Example sentences of "[not/n't] only [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experiments just mentioned not only introduce a much-needed control procedure but they also extend the generality of the effect . |
| 2 | They not only pursue a certain quarry , the mysteries and riddles of Sir Thomas , I think they enjoy the killing . |
| 3 | A distinguishing feature of Company Programmes is the team of client directors who not only have a wide experience in industry but represent the main functions of the business . |
| 4 | Contemplative life belongs to those who not only have a keen awareness that life in the world hangs by a thread , but a sense that their own identity and reality does not inhere fundamentally in physical things . |
| 5 | Further , the transitive verbs watch , follow , and ( more particularly ) elbow are used intransitively , so that these rather threatening actions not only have a disembodied source , but can be interpreted as having either Titus or his whole surroundings as their target . |
| 6 | There is varied evidence that suggests that major geographical moves , either between or within countries , not only have a disruptive effect on people 's lives , but may produce lasting changes . |
| 7 | In the iron and steel industry for example subcontractors not only employ a greater proportion of older workers but the gap between their working hours and those in parent companies lengthened from 2 per cent to 14 per cent between 1960 and 1978 . |
| 8 | It is , of course , no secret that all diplomatic missions not only operate a massive communications system using local telephone and telex lines but are also in direct radio contact with their foreign ministry . |
| 9 | The great advantages of using a computer lie in its ability to select the records of specific kinds of people very much more quickly than is possible with a manual record system , and to extract and present information required in a wide variety of formats These two applications of a computer not only save a vast amount of time . |
| 10 | These blinds not only offer a practical window treatment for kitchens and bathrooms , but can also look attractive in a sitting-room or bedroom when combined with curtains and made up in co-ordinated or matching fabric . |
| 11 | Not only do a greater proportion of phone boxes work , but there are more boxes today than there were before we introduced the privatised control system . |
| 12 | Finally , the decomposition of managerial hierarchies allows some managers to specialize in strategic decision-making and for this task to be performed by people who not only possess a relevant comparative advantage but also whose corporate loyalties are not compromised by undue devotion to narrow functional goals . |
| 13 | It is worthwhile briefly examining Lukacs 's ideas on socialist realism at this juncture since they not only provide a constructive critical alternative to the mindless ideological stance adopted by Zhdanov , Radek and Stetsky , but also broaden the global conceptual framework within which to examine Nizan 's communist novels . |
| 14 | Hahnemann 's practical simplicity is masterful as the small granules not only provide a tiny , manageable dose , for using with patients , but also the smallest practical unit to effect such large dilution ratio . |
| 15 | Such enterprises not only add a few more precious tonnes to the output of Cornwall 's tin industry . |