Example sentences of "[not/n't] only [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand the specific nature of the abnormality experienced by disabled people we have not only to document a general failure to provide for needs . |
| 2 | They painted a picture of Mr X as a really bright cookie — bright enough not only to run a crooked merchant bank , but to pull the wool over the eyes of the psychologists . |
| 3 | A purpose of Clarkson 's History was thus not only to delineate a common pattern of consciousness but to promote it as a contribution to energising the internal networks of antislavery for future struggles . |
| 4 | This will be not only to gain a first impression of the infrared sky but also to check that the satellite is functioning properly . |
| 5 | Once the individual begins to establish regularities , to generalise over experience , it becomes possible for him not only to recognise a particular experience as being one of a type , say a scolding or an interview , it also becomes possible to predict what is likely to happen , what are likely to be the relevant features of context , within a particular type of communicative event . |