Sentence examples for not only almost from inspiring English sources

Mr. Kay, in the appeals court hearing, showed his frustration and said his task was not only almost impossible but was also close to unethical.

The puppet action in his movies was not only almost always more interesting than the live action; the puppets were generally better actors than the ones in turbans and swords and sandals.

Certainly it seems likely that the musical values in Cunningham's work surpassed not only almost all those of the music that accompanied his dances but also most of those choreographers who use music more conventionally.

The North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) not only almost tripled American trade with Mexico and nearly doubled its trade with Canada, but also made all three members more competitive internationally.

Another major difference between then and now is that football was not only almost exclusively collegiate, but also dominated by the elite Northeastern universities Yale, Harvard and Princeton — known as the Big Three.

The prequel to any court trial would have involved putting boots on the ground – something Jeremy Corbyn opposes – and risked not only almost certain failure, but failure costly in soldiers' lives.

The files reveal a man not only in almost constant pain, but under nearly constant medication -- from a longstanding series of ailments including irritable bowel syndrome, osteoporosis, Addison's disease and a serious propensity for infection.

The Catalan people are open and receptive to newcomers, including not only tourists (almost 8 million in 2013, up nearly two percent over the previous year), but expats and retirees, too.

A multi-campus study of medical schools in Croatia showed that not only did almost all of the freshmen admit to cheating, but most of them enrolled with cheating experience from high schools [ 14].

She not only lost almost 16 pounds, but she also did most of her strict weight-loss regimen on public television.

Not only is almost every one of the thousands of students milling about the campus Korean, most of them bear the name Kim or Lee or Park.