Example sentences of "this [verb] [not/n't] only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involves not only reflecting on why certain types of behaviours are defined as criminal in some historical periods and not others , but also why a particular criminal law comes to incorporate from relatively homogeneous behaviour patterns only a portion and exclude the remainder , even though each and every instance of this behaviour causes avoidable harm , injury , or deprivation . |
| 2 | This involves not only asking ‘ What is taught ? ’ but ‘ How do we ask what is taught ? ’ |
| 3 | This has not only created severe problems for the national parliaments , who are finding the huge quantity of legislation difficult to scrutinise , it also represents a seepage of power to Brussels , since the best way of attaining power is simply to grab it , whether or not you have a mandate . |
| 4 | This has not only exposed the underlying differences between Likud and Labour which the initiative papered over . |
| 5 | This involved not only training the student , but also persuading often nervous parents to permit their offspring to travel to and from the college , in a small Wiltshire town , independently . |
| 6 | This includes not only documenting the sectoral pattern of activity in cities , but also an appraisal of the consequences in terms of job opportunities for different groups within the economically active population . |
| 7 | We launched this draw not only to encourage more people to enjoy ‘ old York ’ , but also to give them the opportunity to experience the excitement of New York . ’ |
| 8 | This applies not only while out on contract but also on returning to the home country . |
| 9 | This applies not only to work that is strictly social scientific , but also to that with , for example , a more medical or demographic orientation . |
| 10 | Specifically , this means not only taking into account man 's obvious close evolutionary ties with the chimpanzee and gorilla , but also his rather less obvious resemblance to another primate , the gelada baboon . |
| 11 | This means not only looking for good practice in the present but also looking for indicators for the future . |
| 12 | This means not only spending substantially larger amounts of money but also providing the administrative framework for ensuring such policies are pursued uniformly and consistently . |
| 13 | This means not only avoiding the use of words which might amount to a resignation on your part , but also checking whether words that apparently mean that your job has ended were actually intended to have that effect . |
| 14 | In de Manian parlance , to generalise is to conflate and to totalise , and this means not only crossing but negating the boundaries between language and metalanguage , literature and criticism , and literature and non-literature . |
| 15 | This serves not only to allow the University to contribute towards the revitalization of the economic life of the province , but to develop courses that relate directly to contemporary society . |
| 16 | This does not only vary from make to make but between individual machines of the same make . |
| 17 | As with the consolidation of the accounts of a group of companies , this does not only involve aggregation : there is also the elimination of any inter-fund balances to preclude double-counting . |