Example sentences of "[noun sg] not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weaving horse not only swings its head and neck , but also the front end of its body from side to side . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | Some researchers think the STM may have a more distant future not just analysing molecules and microcircuits but helping to make them . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | A very early one is by Donald Munro , Dean of the Isles , who travelled through them and in 1594 published a " Description of the Western Isles " which is almost literally just that , with a full list of the small islands round the coast , but an edition by R. W. Munro in 1961 after a further manuscript had been found gives a description of Finlaggan , a photograph not previously published and a list of those who constituted the council of the Lords of the Isles . |
| 13 | A very early one is by Donald Munro , Dean of the Isles , who travelled through them and in 1594 published a " Description of the Western Isles " which is almost literally just that , with a full list of the small islands round the coast , but an edition by R. W. Munro in 1961 after a further manuscript had been found gives a description of Finlaggan , a photograph not previously published and a list of those who constituted the council of the Lords of the Isles . |
| 14 | Does my hon. Friend agree that such a programme not only provides high-quality training but helps to enhance life in our local communities ? |
| 15 | But there was still a long way to go , for the intransigent opposition not only refused to give way but put intense private pressure on Paul to reject this pernicious doctrine of collegiality . |
| 16 | The absence in 1983 of any need to think about , and justify , a second term given the disarray of the opposition not only produced a remarkably thin manifesto ( Why take unnecessary risks ? ) but also , more significantly , led to a loss of momentum . |
| 17 | The study not only describes changes in central-local relationships but it also attempts to explain them . |
| 18 | It is noteworthy that this study not only found internationally diversified portfolios less risky than domestically diversified portfolios but also that the gains from hedging against exchange rate risk were minimal . |
| 19 | It might be possible to gain a grant from some appropriate body , e.g. The Prince 's Trust but the Village Association has agreed to help out financially , the nature of the aid not yet determined . |
| 20 | It might be possible to gain a grant from some appropriate body , e.g. The Prince 's Trust but the Village Association has agreed to help out financially , the nature of the aid not yet determined . |
| 21 | For Italian Vogue he dyed the skin of Linda Evangelista nearly black and painted Rachel Williams silver not just to produce a great photograph ( although he has produced many ) , but to synthesise a vision of fashion that is more significant than showing clothes . |
| 22 | With our new store opening programme running to around 20 locations a year , it has taken relatively little time for the idea of the supermarket bakery not just to gain credence , but to become remarkably successful . |
| 23 | The youth department not only supervises the quality of substitute care provided in professional terms but is mandated to involve natural parents in the assessment of the relevance of a programme to the needs of their child . |
| 24 | Why had that doctor and priest not forcibly removed Cormac and Kathleen ? |
| 25 | And God 's high priest not only makes the bull-calf , but identifies it with God . |
| 26 | On the final stage , the Ribblehead viaduct comes into view in a widening landscape and Whernside is seen in full stature , assuming a majesty not usually attributed to it from other directions . |
| 27 | Sophia tried to see her sister as a spinster and it was not so very difficult — a rather eccentric spinster not even looking as if she might once have been ennobled by some tragic love affair . |
| 28 | Once more , you want to aim with your research not just to acquire enough facts spread over your pages to give a feeling of the times , but to acquire so many that you have enough and to spare and can choose among your store for the one that does more than merely give a notion of the time you are writing about . |
| 29 | An acceptable reply not only allows the activity to commence but also releases the necessary data from the mass storage unit and establishes access to all other relevant design activities and data . |
| 30 | One death related to the procedure occurred in patient 9 who had a small shrunken liver , gross ascites , and a coagulopathy not completely reversed by vitamin K and fresh frozen plasma . |