Example sentences of "only was [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was there the evidence of the changed recording on the telephone . |
| 2 | The secretary of each level of the party had quasi-absolute power over the members below him , and Elena had a double advantage : not only was she the Party secretary able to veto or grant small privileges for her colleagues , her husband was much of the time the Second Secretary in the Party at large , controlling the day-to-day business of the Romanian Communists under Dej 's supervision . |
| 3 | Not only was she the first female to break through the glass ceiling in Engineering , but to become a star throughout the company because she did the job with such panache ? |
| 4 | Not only was it the first death , but it could easily have been little Enoch , or Jane . |
| 5 | Everyone was in a good mood because not only was it the last day of school today , but everybody had had one and a half days off school already . |
| 6 | Not only was it the structure of attitudes which concerned these scholars , but also they were interested in the dynamics of attitudinal change . |
| 7 | Nor only was it the ‘ little man ’ who was particularly prone to sexual repression . |
| 8 | Not only was it the case that many projects were already under way before ERDF resources were committed , but also member states were free to add ERDF aid to the national aid for the project ( individual additionality ) or to add such aid to national regional expenditure as a whole ( global additionality ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Not only was he the outstanding leader of our tax practice , ’ said Grant Thornton managing partner David McDonnell , ‘ he was also the architect of its development in the early days . |
| 10 | By far the most famous of these clerical judges is Henry Bracton : he died in 1268 as chancellor of Exeter cathedral , but he had served in the meanwhile as a justice in eyre , a judge on assize , and from 1248 to 1257 on the King 's Bench and on the king 's council ; his fame rests on the fact that not only was he the foremost jurist of his age and possessed of an extensive and precise knowledge of Roman law but he was also credited with the authorship of The Laws and Customs of England which became — in the words of Dorothy Stenton — ‘ the Bible of the coming legal generation ’ . |