Example sentences of "[not/n't] only [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He composed his blends not only according to the flavour of the juice , but also according to what the weather had been like that year — an early or late development , depending on the amount of cold or rain there had been — and according to whether the vines had grown a rich or mediocre foliage . |
| 2 | Choose your type of moisturiser , not only according to your skin type , but also in relation to the climate . |
| 3 | Rousseau was keenly aware that majority decisions , or even unanimous ones , are not necessarily right — right , that is , not only according to the moral criteria of any particular individual but from the point of view of the good of the community itself . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | With hindsight , of course , it is now possible to question the glamorizing of drug-taking in such films as Easy Rider , Psych-Out and The Trip and others ; the in-built health warnings were seldom noticed and there was a certain drugs bandwagon rolling , anyway , largely created in the pop industry where drug usage was not only referred to , even poetically eulogized in song , but physically demonstrated by some of its more tragic exponents like Brian Jones , Jimi Hendrix and Janice Joplin , to name but three in a long line of fallen idols and heroes . |
| 7 | There the register-keeper was well and truly confused , since he not only referred to children of ‘ Charles William Titford , Linen Draper , Bishopsgate Street ’ — a nomenclature which we are used to by now — but also made an error when it came to wife Anne 's name — she appears as ‘ Mary ’ . |
| 8 | In other words , Bukharin completely forgot that the extended reproduction … must not only lead to growth of c and v but also to that of α , i.e. to the growth of the individual consumption of the capitalists . |
| 9 | This exploratory and performance-based approach will not only lead to a deeper understanding of the text in question ( a dramatic exploration of a speech in Shakespeare , for instance , will show how the placing of different emphases can alter fundamentally one 's interpretation of character or meaning ) , but will also lead to an understanding of the play as theatre . |
| 10 | And maybe the external factor interacts with the immune system and the immune system acting , over zealously as it were , not only responds to the invader , but leads to a bystander damage of the nervous system in the process . |
| 11 | A bishop 's status was not only connected to his role in defining Christian society and to his monopolization of holy places and objects , but also based on legally conferred rights and obligations dating from the late Roman period . |
| 12 | The hope is that the professionals who are part of the group are not only listening to but also acting on the ideas that are put forward by members of the group . |
| 13 | Situational stress , however , is not only related to the actions or behaviour of the person being cared for . |
| 14 | First , that early prognosis after the first variceal haemorrhage is not only related to the residual liver function but also to the requirement in transfusions within the 72 hours after the admission . |
| 15 | The further away from a time-piece you were , the more it not only seemed to but did drag . |
| 16 | The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations [ COSHH ] which came into force at the beginning of October , not only relate to preventing risks from chemicals , but also to protection from biological hazards such as Legionella . |
| 17 | Also , being of royal descent from the House of Aragon , her marriage not only demonstrated to all that Rodrigo stood in high favour with the King , but also helped heal the breach between Castile and Leon . |
| 18 | However , ta'kwakomena not only refers to responsibility , but to personal autonomy in general . |
| 19 | In other words , when he was talking about psychology , and these are quotes from Darwin 's Expression of the Emotions , Darwin not only refers to acquired characteristics , which he believes in , but he even refers to evolution by will . |
| 20 | I not only listened to the hon. Gentleman 's arguments tonight , but I have read the other speeches that he has made throughout the passage of the Bill . |
| 21 | Social Darwinism was not only applied to ‘ race ’ issues but also managed to incorporate the social facts of class-based hierarchies . |
| 22 | Graduates not only contribute to industry with their knowledge and practical experience of current practice and methodologies , they bring new ideas to that industry . |
| 23 | The name comes from the old Norse word meaning ‘ to gush ’ and was not only given to the township nearby , but got into the English language as a descriptive name for any jet of water . |
| 24 | However , even if the L.G.U. was left wondering if it should n't have kept the public better informed , it must have been greatly heartened by the number of spectators who not only came to this out-of-the-way championship but made it abundantly clear that they were greatly taken with the high standard of play . |
| 25 | The issues raised there not only go to the root of the relationships between adults and children but also raise the issue of political control in general and in particular , the rights and duties of individuals to confront a sense of injustice . |
| 26 | Indeed they do not only appear to be immoral , but dishonest as well . |
| 27 | Their activities were thus not only believed to be tangible proof of the truths of Christianity , but were also an essential link between men and a somewhat remote but terrifying god . |
| 28 | He can not only bring to our remembrance what Jesus taught , but can reveal to us the deeper significance of his person , his death and resurrection which we could never have grasped by historical contemporaneity . |
| 29 | An increased flow of water not only led to greater purity of the commodity , but also permitted a rebuilding of the entire sewage system . |
| 30 | Arbitration not only led to centralised wage-fixing and a high degree of centralised decision-making by both employers and unions , as well as inhibiting the development of a strong shop steward movement , it also fostered a fragmented union movement ( Lansbury , 1978a ) . |