Example sentences of "but also [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japanese department stores differ from those in the West in that they not only sell goods but also organise cultural events of importance . |
| 2 | These compounds not only prevent schistosomiasis , but also prevent abnormal cell-division . |
| 3 | For example , carbon in fresh water can have a variety of sources , including atmospheric carbon dioxide , but also soil humic material and limestone ( calcium carbonate ) . |
| 4 | Even when narrowly conceived , the figures do not solely focus upon the CU effect of membership but also embrace other effects of membership such as the outcome for visible trade of the CAP . |
| 5 | Not only can he build up and improve the fertility of his land , but also exploit that fertility up to and beyond its latent potential . |
| 6 | These will not only defend existing markets , but also help European companies penetrate the growing markets of the rest of the world . |
| 7 | Individual nuclear family units not only provide the maximum number of outlets for commodity production , but also facilitate social control . |
| 8 | If we set up tasks which ask children to plan what happens at the end of their plays , we not only eradicate the tension , but also lose considerable learning opportunities . |
| 9 | It will be argued that the developments of the economic class structure noted in the previous two chapters open up certain opportunities for socialism , but also place certain constraints on what a socialist movement can hope to achieve . |
| 10 | The dogs , for example , not only prey on native animals , but also attack wild cattle and help control cats . |
| 11 | But the Big Ideas that start in this country now quickly travel abroad , where they not only get produced at high speed , at low cost , and with great efficiency , but also undergo continuous development and improvement . |
| 12 | Fanciful spray patterns can be created with special adaptors that not only vary the height and shape of the traditional fountain , but also produce unusual water patterns . |
| 13 | It seems likely that the future of the cooperatives will depend greatly on the identification and training of managers from within the local communities , which would not only strengthen the ties with these communities but also provide useful employment opportunities . |
| 14 | Southern fire station will not only direct cover directly cover these areas but also provide essential back up cover to a much larger area including Glaby , Wigstone , Nutterworth , Hinkley and parts of the City . |
| 15 | My right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary are good Europeans , but also sound British parliamentarians . |
| 16 | Chairman of the voluntary group , Linda Davies , says she hopes the meeting will not only highlight particular difficulties but also encourage more people to offer help and ideas . |
| 17 | These are awarded each year to those parks which not only provide facilities to a high standard but also have first class caravan holiday homes for hire . |
| 18 | On many islands , though , the lists of species are enhanced by mobile visitors , which can also live elsewhere ; the Galapagos Islands , for example , in the Eastern Pacific , have one kind of penguin that lives nowhere else , but also have three kinds of boobie bird , plus frigate and tropic birds and brown pelicans , which live throughout the warm oceans . |
| 19 | All too often , however , such fittings and materials are not only historically inappropriate — stained tropical hardwood from razed rainforests , horse brasses and rows of unwanted Book Club volumes are no substitute for an original , atmospheric interior — but also pay scant attention to the history and development of each individual building . |
| 20 | Certainly by the end of the sixteenth century some had been broken up ; in wooded districts they might not only be small , but also bear scant resemblance to the ‘ classic ’ manor of arable farming areas . |
| 21 | Most have single flowers blooming in one concentrated flush , but also bear attractive foliage , stems or spines , and coloured hips in autumn . |
| 22 | It will affect not only squatters but also give unscrupulous landlords an easy way of geting rid of people . |