Example sentences of "[adv] only [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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1 | There are many differences between these two bodies , but a detailed comparative study could be useful not only for the two areas involved but also for the southern European countries about to join the EEC . |
2 | We provide a service not only for the six thousand odd people that are on the campus |
3 | There follow accounts not only of the four voyages of Christopher Columbus but of the life of Cortez and conquest of Mexico , followed by specialised essays on the peoples and art of Mexico , Central America , Peru and Amazonia , with particular emphasis on the art of the island of Marajo at the mouth of the Amazon , in which the Barbier-Mueller Museum holdings are particularly rich . |
4 | It is likely to have a very wide readership — made up not only of the 500 or so Open University students following the course each year , but also the many women embarking one of the women 's studies courses now on offer in Britain and Europe . |
5 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
6 | The appellate jurisdiction of the Paris Parlement not only over the three dioceses of Limoges , Càhors and Périgueux , but the whole of the duchy , meant that a constant ducal presence at Paris was necessary . |
7 | It struck me as a trivial , but irritating error ; the dust-pan would have been conspicuous not only from the five ground-floor doorways opening on to the hall , but also from the staircase and the first-floor balconies . |
8 | He had been asked to serve not only by the four remaining directors , but also by the three directors who were unseated at an extraordinary general meeting last week . |
9 | He gave £50 million , which of course made an immense difference to life at the National Gallery , not only in the 1980s but for the future . |
10 | Britain 's traditional supporters fell into line , and Pleven 's blueprint was taken up only by the six states of the ECSC . |