Example sentences of "[adv] only [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rubrics in the 1662 Order for the Burial of the Dead only make mention of the ‘ corpse ’ or ‘ body ’ : ‘ The Priest and Clerks , meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church-yard … . ’ ; |
| 2 | He was probably only at the mill for a brief period , and perhaps only occupied part of it . |
| 3 | So only seek assistance if it seems cost effective to do so . |
| 4 | Overall , the objective is not only to give prominence to the life and work of a highly original and much underrated communist intellectual and novelist , but also to scrutinise the example of Nizan as a guiding principle for action in the present . |
| 5 | It is important not only to give time but to be genuinely interested in your teenagers and in what interests them . |
| 6 | The sonic pulse systems emitted by toothed whales are directional and most species seem to use them not only to detect food but also to make fine distinctions on the basis of the echoes . |
| 7 | It makes you aware of how much power there exists within yourself , not only to resist oppression , but also to oppress others . |
| 8 | Biological filtration systems not only control ammonia and nitrite levels , they also promote the degradation of organic matter and reduce the accumulation of mulm in aquaria . |
| 9 | Underground nuclear tests not only cause displacement in the earth , they also cause landslides , earthquakes , floods , typhoons , hurricanes and tidal waves , according to Ikram Karimov , deputy director of the Azerbaijani Institute of Geology . |
| 10 | Given the evidence that punishment which immediately precedes a forbidden act ( rarely possible for busy parents ) maximizes resistance to temptation and minimizes guilt , you might try not only to sanction misbehaviour promptly but ( where possible ) forestall your child 's action just as it gets under way . |
| 11 | This environment not only encourages incompetence but also facilitates fraud . |
| 12 | Now , for the first time , I was surrounded by people who not only had cancer , but unlike those in hospital , knew that they had it . |
| 13 | By the 1930s not only had admission to a profession become the goal of every middle-class family in the land , but they had come to seem bulwarks of society . |
| 14 | Not only had Yolland been deceived about the BCR 's intentions at Stretford Bridge ; he had also failed to realise that the need to reverse trains at Lydham Heath made tender first running on some part of the line inevitable , whether or not there was a turntable at the lower end of the railway . |
| 15 | Not only had Margrida assumed that Simon was her boyfriend , but Celeste had clearly thought the same yesterday — and just now a hearty , middle-aged Dalgety executive had stopped her to say how fortunate their new driver was to have such a pretty and successful young lady as his amor . |
| 16 | Not only had travel been impossible , it felt like ages since she had seen any beautiful clothes or touched any rich materials . |
| 17 | Not only had Lothar consolidated his position west of the Meuse ; he had heavily defeated Louis the German 's forces in the Rhineland and driven Louis back to Bavaria . |
| 18 | Not only had dialogue with the French communist party on this highly sensitive issue rapidly degenerated into counter-productive name calling , but also Sartre himself had been gradually moving progressively closer during the late 1940s and early 1950s to the politics of the PCF . |
| 19 | In the late nineteenth century , the pastime of rambling through open countryside had been restricted to those who not only had time at their disposal but also the financial capability to travel into rural areas . |
| 20 | Bell , the Company 's Managing Director , explained why it was in the interests of the Company 's policyholders that levels of reversionary bonuses not only had regard to the investment outlook but also preserved the Company 's ability to invest freely so that its total performance would not be adversely affected . |
| 21 | At all ages , dog-whelks feed on discrete , easily identifiable , macroscopic sedentary prey ( upon which they remain for many hours or days ) which not only renders predator/prey investigations in the field possible but also facilitates the maintenance of these animals in aquaria . |
| 22 | Second , this lack of focus not only renders policy less effective , but crucially the absence of clearly stated rules and guidelines introduces great uncertainty for firms . |
| 23 | When someone asks a government for bloodwealth , they not only threaten bloodshed if it is not forthcoming , but do so in an idiom which denies the government 's claim to superiority , puts it on an equal footing , treats it as just another tribe . |
| 24 | Essentially what all are saying is that a right to consent to medical treatment , whether required under the common law ( see Gillick 's case ) or under statute ( section 8 ) , must and does carry with it a right not only to refuse consent to treatment , but to refuse the treatment itself . |
| 25 | By 1914 Japan had not only achieved revision of the unequal treaties , but also alliance with Britain and the beginnings of an empire . |
| 26 | Robert Naish was surely surprised at the apparent ease with which he not only achieved support but in so doing effectively acquired the Committee 's crucial agreement to buy out the bondholders ! |
| 27 | The sapiential authority to advise , instruct and direct ; the moral authority that makes its acceptance not just useful but obligatory ; and its charismatic authority that allows the professional to appeal to some supreme interest of his client that not only outranks conscience but sometimes even the raison d'état ( 1977 , pp.17–18 , emphasis added ; see also 1975 ) . |
| 28 | The second Adam came , however , not only to save humankind , but to take us on to the destiny that should have been ours in the first place . |
| 29 | This rationalism ( I use the word here in a much wider sense than suggested by ‘ rationalism ’ as opposed to ‘ empiricism ’ ) attempts not only to use reason as a tool but to go further and make reason guarantee itself . |
| 30 | How many Welsh coaches , for example , see their role as not only achieving success for their clubs but also furnishing players of quality for the new multiplicity of Welsh squads ? |