Sentence examples for was able not only from inspiring English sources

By letting go of the mother I made up as a child, I was able not only to meet a fascinating personality, but also to learn from her.

In this way he was able not only to refute the rival Blomstrand-Jørgensen chain theory but also to demonstrate unequivocally that hexacoordinate cobalt(+3) possesses an octahedral.

With the navy he proceeded to build, Nādir Shāh was able not only to take Bahrain from the Arabs but also to invade and conquer Oman.

The highly opportunistic Divākara was able not only to survive the successive usurpations of monarchies but also to ingratiate himself with each new sovereign.

Without voice-over narration or talking-head interviews, the filmmaker was able not only to capture the present-tense rush and flutter of history but also, simultaneously, to interpret it.

"Anatole, when he left the Village and went to Connecticut, was able not only to pass but even to be a kind of influential presence in that world of rich white Wasps," Miller says.

"We've been able not only to replace the things destroyed by Boko Haram but to try to improve them.

He will be able not only to file civil lawsuits but also to convene grand juries to seek criminal indictments.

Thus, any child properly taught should be able not only to benefit from the added dimension of alternative education but also to pass an appropriate test.

"These guys have got to be able not only to work with you but to shoot you, if necessary," he said.

It means listeners will be able not only to catch classic rock on New York's WAXQ-FM, but also hear Nairobi's Family FM via the Web.