Sentence examples for substance not only from inspiring English sources

Shortly after its invention, Nobel realized that guhr, an inert substance, not only contributed nothing to the power of the explosive but actually detracted from it because it absorbed heat that otherwise would have improved the blasting action.

This substance not only has life-saving applications for astronauts, but also future use in consumer products as well.

However, because steroid and anterior chamber irrigation did not respond well, it was necessary to clean up the toxic substance not only from the anterior chamber, but also from the vitreous space.

Nature loses its objective meaning, or in this sense, its own "substance"; not only in the case of outer nature, but also in the case of inner nature, because of the functionalization of our desires and drives.

The proposed aptasensor possessed three attractive advantages: PAMAM, as a tertiary amine substance, not only served as a platform to immobilize the PtNPs for further assembling prolidase (GPDA) and avidin TBA, but also used as a coreactant of Ru to amplify the ECL signal.

In this context Lessing presents a pantheism that characterizes the one and only substance, not only as a source of motion and desire, but also as capable of representing every possibility to itself and approving that possibility that constitutes "the best and most perfect series of things" (Morning Hours, p. 84/Gesammelte Schriften 3/2, p. 115).

And now this beautifully functioning mechanism is in danger of being disrupted as a result of the activities of man himself, for he has brought into being many radically new substances — not only radioactive dust but chemicals for use against insects, rodents, and weeds — and the nature of some of these substances is such that they may strike directly at this very system.

As previously explained, the system removed the radioactive substances not only from the surface, but also from the pores on the surface.

Plant-derived substances not only serve as important carbon and energy sources for rhizosphere bacteria, but also influence bacterial behaviors [ 78, 79].

We show herein that the PC-3 cells change the expression profile of signal substances not only in response to hypoxia, as reported previously [ 17], but also in response to other cells such as the nerve-like SH-SY5Y cells.

Nephrotoxic substances not only cause renal disease directly, but they can also destroy renal reserve capacity, potentially placing those people with additional risk factors, such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and genetic predispositions, at greater risk.