Example sentences of "[adv] only [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A better solution perhaps is to leave the pad out of the filter altogether only using it when necessary . |
| 2 | By phrasing control in these terms , the courts can preserve the impression that they are thereby only fulfilling the legislative will . |
| 3 | Their sensual lives consisted in picking up half-drunk girls in pubs and spending the night with them , perhaps only seeing them once or twice more , or never again . |
| 4 | We are literally only trying to get the appointments so that we can |
| 5 | When faced with one ‘ old boy type ’ executive' who on meeting her with a view to beginning an assignment declared that there was no place for women in his business , she announced that as he was obviously only looking for someone just like himself , he could do that better than she could . |
| 6 | The trust is liable to £35 tax but gets credit for the £25 deducted at source so only paying the additional £10 to the Revenue . |
| 7 | He attempted to escape by hitting a nine-iron left-handed but succeeded in only moving the ball a couple of inches . |
| 8 | discount through only paying the property element of the tax . |
| 9 | He composed his blends not only according to the flavour of the juice , but also according to what the weather had been like that year — an early or late development , depending on the amount of cold or rain there had been — and according to whether the vines had grown a rich or mediocre foliage . |
| 10 | Choose your type of moisturiser , not only according to your skin type , but also in relation to the climate . |
| 11 | Rousseau was keenly aware that majority decisions , or even unanimous ones , are not necessarily right — right , that is , not only according to the moral criteria of any particular individual but from the point of view of the good of the community itself . |
| 12 | These men were not only violating my peace of mind but all other sorts of peace . |
| 13 | Other new features include international support , not only handling languages , but also country 's financial and accounting vagaries and European value-added tax ( Intrastat ) reporting . |
| 14 | Other new features include international support , not only handling languages , but also country 's financial and accounting vagaries and European value-added tax ( Intrastat ) reporting . |
| 15 | An aesthetically satisfactory answer to the need to insert additional windows to light the new lower-level accommodation was found by not only siting the new openings in the same vertical alignment as the original triparite lights , but also by aiming to reproduce the general appearance of the existing windows . |
| 16 | It 's not only riding skills that count when considering a holiday , but the ability to cope in unfamiliar surroundings . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's not only riding skills that count when considering a holiday , but the ability to cope in unfamiliar surroundings . ’ |
| 18 | This translation will involve not only labelling the subject , but possibly also indicating related subjects , as has been discussed earlier . |
| 19 | ‘ They 're not only fightin' fer better wages . |
| 20 | At midlife many people are not only facing the death of parents but also coping with difficult teenagers . |
| 21 | President Roe Tae Woo is not only facing such demonstrations , but an economy that is under severe pressure . |
| 22 | These figures are typical and it is therefore evident that the service is not only meeting , but exceeding national standards . |
| 23 | But the Indonesian authorities are not only trying to control the rate at which the Timorese breed — they also want to dictate where they live . |
| 24 | This shows that George is not only trying to protect Lennie , he is also trying to teach him to stand on his own feet , and learn things , although he knows Lennie will never really improve . |
| 25 | I said for heaven sake girls , not only trying to cut down on the expensive just because obviously trying to start up on their own . |
| 26 | In no circumstances can you set your net on a field inhabited by any farm animals , for these can panic and run into the standing nets — not only destroying the evening 's sport but also destroying the nets . |
| 27 | ‘ The quarry at Horton in Ribblesdale is not only destroying the landscape but its lorries are turning the neighbouring villages into death traps , ’ he says . |
| 28 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
| 29 | That 's how serious we are and although Mr er has to give his little laugh but I hope that he is just as much serious er particularly now that the political realities are that we will have a way forward , of not only supporting the delivery and management of community education services in that particular area but a clear focus has now been given , hopefully after this amendment er has been carried to the education authority . |
| 30 | Its 1986 report on community care , for example , criticized not only under-funding but the pattern of organizational fragmentation and confusion that began in central departments and worked its way down . |