Example sentences of "[vb infin] not only the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the opening piteous pleas with shaking hands as the dancers sink to the floor in the depths of their sorrow , the choreographic pattern of the overall rhythm is seen to swell in size and intensity as the music does until there comes the gleam of hope , a quiet moment when a child-like figure dances in wonder at the ways in which she can explore not only the space in which she moves , but also the ways in which she shapes each part of her body into an ever flowing design . |
| 2 | This will include not only the subject matter it is essential to master , but the skills it is essential to practise , as well as social and motivational aims , and subsidiary objectives . |
| 3 | The record should include not only the fact that they mate regularly but also that matings are fertile . |
| 4 | The differences and similarities to be explained will include not only the value of the debt relief , but also the new credit flows obtained and the economic adjustment required , as part of the ‘ debt bargains ’ . |
| 5 | The European Commission 's principal complaint is that , in order to be properly conducted , an environmental assessment should consider not only the station , but the high-speed link — the two should be considered together . |
| 6 | For this reason , assessments intended to provide a basis for making decisions about placement should consider not only the child 's performance under ‘ test ’ conditions , but also the child 's capacity for engaging in linguistic interactions in ‘ naturalistic ’ settings . |
| 7 | ‘ We must consider not only the quality of the products we buy , but the quantity , ’ thunders Jonathon Porritt from Friends of the Earth in Britain . |
| 8 | Good research , therefore , should consider not only the cause of the events that concern us but also their nature and consequences . |
| 9 | ( iii ) Pupils should consider not only the extent to which English has changed since Shakespeare 's day but also some of the ways in which it is changing now . |
| 10 | In particular , do they affect not only the presentation but the substance of government decisions ? |
| 11 | How schools conceive the curriculum will affect not only the scope of changes entertained , but also the way they perceive the relationship between changes in different elements of the curriculum . |
| 12 | It will affect not only the coal industry but the consumers who will have to pay an ever-increasing price for gas . |
| 13 | Third market companies had to find a member firm to sponsor them who would ensure not only the suitability of the company for trading , but also that the company 's decisions were communicated to the shareholders , and that there was an effective and orderly market in the shares . |
| 14 | But in his eagerness to demonstrate how wonderful the scheme was , he let drop the fact that in the event of his death Karen would inherit not only the house , fully paid-off under the terms of their endowment mortgage , but also a lump sum amounting to almost half a million pounds . |
| 15 | That would benefit not only the individual , but the community in which he intends to live . |
| 16 | Will my right hon. Friend agree to support fully the Manchester Olympic bid which will benefit not only the north-west of England , where most of the events will be staged , but our capital city and the rest of the country — in fact , the whole nation ? |
| 17 | Further study of this class of DNA-protein interactions will benefit not only the understanding of the biological processing of cisplatin-DNA adducts and their underlying molecular mechanisms , but also the general field of structure-specific recognition of DNA . |
| 18 | To put this advice generally , if you are asked to distinguish between two legal concepts or institutions , you should give not only the difference of definition but also the difference of legal effect . |
| 19 | The council bill must clearly show not only the precept for each level of local government but itemise what they are paying for street cleaning , for dustbin collection , for the police and for the various local government services . |
| 20 | From the token half dozen kits from Malaysia we can also see not only the difference in basic shape , but also the lavishly conspicuous consumption of gold paint to provide an overall decoration of either flowers or clouds . |
| 21 | They can provide not only the computer , but also help and information should things go wrong — which may be very important . |
| 22 | Before we put forward proposals to build a deep underground repository for Britain 's low and intermediate-level radioactive waste , we must thoroughly understand not only the science and engineering of the waste and the repository itself , but also the geology of the possible sites . |
| 23 | One may cite not only the case of the group already mentioned which felt itself to have been ill-treated at the hands of Civizade , but also the experience of Kadiri Celebi , the Mufti in the time of Suleyman , who spent nine years in great hardship as a before receiving an appointment , probably at the beginning of the second decade of the sixteenth century . |
| 24 | They could dictate not only the content of particular syllabuses , but the combination of A levels that would be acceptable to university faculties . |
| 25 | However any small boat owner will appreciate not only the need for recording navigational information but also the pleasure to be gained after the event in recalling the events of a passage or cruise through the pages of a log kept at the time . |
| 26 | This can indicate not only the hierarchy but also the different levels of modelling the system . |
| 27 | Although requiring general anaesthesia , bronchoscopy is the most reliable method , as it will indicate not only the presence , size and location of many of the nodules , but will also allow the collection of tracheal mucus for confirmatory examination for eggs and larvae ; the latter are invariably coiled , sluggish and have an S-shaped tail ( Fig. 44 ) . |
| 28 | Now , they must mean not only the fact of the conviction by the jury , but also the sentence of the court , for till judgment there is no perfect conviction . |
| 29 | And hand-in-hand with the sale of factories should go not only the sale of shops and workshops to people who have goods to sell and services to offer , but also the sale of land and housing — both anathema to many in the land of Lenin — to soak up roubles and give people a personal stake in reform . |
| 30 | Can we afford not only the debate today but can we afford it in another eighteen months ? |