Sentence examples for not only spectacular from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Silverstein saw only the dream, insisting that the opportunity to rent here was "spectacular" — in fact, not only spectacular — but "superb".

The flowers are not only spectacular to see, but they can be cut for a handsome floral decor in the house.

He described it as "not only spectacular, but poignant".

I truly believe that the exhibition Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art, which is currently on show at the British Museum, is not only spectacular, but also very necessary.

Whether they are using the skills of millions of people globally connected through the internet to harvest photos or using their own methods of hacking existing technology to create new interpretations of the medium, the results are not only spectacular, they are both inventive and inspiring.

But it is not only the spectacular height and power of tsunamis that makes them so destructive.

Architectural scholars recall that Mies not only made spectacular use of glass when he built the original architecture school building at IIT.

The new design teams -- which will be asked to include some of the more popular features of the original plans -- are expected to be given greater flexibility, allowing them to accommodate not only a spectacular memorial and significant commercial space but also the residential and cultural components that everyone agrees are essential to a vibrant neighborhood.

The concerto not only unleashes spectacular sounds — screaming organ-and-brass chords at the outset; ritual hammer blows on the timpani, bass drum, and tam-tam — but also possesses an intricate structure, in the form of thirty variations on a passacaglia theme of dour folkish character.

Bryan Shuman Laramie, Wyo., Aug. 29, 2008 • To the Editor: Re "Framing Goals, Obama Takes the Fight to McCain" (front page, Aug. 29): The Democratic National Convention in Denver was not only a spectacular and colorful sea of humanity but also a vast confluence of the American diversity that epitomized the ideals for which America stands.

Take Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great 19th-century British engineer, who designed the bridges, viaducts and tunnels of the Great Western Railway in southwest England and Wales, not only as spectacular structures, but to make passengers feel as if they were "floating across the countryside".