Example sentences of "[adv] only have [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only have art museums chosen to scrutinise such problems as AIDS in society , racial injustice and the status of women , at least several corporate funders may be willing to subsidise these pursuits . |
| 2 | Not only have medium sized British merchant banks been driven out of equity market making , so too have some substantial overseas banks , whose capital bases were overstretched due to debt defaults in other parts of the world . |
| 3 | True independence and self-determination come from recognising that we not only have responsibility for ourselves , but also obligations to others . |
| 4 | Hazel is one of those unfortunate patients who not only have food intolerance , but also seem to be sensitive to various everyday chemicals as well . |
| 5 | Not only have food costs been above average , but the labour turnover has been relatively high , which is a little odd since Fred is generally considered to be genial and well liked ( though we must add that we have found no evidence that this is true as far as his staff are concerned ) . |
| 6 | From our point of view , empathy is the most valuable form of communication with the horse , for we not only have insight into how the horse feels , but we intuitively understand the horse 's other forms of communication , like verbal messages and body language . |
| 7 | Not only have ballet companies tended to overlook black dancers , but black dancers , observing the prevailing whiteness , have discarded ballet ambitions . |
| 8 | Not only have health fears recently been raised over the insulating compound sulphur hexafluoride ( Chem . |
| 9 | The scene can be " replayed " in ways suggested by the spectators , as if the spectators not only have access to the rewind button of a video recorder , but can also change what is enacted before them . |
| 10 | I , she thought disconsolately , offer people packet biscuits if I 've remembered to buy any and generally only have paper napkins . |
| 11 | We usually only have access to such details from oral testimony and written accounts which is why the apparent disappearance of Edis 's long-preserved diary of the trip is such a loss — though of course as a visitor being escorted round military sites by officials , there might be a limit to the unofficial stories she could have glimpsed . |