Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] only [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus ethnographic interviewing describes an open ended unstructured approach designed to encourage informants not only to describe individual infant care practices but also to locate them within a broader ideology . |
| 2 | It was therefore thought necessary to take steps not only to secure the defence of the Iberian Peninsula , but also to give it the ability to assume an offensive role if necessary . |
| 3 | ‘ We are aware there is a degree of anxiety among the public and so we have taken steps not only to contact those people concerned but to set up a helpline so any member of the public can ring in and have private counselling . ’ |
| 4 | We have to then work in the future not only to develop South Africa but to develop the region Angola , Mozambique , all the other countries . |
| 5 | The suckers on each toe pad enabled these little animals not only to climb vertically but well beyond , nearly but not entirely , upside down . |
| 6 | This fat book is a worthy attempt not only to educate the electorate but to inform candidates of all parties and of none ; they is even some entertainment offered in the shape of ‘ essays ’ by Guardian scribblers such as Hugo Young , Andrew Rawnsley and David McKie . |
| 7 | A feature of the morphoclimatic zones recognized by the French school ( Tricart , 1957 ) was the attempt not only to relate such morphoclimatic zones to climates and to processes but also to soils and to vegetation . |
| 8 | ‘ Cells need signals not only to proliferate but also to survive . ’ |
| 9 | Can an exhaust brake be fitted to my 1989 Range Rover Vogue V8 auto as , on long declines it will gain enough momentum not only to rip the skin off a rice pudding , but take the table and chairs with it . |
| 10 | I am sure this would help many fishkeepers not only to provide the right amounts for their fish but also to use the correct food types/varieties of which there must be several dozens on the market . |
| 11 | In order to simplify access to the data , a set of computer programs enables prospective users of the data not only to obtain data , but to tailor their excerpts from the database precisely to their own requirements . |
| 12 | Tap the Left direction key once only to highlight the use as default : Yes ( No ) prompt |
| 13 | You will find that this can not be pulled out in error ( who has not picked a bit of wool out only to find that it was the marker ! ) and it can either be pulled up tight later as a permanent marker or pulled out and used again . |
| 14 | It emerged early on that each side was determined to deny the other the means of generating enough income not only to prosecute the war but also to govern the country . |
| 15 | The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it . |
| 16 | Parties adopt or disavow policies not only to win forthcoming elections but also as a response to past electoral outcomes . |
| 17 | The mind of the human observer is endowed with creative imagination ; this allows the scientist not only to make discoveries about the laws of nature but to tamper with them and exploit them to his own advantage . |
| 18 | Israel 's immediate reappointment of the mayors and municipal structure was a deliberate measure not only to ensure normality but also to thwart the emergence of any all-West Bank leadership . |
| 19 | There is , for most of the century , no simple suggestion of a dominant class resisting a popular culture and attempting to supplant it with a preferred alternative , but rather a willingness not only to tolerate it but to accept a functional involvement . |
| 20 | We have a responsibility not only to provide businesses with access to information , but also with structures that enable them to talk to each other and to trade with the residential community ; and , |
| 21 | For example , a child who steals and breaks another youngster 's penknife is required to save up enough money not only to replace the knife , but also to buy a small gift betokening regret . |
| 22 | That is why today , some years on , at a Lloyd club near you , there is the opportunity not only to play tennis ( naturally ) squash , and racket ball , but also to benefit from the wider aspects of health and fitness via the clubs fitness facilities and aerobics classes . |
| 23 | The guild provided working-class women with an opportunity not only to escape domestic confines and meet informally in local branches , but to engage with social and political issues far removed from traditional religious and philanthropic pursuits . |
| 24 | For the union , it was an opportunity not only to protect its long-held privileges — such as consultation over pit closures and the cutting of coal on five days a week only — but also to demonstrate the power of extra-parliamentary opposition to the ‘ elected dictatorship ’ in Whitehall . |
| 25 | I agree with David Marquand ( MT May ) that the Labour Party has an ideal opportunity not only to attack the Tory government record but also develop an exciting alternative strategy . |
| 26 | He obliged Oswiu not only to give his son , Ecgfrith , aged 10 , as a hostage — Penda sending the boy into the keeping of his queen , Cynewise , in Mercia ( HE III , 24 ) — but also to part with great treasure to Penda and his allies ( HB ch. 65 ) . |
| 27 | We could learn from the American experience of using the National Guard not only to help with civil disasters but also with drug enforcement , which are both areas in which we can not have too much help , provided that it is properly directed and properly trained . |
| 28 | This involves reference not only to average wealth and the structure of employment , but also to the social distribution of wealth and its spending . |
| 29 | This change arose from a realization that war provided opportunities for the nobles not only to increase their honour and their prestige but also to enrich themselves . |
| 30 | This enabled companies not only to cut costs but also by-pass awkward labour-protection laws introduced during the time of the left-wing military dictatorship . |