Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [adv] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a few minutes I not only felt but heard the tissue in the sinuses beginning to break up , and by the time he had finished both were completely clear . |
| 2 | All I would say to you is that the very small primary schools I not only have to doubt the financial viability , but I personally sometimes would doubt that the National Curriculum can be delivered to a school where you 've got an age range between five and eleven and you 've only got thirty or forty children , and that is a personal point of view , which I have , erm having seen many of our schools , and I believe that the problems that some of our large urban schools have , with thirty to a class packed in , is also something we should address and give careful thought to when we are resourcing education . |
| 3 | Migrations , mixed marriage , the constant reformation of household and sexual alliances , broken work patterns will mean that class , ethnicity , gender roles and religion which not only divide communities but will also run through individuals . |
| 4 | It is notable that , on the final French campaign of 1449–50 , carefully and confidently organised by the king , and carried out by a much-reformed army , the majority of fortified places did not resist , preferring to open their gates to the side which not only controlled more firepower but claimed with greater vigour to represent legitimate and effective rule . |
| 5 | One type of insulating lining has a coating of aluminium on the reverse side which not only provides protection from heat loss in winter but also prevents excessive heat build-up in a room during summer by deflecting the sun 's rays . |
| 6 | All employees are issued a with a security card which not only allows them into the building but also stores details of their credit facilities . |
| 7 | With this second novel , Amy Tan has again proved herself to be a first class writer , one who can write books which not only have enormous popular appeal , but also teach us something new about the human condition . |
| 8 | Raschid who is here today was President and I attended with my own Table Chairman at that time David who not only encouraged me to attend my first A G M but encouraged me to get involved involved in ri in Round Table right from the very onset . |
| 9 | In the United States it not only triumphed rapidly , but was very soon turned into an ideology of militant capitalism . |
| 10 | Two days after the debate , on 6th August , 1859 , a leader appeared in The Times which not only questioned Scott 's suitability for the appointment , but also the new attitude of the professional architect towards his client . |
| 11 | Other than that it 's good to see a company producing a cheap guitar which not only looks convincingly like a no-nonsense , top-of-the-range instrument , but wo n't let the side down if it actually has to earn its keep . |
| 12 | Education Secretary John Patten gave his seal of approval to the University which not only teaches it 's own staff , but caters for it 's future workforce . |
| 13 | Then on Pentecost Sunday , Pentecost Day , ten days after the Ascension and fifty days after then resurrection , the apostles had an experience which not only changed them but changed the whole history of the world . |
| 14 | Local officials in Essex have reached agreements with three enterprises in the town of Harlow which not only regulate the use of temporary workers but also establish a list of its ( otherwise unemployed ) members who are available for temporary jobs . |
| 15 | • Your complexion deserves make-up which not only improves its appearance but also cares for it throughout the day , so RoC 's foundations are designed to do just that . |
| 16 | Indeed , there are many studies of primitive communities which not only claim that this possibility is realized but depict in detail the life of a society where the only means of social control is that general attitude of the group towards its own standard modes of behaviour in terms of which we have characterized rules of obligation … |
| 17 | Clearly in that situation the city of York is highly constrained , it 's a modern industrial city with a very tight medieval core , a historic core which is is world renowned , but a historic core which actually only covers four percent of the built area of the city itself , when we look at that wider area erm the central historic core together with the eight other conservation areas in the city and conservation areas in the remainder of the urban settlement comes to some thirteen percent of the urban area . |
| 18 | Skiers need sunglasses which not only look good but which actually work . |
| 19 | It is this expectation which gives the work its edge and you will see a side of Peter Pan and the Ferry Girl which perhaps only exists in our darker moments . |
| 20 | The reality was that these otherwise respectable women consented to spend a night in the same room as the supposedly erring husband , but in circumstances which not only discouraged passion but positively precluded it . |
| 21 | The collector of signed letters by modern statesmen faces an additional hazard in the form of a machine which not only reproduces signatures exactly but holds a fountain pen or biro to accomplish them . |
| 22 | By the 1860s in Britain , people of all sorts were becoming increasingly concerned about the ‘ residuum ’ , the body of paupers being supported by the Poor Law who not only persisted but steadily increased . |
| 23 | A distinguishing feature of Company Programmes is the team of client directors who not only have a wide experience in industry but represent the main functions of the business . |
| 24 | Most of her clothes were either tailored for work or casual ; when she was at home she normally only wore jeans and sweaters , she thought , then gave a little laugh at her behaviour . |
| 25 | She guessed he found it intriguing to be able to talk about his consuming interest in the sport with a girl who not only knew what he was talking about , but could actually offer opinions that were interesting . |
| 26 | A local plan , however , is still a fairly new procedure but gathering in momentum although there are still authorities which do not have formal plans and even where there is such a plan they often only cover parts of the authority 's administration area , usually the central area only . |
| 27 | It was a fate he not only accepted but embraced . |
| 28 | He won the championship for a record fifth time and in winning the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring he not only won his 24th , and last , World Championship Grand Prix , but he enjoyed one of the best races of his career . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | To Nietzsche he was a thinker who not only valued the right things , notably art , but also embodied them himself : a philosopher with an artist 's power of words . |