Example sentences of "[adv] only [vb pp] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clash in underlying values between Britain and the United States on the one hand and the former Soviet Union on the other , is illustrated by the fact that an act of financial speculation — which has not only led to the accumulation of great wealth but has also occasionally received public honour in Britain and the United States — might have earned the perpetrator the death sentence in the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | Restoration here has not only led to the repair of townscape , it has also created jobs for skilled craftsmen ( conservation creates more employment per pound than new build ) , and led to much needed housing for homeless and disadvantaged people . |
| 3 | The name comes from the old Norse word meaning ‘ to gush ’ and was not only given to the township nearby , but got into the English language as a descriptive name for any jet of water . |
| 4 | Whereas it hath been represented to us , upon the oaths of several of our trusty and well-beloved booksellers , that certain journeyman taylors , shoemakers , barbers , Spitaldfields-weavers [ sic ] , and other handicraftsmen , and that certain apprentices , shopmen , &c. have assembled in certain clubs , called Spouting-clubs , and , having there intoxicated themselves with porter and poetry , have presumed to make rhymes , and discharge them on the Public , under the title of ‘ Squires and Honourables , &c. &c. to the great annoyance of said Public , and of us , the said Reviewers ; WE do hereby ordain and decree that … [ everyone ] so offending in future , shall , for every such first offence , be chained to the compter , for a space , not exceeding twelve , nor less than six days ; and … for every such second offence , be not only chained to the compter for the said space of time ( more or less ) but be obliged to wear bob-wigs , and flapped hats without girdle or buckle , for the space of six months . |
| 5 | For this reason it was really only suited to the manufacture of plywood , for which it was immensely successful . |
| 6 | The plaintiffs , that is the Lebanon , Croatia and Hungary , will be anxious to see those parts of Sotheby 's evidence which had been blacked out in the documents made available to them , and then only shown to the court . |
| 7 | William Herbert had held several of his key posts in tail male and they were accordingly only granted to the duke during the minority of the young earl of Pembroke , William Herbert 11 . |
| 8 | William Herbert had held several of his key posts in tail male and they were accordingly only granted to the duke during the minority of the young earl of Pembroke , William Herbert 11 . |