Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] only [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The offering of gifts by the tribal chiefs and kings on behalf of their people was not only to demonstrate their obligation to the gods , but also to show the gods what the tribe needed from them ; usually greater wealth and greater victories over their enemies . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His father 's response was not only to stop sending him money but also to bar him from returning to Zimbala until he renounced his Socialist beliefs . |
| 5 | But what Miss Blagden had sought her out for was not only to ask after her welfare or bring news from Lucca but to offer her two lady-boarders for three months . |
| 6 | In 1698 Celia Fiennes records in her ‘ Journeys ’ that she visited Windermere , but the object of the visit was not only to view the scenery but to taste the Windermere char , a fish already so famous that , for instance , James Graham of Levens Hall used to order his steward to send down potted char to London , where he presented some to Queen Anne . |
| 7 | The orphanage 's overriding function was not only to care for the destitute but also to protect society from dangerous children as there was a fear that roaming , unsupervised youngsters posed a threat to social order . |
| 8 | His fundamental mistake was not only to buy all his planes , but to buy them only on borrowed money . |
| 9 | His purpose was not only to prevent his own partisans from uniting to oust him , but also to use the fact that there were differences between them to strengthen his own position . |
| 10 | To condemn the movies was not only to condemn the masses , but to score a few debating points off Americans . |
| 11 | The Commission 's brief was not only to address the problems of mentally disordered people but also to make recommendations on community care for elderly people and everyone with long-term physical or mental disabilities . |
| 12 | And the effect was not only to strengthen the Reformers ' parliamentary position . |
| 13 | The Minister replied that the duty of information officers was not only to follow commissioners and MPs but also to report on other matters . |
| 14 | The concert 's aim , Ms Maggs says , was not only to raise desperately needed funds for the CABA , but also to raise Institute members ' awareness of the CABA 's funding problems . |
| 15 | The grand plan was not only to achieve this stage of evolution in the shortest possible time , but also to eliminate Marxism , the opposing principle or force relative to this philosophy . |
| 16 | The purpose of these laws was not only to provide guidance for the day-to-day running of the Israelite community , but to teach how a holy God was to be worshipped by a holy people . |
| 17 | It was not only to meet the argument of demographic decline if the trade stopped but to avoid the embarrassingly radical charge that they wanted rapid emancipation that antislavery reformers argued the consequence of abolition would be virtually automatic improvement in the conditions of slaves . |
| 18 | If anyone spoke , it was usually only to voice condemnation of British Rail for the time it took to get served . |
| 19 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 20 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 21 | CATHERINE If I did , it was probably only to keep you in order . |
| 22 | It was n't only to toil in the cotton fields that negros were stolen from Africa . |
| 23 | As he had lived alone before his stroke , he had to hire 24-hour nursing help , and a nurse accompanied him whenever he went out , which was initially only to attend for rehabilitation care . |
| 24 | A tiny voice of reason in her mind kept trying to convince her he was there only to bring her some new information about the court case , but her ridiculous heart refused to listen , all but taking wings within her as she sang . |