Example sentences of "not only [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A three-man delegation is heading for Geneva to deliver the Scottish FA 's appeal and Roxburgh said : ‘ It is really important to have vocal backing at Hampden , not only to stir up our guys but to put San Marino under pressure . |
| 2 | They perform the function of a rite of passage whereby the reader is enabled not only to glimpse imaginatively the possibility of a reality which transcends the limitations of sense and intellect but also to validate it . |
| 3 | There should be time not only to carry out the patient care but also to discuss and evaluate it . |
| 4 | ( a ) Unregistered land Recitals to a conveyance can be very useful , not only to describe briefly the reason for the deed but also to recite additional information which , owing to the provisions of s45(6) of the Law of Property Act 1925 ( the section providing that a recital 20 years ' old shall be sufficient evidence of the truth of the fact recited unless proved to the contrary ) , might not be readily available later ( for instance , because a copy marriage certificate is mislaid or was not abstracted ) . |
| 5 | Treaty , included the right not only to take up activities as a self-employed person but also to pursue them in the broad sense of the term and that ‘ The renting of premises for business purposes furthers the pursuit of an occupation and therefore falls within the scope of article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 6 | I was able not only to point out the inconsistencies of the so-called ‘ voluntary agreements ’ but also to the confusion in the ranks of the tobacco industry . |
| 7 | Avoiding artificial lighting and air conditioning was seen to be important in reducing the use of electricity , not only to keep down running costs but also for wider , environmental reasons . |
| 8 | They are designed not only to keep out black people but to try and intimidate black workers already in Britain and make it harder for them to claim their basic human rights . |
| 9 | It is now possible not only to make almost seamless composites of existing photographs and to alter images in such a way that the changes may not be detected , but — using mathematics instead of a camera — it is possible to create images that are nearly photographic in their realism . |
| 10 | A basis of secure attachment enables people not only to get on with others but also to achieve a measure of autonomy in their lives . |
| 11 | Just before leaving Doune he had heard from his elder sister Agnes , Countess of Dunbar and March , that her peculiar husband had now entered into a treasonable arrangement with Edward of England , not only to hand over Dunbar Castle to the English but actually to strengthen it first , at the Plantagenet 's expense . |
| 12 | But we need not only to learn how to look at the world with the eyes of a Mexican Indian — and I hardly think that Lawrence succeeded — and we certainly can not afford to stop there . |
| 13 | The suckers on each toe pad enabled these little animals not only to climb vertically but well beyond , nearly but not entirely , upside down . |
| 14 | My own guess , in the latter case , is that sheer ecstasy came with the discovery that it was possible not only to walk out of a marriage , but to do so and flourish , and that the rest of her life was devoted to recapturing this outrageous , outcast joy . |
| 15 | During the 1930s , however , it was the Conservatives who capitalized most effectively on the larger consequences of the Wall Street Crash , using them not only to bring down a Labour Government and introduce tariffs aimed at imperial consolidation , but also to promote among the masses the spirit of patriotic self-congratulation so eloquently projected by Stanley Baldwin : |
| 16 | A further example is when companies wish not only to grow internally , but also to acquire other companies as a means of strengthening their market position or indeed of entering new markets . |
| 17 | The concert 's aim , Ms Maggs says , was not only to raise desperately needed funds for the CABA , but also to raise Institute members ' awareness of the CABA 's funding problems . |
| 18 | Because of his understanding of practice , he is able not only to show how police ideology is maintained , but even propose alternative models by merely writing down and presenting his knowledge . |
| 19 | The purpose of this book is not only to show how threats to our heritage can be successfully resisted but also to suggest ways of putting forward constructive alternatives . |