Example sentences of "only [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 2 | Here at the scene of the crime he only made a preliminary examination . |
| 3 | Frances not only developed a love for foreign food but an obsession for flying : |
| 4 | ‘ They 've not only developed a great understanding on the pitch . |
| 5 | Reflecting the connection between good teaching and its management and good learning , institutional statements about the principles of in-service work include , as an example , " The ultimate aim of all in-service education for teachers is the improvement of pupil/student learning through the development of teachers as reflective , autonomous professionals who have not only developed a range of skills but also a broad knowledge of understanding of subject content and of the conceptual framework of teaching and learning . " |
| 6 | The forms of written languages undergo constant evolution — as an example , we need only compare a piece of medieval script with a modern printed newspaper . |
| 7 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 8 | In this , the estimation not only involves a cross-area element , it also embraces a considerable areal disaggregation , from an average ward size of 7.7 km² ; ( range 0.74–38.7 km² ; ) down to the individual kilometre square . |
| 9 | The experiments just mentioned not only introduce a much-needed control procedure but they also extend the generality of the effect . |
| 10 | This will , of course , only introduce a new level of complexity . |
| 11 | The tunic only lacked a head and the tops of the shoulders . |
| 12 | Notice they are not only given a reason for observing , which , of course , gives their spectator role a frame through which to watch , but there is also a hint of some responsibility they might have to carry — a necessary engagement is then ensured . |
| 13 | I 've only given a hint of what you 'll get as a Hilton Club member . |
| 14 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
| 15 | Although his jarred shoulder is improving , and he has been named in the side for Saturday , he is still only given a 50–50 chance of playing . |
| 16 | New technology and more international competition will eventually create more jobs than they destroy , as they have for the past two centuries , if they are only given a chance to work . |
| 17 | The British complained when they were only given a quarter of new EC fishing quotas despite providing sixty per cent of the fishing grounds . |
| 18 | Blacker Miller , still then Foreign Minister [ see above ] , was invited to address the meeting formally ( whereas San Román was only given a private hearing ) , and described the outcome as " adequate " . |
| 19 | Closed questions are sometimes perceived to be those which can only elicit a " Yes " or " No " response . |
| 20 | 2 Novella was n't only drawing a veil over her beauty , but over her femaleness , synonymous — in the descendance of Eve — with seductiveness ; and , even more fatally , with folly . |
| 21 | Once bitten twice shy , and a man only tackles a hell-cat once in his life . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm only suggesting a possibility . |
| 23 | We 're only suggesting a start on this project but the attitude of mind , our mind , in taking that particular step is important . |
| 24 | The carbon dioxide produced by respiration of living creatures and used by plants during the day usually only produces a relatively-small daily cycle of pH change , which is further buffered if any hardness is in the water . |
| 25 | This not only produces a balanced form to the plant , carrying and showing the blooms to advantage , but reduces hindrance to air movement to a minimum . |
| 26 | Now clearly it makes no sense you might be up to producing the Toyota Corollas in a three hundred acre plant , erm , near Derby right but we ca n't employ the same techniques in production er when we 're making agricultural why not well essentially we 're using land , we 're using land intensively alright and there comes a point when , erm you reach dis-economies of scale and start er accruing dis-economies of scale in agricultural production and that scale of plant is very , very small but after about well it depends what type of production er what type of product you 're making but , you know , there are n't many farms over five thousand hectares , now five thousand hectares is a huge farm , it 's massive alright but it still only produces a fraction of , say U K output cos there 's several million hectares of erm but the reason why you do n't see these very large farms is that you just do n't reap the economies of scale alright , because essentially we need land erm and you 're farm gets so big that it would take you half the day to drive your combine harvester over to the , the other side of th your farm just to erm , to harvest the , the wheat right . |
| 27 | The arrival of computer graphics will not only facilitate a wider access to geometry but will be , in an important sense , integral to doing geometry . |
| 28 | One man 's father told coastguards that normally the group only travelled a few miles along the coast on the speedboat trips . |
| 29 | Simon suggests , ‘ only using a cheque book for household bills and so on . |
| 30 | Most d-i-yers will probably be less demanding , often only using a heat gun when they have just moved home , or to redecorate a room . |