Example sentences of "would not only [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He prayed that hope was somewhere out there in the city tonight , and that it might come into his heart , and scour him of his doubts and confusions ; a light that would not only burn in him , but would spread throughout the Dominions , and illuminate the Imajica from one end to the other . |
| 2 | But Miss Dallam would not only feel at ease with it but would look well in it too . |
| 3 | As a result of this conscious decision the Court of the Second Empire was conceived of as a public spectacle which would not only shine in the eyes of the French people but would also become the envy of other peoples less fortunate than they . |
| 4 | ‘ The directors of the company decided that the building would not only serve as its headquarters , but also be renamed the John Laird Centre to acknowledge the contribution of the Laird family to the area . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Be not cast down : if ye saw Him , who is standing on the shore holding out His arms to welcome you to land , you would not only wade through a sea of wrongs , but through hell itself , to be at Him . ’ |
| 6 | Flowers would not only change in colour but also reveal previously invisible patterns . |
| 7 | Such a reformulation would not only call for a reassessment of traditional notions and practices — balance , impartiality , objectivity , ownership , editorial sovereignty — but would also require the media to improve upon their present performances in explaining events in the world . |
| 8 | There is also the possibility of an air blockade which would not only guard against sanctions busting but make the Serbian air force desist from its present bombing campaign . |
| 9 | To be completely consistent perhaps Gandhi would not only have to be opposed to the killing of animals for food , but also to the killing of disease-carrying rats , mosquitoes , and venomous snakes , and those forms of plant life that are essential to a vegetarian diet . |