Example sentences of "[adv] only a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said the planned job cuts did not affect RMT members and the pay cuts were effectively only a withdrawal of overtime . |
| 2 | Perhaps only a state of intoxication brought about by suppressants of these centres can really suffice to effect the final dissolution of the superego which , being after all a purely psychological agency , can not literally be soluble in alcohol . |
| 3 | If we are reduced to a handful of Scottish Back Benchers and perhaps only a couple of Opposition Scottish Back Benchers on the Standing Committee , that will be deeply resented . |
| 4 | IF THERE had been unity , it would have been simple enough : in purely rugby terms the All Blacks are unbeatable , by Wales at any rate , so only a surge of hwyl , a tide of emotion , could hope to stop them . |
| 5 | JCT 80 provides that ’ Full discharge by the Contractor in respect of payments for materials or goods supplied by the Nominated Supplier shall be effected within 30 days of the end of the month during which delivery is made less only a discount for cash of 5% if so paid . ’ |
| 6 | To own land was to possess , not only a symbol of status , but also the most prized source of wealth and power . |
| 7 | But even in the 1860s , the notion that a " mere girl " might learn the trade very quickly and be doing as well as a man in a short time , was not only a threat to employment but a threat to the craftsman 's pride in his skill . |
| 8 | Our eyes and minds have felt the need for change , not only a change of view but also the psychological relief and stimulus of thinking of something new . |
| 9 | Such records are not only a stimulus for enthusiasm and an aid to forward planning but have communication value for a team of staff as well as for parents , and help continuity in case of staff change . |
| 10 | It needed not only a revolution in organisation but in technology too . |
| 11 | But it does indicate the extent to which Mary 's cushioned childhood created not only a cocoon of adulation , but a cocoon of immaturity which she seemed remarkably reluctant to pierce . |
| 12 | A positive experience of school was not only a reflection of examination success , but may also have resulted from good relationships with peers or a positive memory of several other aspects of school life . |
| 13 | The extent to which children are thought about while housework is done is not only a reflection on housework 's fragmented quality ; it also signifies the basic difficulties which inhere in the combination of housewife and mother roles . |
| 14 | The coherence is therefore not only a coherence over time but also a consistency or cohesion in action . |
| 15 | The year 1974 saw both Ceauşescu 's ‘ election ’ as President of the Socialist Republic of Romania at a ceremony in which he bestowed on himself not only a sash of office but a sceptre too . |
| 16 | The maintenance of living structure requires not only a flow of energy , but a multitude of controls on that flow . |
| 17 | He will appreciate that there will be not only a sense of relief at Yarrow , but a great sense of pride that the company has been entrusted with that order . |
| 18 | Faced with changes like these , the farm worker experiences not only a sense of alienation from the village , but often a real material deprivation . |
| 19 | Their in fidelity was not only a solvent of family ties in this world ; it also destroyed all prospects of reunion in the next . |
| 20 | Their attempt to cause trouble is not only a sign of division within the party ; it could also pose problems for Solidarity . |
| 21 | This increasing emphasis on ‘ dignity ’ was not only a reference to behaviour within the chapel but to the nature of the Church as a body . |
| 22 | Not only a question about art . |
| 23 | Perhaps we could all agree that it is not only a question of money . |
| 24 | Of course , there are relatively as well as absolutely very many more poor people in the Third World than in the First World but this is not only a question of geography but also of transnational class location . |
| 25 | Privatisation , then , is not only a question of secularisation . |
| 26 | Chess is not only a part of home life . |
| 27 | But he felt not only a sort of guilt , but a special remorseful intimate pain , to think that he had failed Franca when she appealed to him . |
| 28 | For her the multi-media scheme has been not only a counter to depression but also a means of exercising aspects of her intellect and imagination . |
| 29 | The opening of Sonnet 148 again criticizes his own powers of sight and discrimination : It is not only a failure in perception : as we have seen in 152 , the eyes were merely agents or instruments of the will or judgement , from which self-deception flowed , forcing the organs of perception to see what they are told to see ( as in the political conformity enforced in George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four ) . |
| 30 | On the level of ideology the Conservative Government has attempted to tackle not only a crisis of legitimation but also of motivation . |