Example sentences of "[not/n't] only have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Leeds , Newton Park Union Church not only had a seventy-foot tower but a clock which Leeds Corporation agreed to illuminate at night . |
| 2 | Not only had a 30-minute journey taken one hour , but according to him , we 'd been brought back to where we started ! |
| 3 | Not only had a large section of the population been enfranchised , it was a notably different electorate from that which had existed previously . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The present studies show that the migrating motor complex not only has a lower oesophageal sphincter component , but also an oesophageal body component . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 : |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Above all , as the Commission says , ‘ adopting a single currency rather than having national currencies with irrevocably fixed exchange rates would not only have a symbolic character . |
| 18 | Exposing oneself to the night can not only have a powerful personal effect , but , in modern cities , be very dangerous for a woman . |
| 19 | But the satellite companies will not only have a rising income from subscriptions and a need to invest it in their struggle for a credible share of the viewing audience . |
| 20 | Your choice will not only have a profound effect on your future life but also you will have a profound effect on the future life of whichever institution you finally decide upon . |