Example sentences of "he [verb] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That gives him clout not only in tricky talks with America , Britain , France and the Soviet Union over how the new Germany will fit into Europe , but also in negotiations within the European Community over what sort of Europe it will be . |
| 2 | Hari looked down at Craig 's bowed shoulders , she could n't ask him to leave not now . |
| 3 | Zakrevskii 's political opinions were so far to the right that he thought the Moscow Slavophiles were dangerous subversives ; his antipathy to modernization led him to deplore not only the construction of new factories in Moscow but also the expansion of old ones . |
| 4 | Teddy has lots of people to thank , including such nice FlyPast -type people as W/C Chris Booth of 8 Squadron who got him flying not only in a Shackleton , but in 8 Squadron 's new Boeing E–3 Spinning Coffee Table ; Teddy 's logbook itself came courtesy of Vulcan XH558 ; thanks also to Plane Sailing , Sally B , the Old Flying Machine Company , the Fighter Collection and the Shuttleworth Collection . |
| 5 | For Gertrude Jekyll the arts and crafts creed of unity of the arts was not just an artistic concept but fundamental to her special art and skills in home-making which she passed on to Lutyens , inspiring him to build not just houses but homes . |
| 6 | Seriously though there can be no way that Wilko let him go not even for 2.75 million . |
| 7 | Nicholson 's interest in writing was re-awakened by his scriptwriting assistance on The Terror , and his next project was a screenplay in which he was encouraged by Roger Corman , who thought it was a good idea because though he personally felt Nicholson showed great potential as an actor , others around him did not always agree . |
| 8 | Herodotus has long been regarded as a mythographer as much as a historian , for he records not just the bare facts , but the multiple versions of events he has gathered from a variety of sources . |
| 9 | Cromwell returned from Ireland in 1650 to lead the English resistance to the threat from the Scots , and by his subsequent victories at the battles of Dunbar and Worcester he thwarted not only those who wished to see the return of the house of Stuart , but also those who sought to impose a Presbyterian church on the English people . |
| 10 | In Amman on Oct. 4 he met not only King Hussain but also Iraqi First Deputy Premier Taha Yassin Ramadhan . |
| 11 | He offers not so much an impersonation as an impression of the man . |
| 12 | His quiet , unassuming exterior hid great determination and considerable inventive ability , which he applied not only to bridges but to a wide range of other technical equipment . |
| 13 | He became not so much a propagandist as a radio ‘ character ’ who had been created by a darker comedy than Tommy Handley 's ITMA . |
| 14 | For the rest of the war , the party 's loyalty to Lloyd George was strengthened when he became not only the organizer of victory but the inspiration of the country . |
| 15 | Throughout 1932 and 1933 he retained not only the position of Prime Minister but most of the prerogatives of the office as well . |
| 16 | It was there that he found not only his life 's vocation , but his future wife who was also teaching at the school . |
| 17 | ‘ His gratification was almost unbounded when on arriving at the Belts of the Murray he found not only numerous new Species but new forms of Birds . |
| 18 | He holds not only a gutted Diamond-back but a pose ordained as well as caught by the photographer . |
| 19 | He pursued not only economies of scale but also reductions in the time occupied by movements which occurred within establishments so that labour could be used efficiently . |
| 20 | He drew not only on his spiritual but on his physical experiences . |
| 21 | He writes not just about the climb itself , but also about the ‘ mountains of life ’ that people have to face every day . |
| 22 | Lunging forward with a net , he caught not just a leaf but a tiny fish as well . |
| 23 | Though he has not officially announced a drugs policy , all indications are that Mr Clinton will turn America 's attention away from cutting off supplies in the Andes to reducing demand at home . |
| 24 | He has not properly investigated the target 's dining facilities . |
| 25 | It is obviously difficult for a parent to help a child through a developmental hurdle which he has not properly encompassed himself , but parents and children can grow up together , or , as we might say , children can bring up their parents . |
| 26 | However , many philosophers today would probably go along more with Hare 's original position and say that although Kant may well have answered the third sort of question ( page 98 ) well , he has not adequately answered the second ( still less , it would generally be thought , the first ) . |
| 27 | During the debate , a member who thinks that the original motion could be improved is at liberty to move an amendment , provided that he has not previously spoken to the motion . |
| 28 | A part-time probation officer may do so in his own time provided that he has not previously been concerned with the child and his family in a professional capacity . |
| 29 | He has not yet written off the possibility of putting his ideas on a ‘ four-eyes basis ’ — a meeting of just two people — to Thatcher and Bush . |
| 30 | And he has made a lot of easy promises that he has not yet had to keep . |