Sentence examples for not only exercised from inspiring English sources

The debate has not only exercised the city's politicians, however.

"We do absolutely contend they not only exercised bad judgment in not evacuating the nursing home," Mr. Knight said, adding: "It was worse than that.

Throughout the years, Ivins not only exercised her own right to free speech, but also defended that of her political opponents.

In a state where the media were tightly controlled and the opposition ruthlessly discouraged, Tunisia not only exercised a tight monopoly on internet provision but blocked access to most social networking sites – except Facebook.

Specimens of the latter are known to have been taken to China by the missionaries of the late 17th and 18th centuries; they not only exercised direct influence on the Chinese ware but also, in some cases, were copied.

By relieving the pressure of poverty, an enacted social minimum will enable all citizens to participate effectively in the democratic process, thereby ensuring that this process is indeed genuinely democratic.[7] Power is not only exercised within and through the formal political process, however, but within and through a wide range of other social relationships.

His "Zhuan Falun," the group's bible, offered not only exercise routines, but also a moral code and metaphysical speculations.

And these days, students at Sunrise Drive not only exercise but write about the experiences in fitness journals.

In Europe, too, Mr. Monbrial suggested, many still feel that Washington not only exercises power unilaterally, but wields it inconsistently in areas like human rights.

In particular, we are concerned that when the court comes into existence, it will not only exercise authority over personnel of states that have ratified the treaty, but also claim jurisdiction over personnel of states that have not.

I've taken the position to not only exercise what we are singing about, but to see if we could take five years to move this country into a better direction".