Sentence examples for not only declined from inspiring English sources

In the years since 1968, the club's fortunes had not only declined but, worse, those of its greatest rival, Liverpool FC, had risen.

He not only declined, but his campaign staff challenged the signatures on Ms. Palmer's campaign petitions and kept her off the ballot.

Officials in Washington not only declined to appoint Mr. Gorence as United States attorney but also, without any public explanation, brought in a new prosecutor.

In early November, when Swift's new album, "1989," was released, her label, Big Machine Records, not only declined to make the album available on Spotify but also removed her entire catalogue from the service.

The beauty part is that Unigo has not only declined to enlist the colleges' help with this "national grass-roots movement," as Goldman likes to refer to it, but the company has also kept it a secret from them.

But Snow has not only declined to say which way the Islanders are leaning, but he also told reporters last week that he would review all the top-ranked players before settling on the one he would draft.

A government study in 2004 found that the prevalence of gambling was not only declining but also lower than in many other countries.

Some, like Mr. Kim, have complied, not only declining to accept cash gifts but also keeping their guest lists -- which can swell into the thousands -- relatively short.

Like most newspaper companies in the United States, the Tribune Company has to confront not only declining circulation and disappointing advertising sales but a belief on Wall Street that newspapers are a poor investment.

The designer Martin Margiela not only declines to show himself on the runway (actually, a Left Bank cafe this season) but has been known to issue a manifesto explaining the deeply felt principles behind his refusal to become a tool of the diabolical, personality driven fashion machine.

Indeed, the party would not only decline to invest more money in the Missouri Senate race, one official said, but also might request that several hundred thousand dollars it had given to the state party to assist Mr. Carnahan be used to help Senate candidates in other states.