Example sentences of "[not/n't] only a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a profit element may include not only a straightforward management fee but also a hidden profit , such as a discount , which may be given to the headtenant under a block policy of insurance . |
| 2 | The lawyer , the printing works foreman , and Beryl had each of them offered facets of the old man 's character which suggested not only a cynical vein of humour and a streak of malice but a disdainful attitude to at least some of those closest to him . |
| 3 | This last point was still valid two centuries later , as referred to in a report by the governor of the Varaždin district in 1737 : ‘ diese granitz nicht allein als ein antemurale contra Turcam , sed etiam contra Hungarum in casu rebellionis anzusehen ist ’ ( 'this frontier is not only a defensive outwork against the Turk , but can also be seen as protection in case of rebellion in Hungary' ) . |
| 4 | At the same time , his account of society has been one of the most bitterly contested of all social theories , for it is not only a sociological theory , but also a philosophy of man and a programme for revolutionary change in society . |
| 5 | The Western book would be a magnificent present for anyone who likes the genre because it is not only a comprehensive guide to the films and film-makers , but also to the cultural background . |
| 6 | Right : This stone tub is not only a decorative feature but is also the perfect site for plants . |
| 7 | Thus the Decorator collection , into which she plunged more and more of her energies , was not only a useful device for slicing through hidebound public taste , but gave Laura a focus once more for her creative effervescence . |
| 8 | This means you have two choices to make — not only a suitable colour for the mounting card but also the background to go with it . |
| 9 | On the Friday Daley Thompson successfully beat off the German challenge and retained his decathlon crown , and Roger Black , just twenty years of age , added not only a European title to his Commonwealth gold but a new British record as well . |
| 10 | SAVE believes that modern architecture and planning is producing an environment that is not only a visual disgrace — a judgment with which future generations may conceivably disagree — but is becoming an economic and ecological nonsense as well . |
| 11 | This comprehensive kit contains not only a printed canvas , but also a full size coloured chart , wool card , detailed instructions and needles . |
| 12 | This demonstrates not only a worrying return to the homophobia of earlier years , but an increasing desire on the part of central government to control the activities of locally elected government . |
| 13 | For Peter to get himself involved with Gentiles was not only a controversial act , it required a full and sufficient explanation to his outraged critics . |
| 14 | To establish myself as a Test player and not only a one-day player . |
| 15 | It is truer than ever that art is not only a metropolitan phenomenon . |
| 16 | But for the idea to be made manifest one needs a Coriolanus who is not only a truculent fighter but also a thrillingly horrific force of nature . |
| 17 | There is a danger , if this is done , that it may be forgotten that pottery is not only a fascinating subject in its own right , but that it offers vital dating evidence for the chronology of the site , and the key sherds must appear in the body of the main report , with similar critical evidence . |
| 18 | And breakfast was not only a leisurely start , it was also the only Sunday meal when he could be sure that all the members of his family would be together at table . |
| 19 | There 's not only a vast choice , but most are available in all sorts of materials and designs . |
| 20 | The task is further complicated by the fact that the collection of regional data for the EC is not only a vast undertaking but often produces output that is of more doubtful reliability than the national counterpart . |
| 21 | However , the post of mayor of Sao Paulo , the largest and most powerful municipal government in the country , went to Paulo Maluf , a right-wing populist politician of the Social Democratic Party ( PDS ) with presidential ambitions , who was not only a personal friend of Collor but a former associate of Farias . |
| 22 | It was not only a personal benefit , but a social and economic necessity . |
| 23 | It contains not only a personal element but a property element . |
| 24 | The discovery of her father 's history of abuse is not only a personal tragedy to Miss X. Resale of the family home means she has missed out financially because the house , valued at £32,500 , was purchased by her for only £14,625 after a standard 55 per cent discount was made . |
| 25 | This is not only a personal view but also that of many Christian denominations . |
| 26 | The personification furnishes not only a necessary step on the way to judgments about particular people , but a plateau we can occupy to consider these judgments . |
| 27 | Woods was not only a successful cricketer ; he excelled at rugby football . |
| 28 | The building is therefore not only a successful piece of archaeological experimentation but also an enjoyable experience for the visitor . |
| 29 | In both chronic and alcoholic hepatitis there is not only a quantitative change in proliferating bile ductules , with both lewis antigens more strongly expressed , but also a qualitative change with expression of a sialylated form of the antigen that is not seen in normal ductules . |
| 30 | Marriage to Sara had become by late summer not only a longed-for end in the midst of disillusionment , but an increasingly urgent necessity . |