Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv] only [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the effect was not only to strengthen the Reformers ' parliamentary position . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | To condemn the movies was not only to condemn the masses , but to score a few debating points off Americans . |
| 5 | The Minister replied that the duty of information officers was not only to follow commissioners and MPs but also to report on other matters . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His fundamental mistake was not only to buy all his planes , but to buy them only on borrowed money . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |