Example sentences of "[noun sg] not [adv] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The heavy labour not only fought the flab around his waist but cured him of the insomnia he had suffered from for so many years . |
| 3 | In a German broadcast it was stated that ‘ the defenders of Hazenbrouck not only delayed the advance , but resisted in a manner truly worthy of the highest traditions of the British Army ’ . |
| 4 | From the late eighteenth century the rise of the cotton industry not only reversed the long relative decline in the importance of textile exports but pushed the first industrial nation , if not in an entirely new direction , at least up a much steeper path . |
| 5 | But , then , Boxer not only had no nerves , he also had no qualms ; the morality of their actions — of any action in the national struggle — was not a question he ever weighed . |
| 6 | Men 's immorality not only threatened the stability of the family but in the end posed a danger to the foundations of good government . |
| 7 | This technique not only combated the problem of contrast , which autochrome plates did not handle very well , but it also created what he described as a wonderful three dimensional effect when projected . |
| 8 | This technique not only combated the problem of contrast , which autochrome plates did not handle very well , but it also created what he described as a wonderful three dimensional effect when projected . |
| 9 | Children with previous experience not only did the shows at the Pavilion at 2 pm and 7 pm but they also appeared at the Ballroom in between , thoroughly enjoying the mad rush . |
| 10 | This Christocentric theology not only kindled the renewal of a Christian spirituality . |
| 11 | Weber was aware that the development of capitalism not only necessitated the bureaucratization of organizations , particularly those which formed the administrative apparatus of the state . |
| 12 | The examination not only confirmed the findings of the comparison stage of the FAOR study , but also highlighted the difficulties and expense that would be involved if the proposals were to be implemented at the level suggested ; at the same time it helped to dispel certain misconceptions about the needs of the users overall . |
| 13 | The Victorian period not only established the modern popular image of public houses , but also saw the involvement of specialists and well-known architects in their design . |
| 14 | In this period not only did the nature of the trade-offs change but at the same time the policy-makers came to attach more or less importance to particular objectives . |
| 15 | This process not only involved the careful and prolonged consideration of elected councillors , but also detailed submissions from community councils and feedback from public meetings . |
| 16 | The overnight explosion not only destroyed the chapel but also sparked a security alert in Dartmouth , Devon . |
| 17 | The overnight explosion not only destroyed the chapel but also sparked a security alert in Dartmouth , Devon . |
| 18 | The title not only confirmed the centrality of the hippocampus to studies of animal learning , but was also symbolic of the conceptual shift amongst psychologists away from the crudities of behaviourism and simple associationism towards an understanding of animals , like humans , as cognitive organisms . |
| 19 | The broadly conceived programme of health education not only demonstrated the ideal of militarized efficiency , it also embodied the new scientific concepts derived from physiology and biochemistry . |
| 20 | Eventually , the slurry not only reached the bottom of the main shaft , over the following 24 hours it rose 16 feet up it . |
| 21 | The exit-entrance distinction was found to be more specific for depression , and people who attempted suicide not only had an excess of exit events , but also an excess of entrance events . |
| 22 | Readers of ‘ Practical Caravan ’ magazine not only voted the Cavalier Turbo 2.0i 4x4 their Top Towing Car , but also Best Large Family Car . |
| 23 | The magazine not only named the drugs but also the dosages that were recommended . |
| 24 | The successful colonization of the land from the original marine environment not only necessitated the production of entirely new means of acquiring oxygen and supporting the weight of the body , but also exposed animals to habitats of much greater variability in temperature , humidity , and other conditions . |
| 25 | Last weekend , however , after rioters looted and burned and smashed , and the army was compelled to escort Banda 's heir apparent , John Tembo , to safety , the Malawi News not only took the extraordinary step of giving a graphic account of the riots , complete with quarter-page photographs , but also accorded Chihana 's court case detailed front-page coverage . |
| 26 | This dog not only became a very good show dog , but also an excellent working dog and great stock getter . |
| 27 | But some forms of technological change resulted both in new forms of homework ( the retailing revolution , for example , brought changes in the way goods were packaged , giving rise to the homework trade of boxmaking ) , and a greater demand for certain traditional tasks performed by homeworkers , for while parts of a particular trade might become subject to large scale organisation , other aspects of the same trade not uncommonly remained the province of homeworkers . |
| 28 | The Formalist strategy for dealing with the problem of definition not only had the virtue of ensuring that literature could not be reduced to anything else , but proved also to be immensely productive in the elaboration of every aspect of Formalist theory . |
| 29 | The jury not only upheld the newspaper 's defence of justification , but added a rider suggesting that the " Moonies " should be stripped of their charitable status . |
| 30 | Furthermore , the new technical and rational society not only dissolved the sacred order ; it disintegrated the communal order . |