Example sentences of "only [verb] the [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Across the road in Parliament in the late sixties , as Wilson , Castle and Crossman wore themselves out in the cause , as they saw it , of a more modern and socially just Britain , there sat in the Leader of the Opposition 's office a man who not only shared the Jenkins view of workload but was planning exactly what he would do about it if the electorate gave him his chance . |
| 2 | A foolish general might surround his Pump Wagon with friendly units only to see the machine crunch through his own lines in the first turn ! |
| 3 | There is evidence to suggest that the most successful projects are pioneered by ‘ champions ’ , who not only sponsor the project proposal in the first place but manage the implementation phase and often the early stages of fully-fledged operation . |
| 4 | The CNAA 's provisional Committee for Art and Design was willing only to accept the Honours Associateship for a classified honours degree , and the Associateship for an unclassified degree . |
| 5 | This not only disturbed the Junker sense of social stability , but played havoc with their income since it opened up the estates to the market force of unfettered labour : the Junkers were obliged to acknowledge a world that they had been desperately trying to shut out . |
| 6 | It 's obvious that Jenner only used the insulin project to further his own work . ’ |
| 7 | He only used the ground floor as a café , anyway . |
| 8 | I have been ‘ caught out ’ in the past by fitting a radiator blind in winter , only to find the engine overheat in a mild spell or when working the Land Rover very hard . |
| 9 | However , a standard GUI can only translate the command structure into graphical cues and will still be a ‘ function-oriented ’ rather than a ‘ task-oriented ’ system . |
| 10 | The reduction of the horse 's anxiety through movement and calm handling , not only solved the bit problem for that day but also prevented the horse from establishing an undesirable form of behaviour to present on other occasions when it felt anxious . |
| 11 | Edward was not only to regain the Angevin inheritance in France , but also the coast of Picardy , the Counties of Guines and Boulogne , and suzerainty over Brittany . |
| 12 | As the reception board can only show the accommodation position for one day , the conventional and density charts are still necessary for selling accommodation in advance . |
| 13 | Her husband only received the letters patent from the King to act as ferryman just before his death . ’ |
| 14 | Unsurprisingly , viewers in the Serb-held cities in Bosnia are no longer able to receive Sarajevo TV , but can only see the Belgrade version of reality . |
| 15 | A protein rich diet has been shown to augment proteolytic proenzyme synthesis and decrease amylase and lipase synthesis , whereas a carbohydrate rich diet only decreased the synthesis rate of anodic chymotrypsinogen . |
| 16 | However , the detachment can only use the leadership value of its own parent regiment — it can not move to within 8″ of a different regiment and use its leadership value instead . |
| 17 | discount through only paying the property element of the tax . |
| 18 | A lining not only protects the curtain fabric from sunlight but when sewn in as opposed to being detachable , it also improves the hang of the curtains . |
| 19 | Sam and Doone were already in the boatyard by the time I 'd found my way there , neither of them radiating joy , Sam 's multicoloured jacket only emphasising the personality clash with grey plain clothes . |
| 20 | If is not too large , one need only measure the scattering intensity at 90° and two angles symmetrical about 90° , usually 45° and 135° . |
| 21 | It was touching and exciting to be there at the end singing ‘ It 's a lovely day tomorrow ’ with Cilla and Su and Cannon and Wisdom and Norden and Ball , and God could only bless the GB Public for their incredible largess . |
| 22 | Rogers was hard behind him but he undershot and came in shallowly , and only touched the Lewis lever for a second before veering away . |
| 23 | When , in 1976/7 I learned to fly at Liverpool , I initially used the quarter mill extensively ( Cheshire Air Training School actively encouraged its use ) , only buying the half mill for my later cross-countries . |
| 24 | In actual fact , the County Council has only provided the Heyford site to date . |
| 25 | Thenceforward it was to be taken that Parliament had only conferred the decision-making power on the basis that it was to be exercised on the correct legal basis : a misdirection in law in making the decision therefore rendered the decision ultra vires . |
| 26 | This will not only protect the notice face from the weather but also deter the vandal . |
| 27 | But his fingers only felt the lining paper of the drawer . |
| 28 | The greater number of developers are not necessarily confined to any particular geographical area and will , therefore , not only investigate the market potential in the immediate locality of their home base , but Will be equally prepared to operate at a distance . |
| 29 | Bodine not only documents the prescriptivist promotion of he over they , she also quotes extensively from the passages in which grammarians give reasons for their choice . |
| 30 | Such an array would only represent the chess board at one moment of play . |