Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [vb -s] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This not only produces a balanced form to the plant , carrying and showing the blooms to advantage , but reduces hindrance to air movement to a minimum . |
| 2 | Foster 's recall for the second Cornhill Test at Lord 's not only represents a major gamble , however , but also underlines a desperate shortage of fit and in-form pace candidates . |
| 3 | The most informative is undoubtedly that caused by Gundovald 's claim to the throne , since Gregory of Tours not only allocates a considerable amount of space to the rebellion itself , but also provides evidence in the ensuing books of the Histories which illuminates the nature of the " pretender's ' following . |
| 4 | Not only does a lexical check give a greater reduction in the number of candidates , but also a more useful reduction because it guarantees the output will be words ( see also Higgins and Ford , 1989 ) . |
| 5 | Next month I shall be writing about the rib transfer carriage , another small accessory that not only does a good job but also helps that neck ache ! |
| 6 | Not only does a Christian believe ; he is a person who ‘ thinks in believing and believes in thinking ’ , as Augustine expressed it . |
| 7 | Cabrera Infante , among others , repeatedly draws attention to his role as author , while the narrator of Alfredo Bryce Echenique 's A World for Julius not only maintains a running dialogue with the reader , but also involves himself with his characters , putting himself in their shoes , addressing them directly as if they were there alongside him and , like a supporter at a sporting event , siding with some against others . |
| 8 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 9 | In this , the estimation not only involves a cross-area element , it also embraces a considerable areal disaggregation , from an average ward size of 7.7 km² ; ( range 0.74–38.7 km² ; ) down to the individual kilometre square . |
| 10 | Breaking down activities into a number of small wins not only creates a rewarding climate for action but concentrates attention on the possible . |
| 11 | As the University 's commercial arm , UnivEd not only makes a major contribution to the University 's finances , but also enhances Edinburgh 's position as an international centre of excellence in teaching and research . |
| 12 | This site not only makes a picturesque scene , it now has the important role of housing the Dean Heritage Museum , a centre devoted to the recording and exhibiting of much of the Forest 's industrial heritage . |
| 13 | The international system not only has a major division between communist and capitalist states but also deeper cultural divisions between what are usually termed the First and Third worlds . |
| 14 | A screen , on the other hand , not only has a specific function , but is also an integral part of the overall design , and will therefore be looked at in quite a different way . |
| 15 | The present studies show that the migrating motor complex not only has a lower oesophageal sphincter component , but also an oesophageal body component . |
| 16 | During the process of learning the student is working to achieve something ; knowledge of how close her performance is approximating to the desired goal not only has a motivating effect , but if given in sufficient detail provides information which enables her to adjust her learning nearer to the goal . |
| 17 | In a way it is even more predictable , for it not only has a standardized melodic/lyric structure ( first phrase : four bars ; second phrase : four bars , more or less repeating the first ; third phrase : four bars , contrasting or complementary ) but also a schematic sequence of ( highly ‘ primitive ’ ) chords : |
| 18 | Warwick Collins points out that the keel design not only has a distinct draught advantage over a fin keel , but also claims that it helps to damp any pitching motion in a seaway . |
| 19 | The Gyle project not only has a permanent site safety supervisor , Stewart Adam , but also receives regular visits from a regional health and safety advisor . |
| 20 | But guar bread , newly created by British food chemists , not only has a high fibre content but actually has 25 per cent fewer calories per ounce . |
| 21 | Anyone who has served with him at the Department — and I am talking not just about his present ministerial team — knows that he not only brings a greater degree of expertise to his job than anyone I can remember but does it with great inventiveness in terms of improving benefits and with an exceptional degree of compassion and , above all , integrity . |
| 22 | How smug we feel when one of the great men not only misses a short one , but , dismayingly , sees the ball roll downhill and off the green . |
| 23 | He was doubtless selected because he not only commands a vast classical repertoire , essential for one of the world 's great orchestras , but has also worked hard to popularise modern music . |
| 24 | A study conducted by Drs Anita Malhotra and Roger Thorpe , of the University of Aberdeen , not only provides a first-class example of natural selection at work , but also shows that it can occur very much faster than most people obviously imagined ( Nature , vol. 353 , pp 347–8 ) . |
| 25 | This not only provides a dazzling display which might confuse the predator , but also gives each antelope the advantage of safety in numbers within the fleeing herd . |
| 26 | Our continued investment in production facilities not only ensures a top quality product but sets the standard for state of the art operations . |
| 27 | The survey of Rutland not only covers a complete , if miniature , county , but also records the status of virtually every inhabitant in all but three townships ; although the subsidy rolls contribute useful supplementary material we will , for the present purpose , restrict ourselves to the muster book . |
| 28 | This book not only gives a detailed description of a modern analytical methods used in the detection of drugs of abuse but also includes information on the type of forensic support required by the police and customs in this area . |
| 29 | One version of the story has Massaccio losing all of his clothes as well , which not only adds a new possibility to the origin of the saying ‘ to lose your shirt ’ , but also a certain piquancy to the vision of the gambler outside the church . |
| 30 | This autobiographical slant not only adds a further dimension to an understanding of the novel as a " balance sheet " . |