Example sentences of "[be] [adv] only [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cash-and-carry outlets usually deal in groceries , and many are open only to trade customers . |
| 2 | We are not only to include pleasures and pains liable to be produced by an action in estimating its rightness or wrongness , but pleasures and pains liable to be prevented by it . |
| 3 | That it should be worked out fairly is as important for the police as for the protesters since the police in their non-public order role , for example in the normal course of investigating and detecting crime , require the cooperation and help of people similar to those whose freedoms to protest they are not only to control but to control fairly . |
| 4 | l The intent has been not only to describe the activity , but also to surround it with the appropriate drama . |
| 5 | The data we have at the moment suggest that we should reach our targets about 80% of the time , but our aim over the years will be not only to reach the targets in a higher proportion of cases but also to make the targets more difficult . |
| 6 | This will be not only to gain a first impression of the infrared sky but also to check that the satellite is functioning properly . |
| 7 | I 'm here only to collect my car . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll have to forgive me , Chief Inspector , I 've got a one-track mind and I 'm here only to locate the man called Colt , the Englishman who murdered an Agency man in Athens . ’ , |
| 9 | Words or letters for the pupil to read are clearly shown in colour in the Pupil 's Books , while words in black are there only to guide the teacher . |
| 10 | The 12,000 Pakistani troops in Saudi Arabia are there only to defend religious sites , not to take part in an offensive against Iraq , it is claimed . |
| 11 | The army had deployed some 5,000 troops with air and naval support , the objective being not only to clear the area of LTTE bases but also to cut off the Tigers ' lines of communication southwards into Eastern Province . |
| 12 | William 's grandad had a lot of friends , unless they were there only to make sure he was safely laid to rest , where he could n't get up to much more mischief . |
| 13 | We might also usefully recall that to cross is not only to traverse , but to mix ( as in to crossbreed ) and to contradict ( as in to cross someone ) ; also that cross-dressing potentially involves both inversion and displacement of gender binaries . |
| 14 | The job is not only to describe , to say for example ‘ Sixty-four per cent of the land was planted with maize on 30 June ’ , but to make meanings and intentions plain . |
| 15 | So now the pressure on the broker is not only to do more business but to do it in exactly their way . ’ |
| 16 | This is not only to do with the intellectual innovations that led to the idea of the first factual surveys through to the social psychological and , finally , to the explanatory surveys incorporating variable analysis , but also to do with what is indicated about the nature of society and social life . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It seems clear , however , that McGonagle 's aim is not only to create a centre for the traditional masters of modernism , but to display contemporary art which encourages an interaction with the public , connecting the gallery with the community rather than separating art from it . |
| 19 | The role of the regionals is not only to report national and international news if they are a daily , but to reflect what is going on in their area . |
| 20 | The need is not only to retain what is worthwhile of the old , but also to ensure the new is sympathetic . |
| 21 | The intention is not only to record the whereabouts of existing and established collections , but to make available to researchers up-to-date information about less well known groups of records , especially those still in private hands . |
| 22 | But the function of art history today is not only to make such identifications , but also to relate an individual work humanistically to other works of the same school , period and culture , while remaining sensitive to its salient aesthetic qualities . |
| 23 | ‘ My aim is not only to raise money but also to introduce the trust to non-members . |
| 24 | The problem is not only to apply this principle , but also to respect its limits , in relation to the facts of particular cases in the light of the authorities . |
| 25 | If a power of appointment , either in law or in fact , is vested in trade unions , the effect is not only to arrogate to them rights attaching only to ownership , but to establish them in this particular matter as the constitutional equals of Parliament . |
| 26 | The purpose of this book is not only to show how threats to our heritage can be successfully resisted but also to suggest ways of putting forward constructive alternatives . |
| 27 | The main purpose of the play is not only to show the murder of Claudius , but also , and more significantly , to show the character of Hamlet and the problems he has in accepting what he has to do . |
| 28 | The aim is not only to increase sales of these products , but also to encourage customers to buy other goods at the same time . |
| 29 | However , the aim of the week is not only to encourage cheesy grins , but also to ensure people have bright , healthy smiles . |
| 30 | But for Hugh , the challenge is not only to paddle across the North Channel , but also to raise money for Roddensvale Special Care School in Larne . |