long could such anguish last ? |
| 26 | So could regional loyalties . |
| 27 | So could regional loyalties . |
| 28 | If cars could have images , so could political candidates . |
| 29 | Just as the slums , squalor and muddle of towns and cities could be overcome by planning , so could social evils . |
| 30 | Twelve men will take ten days , how long would five men take ? |