Example sentences of "[not/n't] only [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Contagious Diseases Acts not only involved a subtle shift in the balance of forces within moral environmentalism , they also marked a new and more particular specification of sexuality within sanitary discourse . |
| 2 | A nation 's labour force is by far the most important part of its daily accruing resources , and an inability continued over several years to direct some 10 per cent of it or more to any useful purpose not only involved a disastrous impoverishment of the nation , but is in itself a demonstration that the machinery for directing the available labour into appropriate fields of enterprise has broken down … we put , therefore , in the forefront of our proposals a vigorous policy of national reconstruction embracing within its scope , inter alia , the rehabilitation of agriculture , still the largest of our national industries ; an extensive programme of highway development ; afforestation , reclamation , drainage , electrification , slum clearance and town development , and the development of canals , docks , and harbours . |
| 3 | Much more important than the Duchy was the royal household , whose financial institutions , the Chamber and the Wardrobe , not only consumed a large part of the Crown 's income but also assisted , from time to time , in national government . |
| 4 | Bede not only compiled a detailed account of this important Synod but in another of his treatises , De temporum ratione ( ‘ On the Reckoning of Time ’ ) , written in 725 and generally regarded as his scientific masterpiece , he computed Easter tables for the period 532 to 1063 and also made a first attempt at a general chronology of the world down to the reign of the contemporary Byzantine emperor , Leo the Isaurian . |
| 5 | ‘ They 've not only developed a great understanding on the pitch . |
| 6 | Becky 's not only made a good physical recovery , but a good emotional one as well . |
| 7 | The railways not only made a direct physical impact on the landscape : their indirect effects were equally powerful and far-reaching . |
| 8 | I had not only won a major title but my time in Madrid of 21.1 was my fastest ever , indoors or out , and that on a very tight , small track . |
| 9 | But this friction was beneficial for the students , as they not only learnt a rigorous method of representation but also were exposed to more liberal attitudes . |
| 10 | That is very different from the approach of the Government , who have not only abandoned a serious commitment to training , but have suggested that sectors do not have a valuable role to play . |
| 11 | The introduction of ‘ Just In Time ’ management throughout RX and its supplier network has not only had a significant impact on company competitiveness but also accelerated the process of cultural change by exposing individual RX plants and workgroups to real and immediate market pressures within the company 's value chain . |
| 12 | Further , the retardation of maturity not only preserved a better brain/ body-weight ratio but also extended the period of educability and cognitive development which characterizes primate childhoods . |
| 13 | The Christian view of life , death and afterlife as a continuum not only supplied a happy ending to the human story , but could also ‘ justify God 's ways to man ’ , in so far as the good man would be rewarded for a well-spent life , even if it seemed to have been dogged by misfortune . |
| 14 | The mighty Great Eastern not only laid a new cable ; it succeeded in hauling up the earlier one splicing on a centre-piece , and lowering it again to the sea-bed . |
| 15 | The exception is Kent , which not only imported a particular range of materials from the Continent , but also maintained a near monopoly over those goods . |
| 16 | As 1992 draws to a close , the undisputed star of Cologne is gallery owner Karsten Greve , who has not only opened a second gallery in Rudolf Zwirner 's former space on Albertusstrasse 18 , but has expanded his premises at Wallrafplatz 3 to include the second and third floors of the building . |
| 17 | IDEC felt confident that it would be able to attract a high percentage of its staff to this location as the area not only offered a pleasant environment but was only about 20 miles from north London . |
| 18 | W.H. Smith owed no small part of his fortune to the stalls he had placed on every station platform , many of which not only offered a full range of books and papers but operated lending libraries . |
| 19 | The sawdust and bran mixture not only provided a soft base on which to rest the corpse but also acted as a sponge for exuded matter ; the side lining masked the bare wood ; the side-sheets assisted in the presentation of the corpse ; and the frill along the visible top edge formed a seal when the lid was screwed down and helped to keep it all airtight . |