The phrase "are faced not only" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to introduce a list of challenges or issues that someone or something encounters, often followed by "but also" to indicate additional challenges.
Example: "Students are faced not only with academic pressures but also with social challenges during their school years."
Alternatives: "confronted with not only" or "encountering not only".
The Democrats are faced not only with the task of trying to be heard over the din of the convention, but also with other obstacles.
In India, social entrepreneurs like Dr. Anantha are faced not only with the herculean task of working with the government, but trying to earn the trust of local communities.
On July 25 of this year, Mrs. Goetz died, at 54. Grief and Terrorism, Intertwined Throughout New York City and the rest of the nation, men and women who suddenly find themselves widowed are faced not only with the daunting task of journeying through life on their own, but also, in cases like Mr. Goetz's, with raising a family alone.
Stefanova: Yes, investors are faced not only with the short-term questions that worry markets.
In this case, we are faced not only with issues of measurability and interpersonal comparability, but also with issues of inter-opinion or inter-dimensional comparability.
Many governments are facing not only slow economic growth but also big deficits and heavy debts.
These days, of course, that's an issue journalists are facing not only in Russia.
There is no question that New York City and New York State are facing not only a serious financial crisis, but an economic crisis as well.
What is big about big data is the notion that, in an unprecedented way, we have access to amounts of data so large that we are facing not only new and seemingly insurmountable problems, but also great, or rather big, new opportunities for a deeper understanding of the phenomena represented by data.
Meanwhile they are facing not only Hotel Tonight but also Blink Booking.
We have the ongoing everyday problems that children are facing not only with regard to sexual and emotional abuse but poverty, lack of opportunity and protection.
