The phrase "alarm not only" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks context.
It can be used in a structure that introduces a comparison or contrast, typically followed by "but also."
Example: "The alarm not only sounded loudly, but also triggered the emergency lights."
Alternatives: "alarm not just" or "alarm not solely".
These Supreme Court failures should alarm not only schoolchildren and their parents, but also the entire nation — including, I hope, Judge Kavanaugh.
Apparently, being startled out of deep sleep by an alarm not only increases levels of cortisol, a hormone released in response to stress, but also puts your hormones out of whack, resulting in low moods and inertia.
I can also set an alarm not only for, say, 8 30 a.m., but for a specific time on any day within a calendar year, although I have always thought this feature to be a bit of overkill.
Afghan and American officials expressed alarm not only at Kabul Bank's financial condition but also at the prospect of a collapse of confidence in Afghanistan's fragile financial system, which was built from scratch after the ouster of the Taliban in 2001.
This time, experts say, there is unlikely to be that kind of alarm, not only because Mr. Manuel is remaining in so prominent a role but also because he is being replaced by Pravin Gordhan, who has reaped praise from economists for increasing revenues as head of the tax authority.
Another senior official, an archbishop in an important Vatican ministry, said: "These comments alarm not only tradition-minded priests but even liberal priests who have complained to me that people are challenging them on issues that are very straight-forward, saying 'the pope would let me do this' why don't you?'".
Answers all alarms not only from shores in this territory but also from one block inland.
This new situation quickly alarmed not only the Stationers' Company, which saw its privileges vanishing, but also Parliament, which proved to be as reactionary as the royalists.
President Bush's open contempt for the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty has alarmed not only Russia, the other signatory to the accord, but NATO allies as well.
The exclusion of the tech sector has alarmed not only Silicon Valley executives, but also conservatives like Utah Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz, a Tea Party favorite.
With its vote, the European Parliament is raising alarms not only about provocative images, but also about some that consumers might consider benign.
