Example sentences of "only [vb base] [pers pn] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only do they tolerate the fast-food shops serving up nutriment that top breeders would n't recommend for Fido , they go as far as purchasing two expensive weeks in a gruesome timeshare apartment , and sit smoking all day on a balcony overlooking the A9 . |
| 2 | Not only do they send a bigger share of their exports to America , but they are also facing fierce competition from American firms in third markets . |
| 3 | Not only do they represent the first substantial draft of much of the material that was to be more fully worked out there . |
| 4 | Not only do they record the history of their localities , they are themselves the product of history , played on a far wider stage . |
| 5 | Not only do they reflect the significance of each part of the ancient ritual , but also the solemn chant of the singers during the ceremonies and later the raucous shouts of the guests at the feast . |
| 6 | Not only do they bring a new breadth of variety , a chance to inject powerful statements of character , and a different level and pace of creativity ; they are great fun as well . |
| 7 | Not only do they alter the physiognomy of the landscape but also the geomorphic , pedologic and hydrological processes . |
| 8 | Essentially , occupational pension schemes are designed — by men with male ‘ family wage-earners ’ and male middle-class career patterns in mind , so not only do they exclude the majority of part-time workers , but they tend to assume that earnings peak in the final years of working life , which is much less often the case for women than for men . |
| 9 | Not only do they receive the first offers of any work that is available ( and in other than special circumstances always accept such offers ) , but also the organisations for which they work undertake a sufficient volume of business to make offers of work for many days each week and for most weeks of the year . |
| 10 | Not only do they have a greater opportunity to commit their favoured types of crimes , but they have the capacity to influence which of their behaviours will be regarded as corporate crimes in the first place . |
| 11 | Erm , and not only do they have the red flag , there is the , erm , the Internationale for the the Communist Movement as well , and that apparently erm , was written by French workers in the nineteenth century , and it was used in Russia until nineteen forty-four . |
| 12 | Not only do they share the official theory of schooling but they hold ideas about discipline and order that are markedly more ‘ traditional ’ than those they believe the staff hold . |
| 13 | Not only do they need a lot of power , they need a lot of patience . |
| 14 | ‘ Not only do we measure the movement by the time , but also the time by the movement , because they define each other . |
| 15 | Not only do we need a strategic deterrent , but there is a strong argument that a sub-strategic deterrent continues to be relevant at a time when there is a real risk of several new nations appearing which have some form of nuclear capability and when we risk the proliferation of not merely equipment but perhaps technology from some of the scientific bases in the former Soviet Union . |
| 16 | Not only do we lack a clearly articulated set of policy objectives , in the absence of a coordinating Ministry of Justice , we also lack the necessary institutional framework within which such a strategy could be implemented . |
| 17 | Not only do we have the problem of the exercise tactical scenario , but also there are real dangers . |
| 18 | Not only do we have the BBC2 Food & Drink team to help you with Christmas and New Year entertaining , we also bring you a host of yuletide ideas . |
| 19 | Not only do we have the situation in the UK where partial-hearing units ( PHUs — integrated settings ) are using Total Communication ( e.g. Hegarty , Pocklington and Lucas , 1982 ) , but young deaf people do not see the use of BSL as a function of their contact or lack of contact with hearing people . |
| 20 | So not only do we have the challenge every three years to ensure that our members renew check-off but we will have in all probability through a similar process on an annual basis . |
| 21 | ‘ It can not be done overnight , but when we look at all our successful neighbours in Europe , we know it can be done over years , so not only do we have an economy in which we all have confidence , a society in which we can all be at ease , and a country of which we can all be proud , but our children can have the benefit too , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Not only do we have an almost unpronounceable cluster of ‘ th ’ sounds but we ruin both rhymes . |
| 23 | So not only do we see a physical flight to the countryside but also a change in political outlook . |
| 24 | Not only do we reveal a different interpretation of what is happening but we propose a very different psychological basis for this activity . |
| 25 | Not only do I love the way this guitar looks but I can get some great sounds out of it , too . |
| 26 | That means not only do I get a glass of beer and a scone by the fire , and the chance to pat one of their huge pack of gorgeous shiny dogs , but if I ask politely and do n't step on the Jack Russell , I also get permission to bring my car along the private road . |
| 27 | I console myself by reflecting that not only do I have a higher lifetime-best break than he does ( 34–30 ) , I also hold several other table records . |
| 28 | Not only do I have a personal knowledge of Svend 's appearance but I know all the most likely places to look . ’ |
| 29 | So not only do you get a full commercial system , but you also reap the benefits of a set-up which has been tailor-made for the hotel trade , without sacrificing any of the functions . |