Example sentences of "only [verb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Italian government , concerned that the better things should remain in Italy , were delighted to hear that many of them only made the journey by canal from the Cannareggio to the piano nobile of the Palazzo Malpiero . |
| 2 | All of these choices , it was felt , not only avoided the sense of incompleteness generated by ( b ) , but also rounded the story off more neatly with a short descriptive statement devoid of any actional content . |
| 3 | In other words , the cereal-packet image not only neglects the diversity of family forms at any one time , it also obscures the changes that all families go through . |
| 4 | Methods of deforestation and subsequent management practices not only influence the potential for forest regeneration but also influence the impact of deforestation on runoff and soil erosion . |
| 5 | Yet Louth-born Wilkinson was a midfield player as a schoolboy and only became a forward by accident . |
| 6 | If Gran wakes , she 'll only want a glass of water . ’ |
| 7 | This type of clause usually only grants the right of suspension , as opposed to termination , where the seller can not deliver because of force majeure . |
| 8 | She only admitted the offence as part of plea bargining and just because you plead guilty it does n't mean you did it . |
| 9 | ‘ If you only got an apple for Christmas during the depression ’ , said Mr Perot , ‘ you understood your parents loved you . |
| 10 | Two days later the Communists saw the new grouping as an " essentially disruptive organisation which can only hinder the development of unity between existing political parties and organisations against the Chamberlain Government " . |
| 11 | You are only encouraging the trade in animal exploitation , some of which are endangered and many vulnerable |
| 12 | A prosecution for altering the parish assessments failed , and the vestry not only passed a vote of confidence in Merceron but paid his expenses out of parish funds . |
| 13 | the outcome of these disputes will not only affect the standard of living of the parties and their children , but will help to determine such matters as future accommodation , need to rely on state benefits , scope for obtaining employment , and even the prospects of re-marriage . |
| 14 | But because such men were materialists and therefore underestimated the power of spiritual and moral values ( despite the Soviet invention of the doctrine of ‘ dialectical materialism ’ ) , they failed to see that they were only perpetuating the problem of modernity in another form . |
| 15 | When she learned who Humphrey was , she only visited the cottage in daylight . |
| 16 | This action was very strange because Andries not only attracted a lot of attention to himself by the manner of his purchase but also the dinghy had a serial number on it which made it instantly traceable . |
| 17 | Information books at home not only supply a resource for school topic work , they also help your child develop good study skills . |
| 18 | The realisation that those tasks usually only tap a subset of language behaviour , has come only very slowly . |
| 19 | He rejected the argument that keeping the facility for steers in Barnard Castle would be costly , saying it only involved a bit of paperwork by one of the officials at the mart . |
| 20 | ) . Once inside the store , the retailer hopes , the customer will not only buy the product on offer , but also many other items , which are sold at a much higher profit . |
| 21 | In the popular tongue it was used only to indicate a point in time . |
| 22 | For the same reason the population estimates given in the species accounts are meant only to indicate the order of size . |
| 23 | ‘ After all , I only want a bit of peace and quiet and I think I am entitled to that ! ’ |
| 24 | Bad news if you only want the end of paragraph markers and not the space dots . |
| 25 | In fact Sir Christopher only used the plan for guidance and much of the one thousand acres of trees that he planted was the result of his own great vision . |
| 26 | The boy had been told unequivocally not to let her off the lead — the riding-school only used the land by grace of its owner and it was a shooting estate — but he hated keeping the dog straining at the lead and knew that she would always come to his call . |
| 27 | Enoch Powell sat hunched and brooding , breaking his silence only to pass the time of day with John Biffen . |
| 28 | The Christian faith is a view of history ; a process which not only has a beginning in creation but an end signalled by the personal return of Jesus Christ and the establishment of ‘ a new heavens and a new earth ’ . |
| 29 | Prior to that it only has a potential for value . |
| 30 | But as President Bush puts more goods on the counter for us with his TV spiel about ’ … our culture , our sense of history … rolling green fields , sandy white beaches , red-hot jazz , ’ is he selling caviare to a market that only has an appetite for candy floss ? |