Example sentences of "[adv] not only [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So not only do styling products have additional conditioning ingredients but there 's a whole new array of products such as serums to mend split ends and slick down frizz , and curl boosters to encourage bounce . |
| 2 | Essentially what all are saying is that a right to consent to medical treatment , whether required under the common law ( see Gillick 's case ) or under statute ( section 8 ) , must and does carry with it a right not only to refuse consent to treatment , but to refuse the treatment itself . |
| 3 | Members of the Irish Dail feel pressure , they say , to look after constituents , because their support may slip away not only to rival parties but to other members of their own . |
| 4 | Moreover not only had Iraq , eager for an end to the war for some time , agreed to the principle of a cease-fire but Iran , initially sceptical and despite Ayatollah Khomeini 's strong misgivings , accepted the resolution , and also the proposal that the UN secretary-general visit Iran forthwith to study the practicalities of the cease-fire . |
| 5 | In this passage Thorpe J. was quite clearly not only bearing W. 's wishes in mind , but looking behind them to see why W. wished to remain where she was . |
| 6 | They now not only conduct funerals but have their own joiners and monumental masons making coffins and headstones , and some even own their own crematoria . |
| 7 | He now not only re-introduced Elphege : he brought him back into his carefully limited and graded sequence of holy days at a very high level indeed , placing him among the Festivitates quae magnifice celebrantur , on a level with the Epiphany , the Purification and Annunciation , the Ascension , the Feast of St Gregory , and about half a dozen other main feasts of the Church year . |
| 8 | Fortunately not only did growth return but on a scale far exceeding expectations . |
| 9 | Adding these however not only helps stability but also lifts the base clear of the ground making it easier to use the adjuster key . |