Example sentences of "[adv] be [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So am I. The whole tableau is idol meets fan to an embarrassing tee . |
| 2 | Not only were they the longest hours they had ever been called upon to endure , but the coldest . |
| 3 | Not only is it the largest in the world in volume ( $11 billion in loans and grants in 1991 ) , but its untied ratio ( 79.7% in 1991 ) is the highest in the world . |
| 4 | He had repeated once more that the central position in the Peace Alliance belonged to the Labour Party " for not only is it the largest opposition party , but it represents the essential core for any progressive alliance — the working class " . |
| 5 | They 're also continuing their campaign against the use of mineral oil in cosmetics , claiming that not only is it the most animal tested cosmetic ingredient , but there are also fears it may be carcinogenic . |
| 6 | Not only is there the assumed rejection of surplus narrative already referred to but there is also the search for the truth of the body . |
| 7 | Not only is there the close description of individual tasks such as cleaning pewter or cooking , but the whole perspective of the poem is that of the servant . |
| 8 | Most planning decisions are administrative acts against which appeal lies only to the secretary of state , but in the case of a determination of whether or not planning permission is required , the question is a mixed one of fact and law : thus not only is there the normal right of appeal against the local authority 's decision to the secretary of state , there is also a right of appeal against his decision to the High Court . |
| 9 | Not only was she the first female to break through the glass ceiling in Engineering , but to become a star throughout the company because she did the job with such panache ? |
| 10 | Not only was it the first death , but it could easily have been little Enoch , or Jane . |
| 11 | Everyone was in a good mood because not only was it the last day of school today , but everybody had had one and a half days off school already . |
| 12 | ‘ Not only was he the outstanding leader of our tax practice , ’ said Grant Thornton managing partner David McDonnell , ‘ he was also the architect of its development in the early days . |
| 13 | By far the most famous of these clerical judges is Henry Bracton : he died in 1268 as chancellor of Exeter cathedral , but he had served in the meanwhile as a justice in eyre , a judge on assize , and from 1248 to 1257 on the King 's Bench and on the king 's council ; his fame rests on the fact that not only was he the foremost jurist of his age and possessed of an extensive and precise knowledge of Roman law but he was also credited with the authorship of The Laws and Customs of England which became — in the words of Dorothy Stenton — ‘ the Bible of the coming legal generation ’ . |
| 14 | So was I. The expectant mother was sixteen years old and one of my students at the school in Barcelona where I was five months into my first teaching job . |
| 15 | There were many more than two hundred behind that large banner , so was it the wisest move ? |
| 16 | ‘ Fit leadership , ’ he repeated as though the word ‘ fit ’ might not just be what the Medical Officer looked for . |
| 17 | No longer is it the dull old building lost in the undergrowth . |
| 18 | No longer is it the slow , old relative of a young family of quick and strong cars . |
| 19 | ‘ And still be none the wiser , ’ Googol said airily . |
| 20 | I would not marry you now were you the last in the world , but by God I will take you , for you have tempted me sorely all these months , of set purpose . |
| 21 | Anyway , so he 's out of hospital now is he the other |
| 22 | Well is it the new ones or is it , on the television , or on the radio ? |