Example sentences of "[be] [adv] only [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , overt researchers are not only expected to ask questions that could seem impertinent coming from anyone else , but they might also find themselves sought out and given confidences that the believers want to share with a ‘ stranger ’ who has some understanding of their beliefs , but is not actually part of the official organisation . |
| 2 | Large retail chains are usually only prepared to locate stores in areas of high population density , in order to gain the economies of scale that large local markets can stimulate . |
| 3 | It was constantly stressed that we are now only qualified to dive in the conditions in which we learnt , that we should always go out with people of greater experience , and that with recreational diving ( which PADI stress this diving is ) , you never go deeper than 30 metres unless you have a specific reason , i.e. a wreck . |
| 4 | Leaders must use sound judgment and , if necessary , part from those who were inclined to involve them in disputes that were not only calculated to bring defeat but to weaken and endanger the position held at the present time " . |
| 5 | In each school the library committee provided a forum in which a wide range of subject teachers were not only permitted to involve themselves , but to some extent obliged to participate in formulating specific curriculum/library plans . |
| 6 | Now at about the time that that letter was written on the twenty second of October er Mr had the meeting at the National Westminster Bank that had been arranged between himself and a Mrs and it is clear from er this meeting that the bank would no longer er , given that the Frinton property was not to be offered as security , prepared to offer the sum , the substantial sums that they had originally agreed to do and they were now only prepared to offer very much smaller sums and the plaintiff 's case is that the only way that they were going to be able to proceed to complete on this matter was er by selling their homes , their family home at and it is the plaintiff 's case , certainly in relation to er the losses that they have sustained as a result of the breach of contract , alleged in this case , that er if they had not been forced to go ahead to complete on this deal they would not have been required to sell their family home . |
| 7 | But if " and " is replaced by " or " , the seller is apparently only entitled to exercise one of the rights . |
| 8 | This issue is not only related to access into buildings . |
| 9 | A true mystical experience is not only intended to make the adept less egotistic but it should also make him more alert and help him to function better . |
| 10 | ( The Bank of England is normally only prepared to buy commercial bills if they have been accepted , i.e. insured against default ( ‘ underwritten ’ ) by an acceptance house or other recognized bank . |
| 11 | But that that contradicted today , when he 's not only threatened to intervene against the Republics that have been attacking their minorities but erm , since he 's become Russian president he 's constantly threatened and the area of and you know denied it sort of national . |
| 12 | This type of facility is usually only offered to travel agents or companies who deal regularly with the hotel , and can be relied upon to guarantee their commitment . |
| 13 | A place-kick is now only taken to start the game , or to start the game after half-time . |
| 14 | The light source is then only required to flash on ( for a 1 ) or remain off ( for a 0 ) and does not need to follow every smooth change in the analogue pattern of the information . |
| 15 | This was not only designed to withstand the heat without soaking up liquid vinyl like blotting-paper , but it was supplied with a distinctive pattern on the back to indicate the direction of the paper grain . |
| 16 | The Marriage Guidance Council , in its infancy in England as the Fifties began , expanded its clientele by 30 per cent to about 18,000 people , and it was then only prepared to counsel those whose sexual relations took place within marriage . |