Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had not only to Testify as to how , where and when the Lord Jesus had entered my heart but also give the punters a detailed account of the innermost secrets of my heart . |
| 2 | Sleep has left me and I feel that I have not long to live . |
| 3 | Without entering into the substantive details of the agreement or of the 1990 convention for its application , which appears not yet to have entered into force , it may be noted that it sets out rules for crossing the signatory states ' frontiers not just for their own citizens but also for citizens of all EC Member States , and the Convention of Application distinguishes between treatment at the internal and external borders of the signatory states . |
| 4 | Despite the failure to ratify SALT II both Superpowers adhered to the terms of the treaty ( they continued to do so until 1986 ) and in mid-1982 a new round of talks on strategic weapons began , called START , which aimed not simply to place limits on strategic arms but to reduce them . |
| 5 | There are also indirect impacts of silviculture which relate not only to forest management but to the construction of roads and the effect of forest removal on watershed management . |
| 6 | It is preceded by a prologue ( Genesis 1–11 ) , consisting of ancient records and traditions , which serve not only to introduce the main themes of the narrative but also to relate them to God 's purposes in the world of fallen men , of divided nations and of a created order which was originally good . |
| 7 | An illustrative case may be found in the work and practical impact of William Morris , who sought not only to recognize but also to ameliorate the social and aesthetic impact of the machine , partly under the influence of socialist ideas . |
| 8 | Laura 's problem was that she had not enough to do — no children , though she had n't said anything about this recently — and his heart smote him because he had undertaken to make her happy , and had n't . |
| 9 | Thus the extreme subjectivism of , for example , the novels of Virginia Woolf , belongs within the same formation as the economic interventionism of Keynes , who wanted not only to preserve the economic system by rationalizing it but to do this so that , within that achieved stability , the real processes of civilized life could be extended , undisturbed . |
| 10 | As you near the end of your first video safari , the low-battery warning in your viewfinder may begin to flash , indicating that you have not long to go before switch-off for the day . |
| 11 | Worse than this , we tend not only to limit ourselves to looking at faces , but also to be preoccupied with whether they smile or not . |
| 12 | She also conceded , however , ‘ We tend not routinely to inform GPs . |
| 13 | How hopeless and ludicrous everything was : the seas of incomprehension , the misunderstandings that could never be cleared up because we seemed not only to speak different languages but to inhabit different countries . |
| 14 | thinking in , in , in the context of our , of our mission , this town wide mission , well that 's Billy 's job , he 's better at it than I am , but its not his job , its my job as much as its his and its your job as much as its mine , we do not well to keep silent these men they were troubled by their sin of silence , perhaps you and I should be troubled by our sin of silence because the extension of that , and here 's the really great thing , as far as they were concerned , the ex the , the ongoing because they were troubled by their sin of silence and they did something about it , they were thrilled at the sight that they saw , as they see the city being delivered , and as they see starving men and women eating food perhaps for the first time in days or weeks , buying good wholesome food at a reasonable price , that was the sigh that thrilled them and you can imagine them , and I think they 'd be entitled to a little bit of pride that I 'm glad we told them , I 'm glad we went back and shared the news apart from any thing we could n't of coped with all ourselves , it would of been so wrong to of kept it , it would of been so wrong just to of eaten it ourselves , I 'm glad we went back and told them . |
| 15 | This was to pay dividends , and we had not long to wait . |
| 16 | To understand the specific nature of the abnormality experienced by disabled people we have not only to document a general failure to provide for needs . |
| 17 | We learn not only to give and receive love , but to become Love . |
| 18 | When , on 1 January 1864 , the tsar legislated for the creation of the new assemblies — " zemstva " ( or , if the plural is anglicized , " zemstvos " ) — they seemed not only to represent provincial society as a whole but also to possess considerable authority . |
| 19 | They offered not only to plant a tree in my name , if I applied for a policy , but also the choice of a free radio alarm clock or a telephone . |
| 20 | They had not long to wait to discover whether Edward was in earnest or not . |
| 21 | Johnson , who should have known better , believed Boswell right in assuming such folk unhappy , ‘ for that they had not enough to keep their minds in motion ’ . |
| 22 | Fortunately the Royal Hotel was on the front , and they had not far to go . |
| 23 | They wanted not merely to take anti-pollution and anti-nuclear measures , but also to change Germany back into a rural economy , yet they grew rapidly in appeal after 1981 and attracted the sympathy of leftists who were dissatisfied with the moderation of the SPD . |
| 24 | And it needs not only to provide access to files or data , but actually to connect applications running anywhere on the network — and through the application , to connect the minds that are putting the applications to work . |
| 25 | Arthur is inclined to be delicate and it 's feared he has not long to live . |
| 26 | Gandhi 's understanding of Truth and the essential unity of all that exists means that he has not only to realize his highest Self or Ātman but also recognize his oneness with all his fellow men and with all sub-human forms of life . |
| 27 | As things are , he has not only to invent his method , but also do most of the spadework for himself . |
| 28 | Her voice sounded clipped , rather staccato , and it seemed not properly to belong to her any more . |
| 29 | He intends not only to accelerate privatisation but also to reduce state control of ‘ strategic ’ sectors , such as mining and telecommunications . |
| 30 | It tends not only to slow the sphere significantly , but it may also affect its intended direction . |