Example sentences of "[adv] only [be] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In education , the liberal optimism of the 1985 Swann Report has not only been punctured by the policies of Conservative governments and by the ideological counter-offensive of the New Right . |
| 2 | Our interpretation is that gas-phase HNO 3 has by that time been sequestered in the condensed phase by heterogeneous reactions on polar stratospheric cloud surfaces , forming nitric acid trihydrate as temperatures fell below 196K in winter It is probable that a substantial fraction of nitric acid has not only been lost from the gas phase , but also removed from the stratosphere by the growth and subsequent sedimentation of aerosol particles . |
| 3 | If the story of Edmund 's connection with Swegen 's death does date from Cnut 's time , it is interesting , and seems to hint at one of the most resented aspects of Danish rule , that Edmund , like Ælfheah , had not only been martyred by the Danes , he had also refused to give them money . |
| 4 | Since the condition often occurs in the secondary-school years , the young person may not only be faced with the trauma of the diagnosis and the confusion of being still able to see clearly in some situations and not at all in others , but there may also have to be a decision to transfer the medium of communication from print to braille , all this taking place in the years leading up to important examinations . |
| 5 | Such previously unimaginable impertinences must not only be done by the book : they must be seen to be too . |
| 6 | For the players of Torpedo Moscow will not only be fighting for the honour of becoming the first side to beat Manchester United in a European tie at Old Trafford . |
| 7 | A pressed flower card can not only be enjoyed with the others but can then be framed and hung as a picture ( see pp. 130–1 ) . |
| 8 | It should be clear that the correctness and the effect of some expressions can not only be judged within the sentence , but must be judged in connection with other sentences in the discourse as well . |
| 9 | I gained confidence in the preparation of trial material which I knew would not only be used by the other members of the group but the necessary improvements were made prior to testing . |
| 10 | The problem drinker in our society can be defined as any person who experiences social , psychological or physical problems as a consequence of his or her own repeated drinking , and services should not only be aimed at the individuals themselves but also at family members who suffer as a result of someone else 's drinking . |
| 11 | Furthermore , the library services are then not only being promoted to the wider community but also genuinely reflecting and recognising that Britain is a multiracial society ’ ( * ) . |
| 12 | According to Sartre , if the dialectic had become blocked , an understanding of its detour could nevertheless only be achieved through the use of a dialectical logic . |
| 13 | The USP of a large piece of complex machinery can possibly only be communicated by the potential customer viewing the machinery working . |
| 14 | They may also only be entered by the user who is currently associated with the DC . |
| 15 | The animals can now only be seen in the dwindling open fields of the new territories . |
| 16 | An increase in the pension , though , may well only be based on the amount you have left . |