Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv] only [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The role of the occupational health department is not only to provide a service to those who are unwell but to assist the employer to gain the maximum benefit from the labour force by maintaining and promoting health among staff , thus reducing absence . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And the effect was not only to strengthen the Reformers ' parliamentary position . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The aim is not only to increase sales of these products , but also to encourage customers to buy other goods at the same time . |
| 9 | ‘ My aim is not only to raise money but also to introduce the trust to non-members . |
| 10 | The need is not only to retain what is worthwhile of the old , but also to ensure the new is sympathetic . |
| 11 | There are many foods that are commonly not well tolerated , and the basic structure of the diet is not only to remove the calorie-rich foods that cause obesity , but also those foods that are commonly not tolerated . |
| 12 | However , the aim of the week is not only to encourage cheesy grins , but also to ensure people have bright , healthy smiles . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The secret is then only to stew the squid for another five minutes or so , to remove the squid and leave the rest of the ingredients to simmer and reduce until a thick black sauce is produced . |
| 16 | What is crucial for the Government is not only to help provide jobs but to be seen to want to be doing that . |
| 17 | His fundamental mistake was not only to buy all his planes , but to buy them only on borrowed money . |
| 18 | It must never be lost sight of that the objective of an R&D project is not only to meet the target performance specification but , equally importantly , to produce and prove a design that can be manufactured efficiently and exploited profitably . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | So now the pressure on the broker is not only to do more business but to do it in exactly their way . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Legal issues , like other technical problems , can only be properly understood within their broader social context , and this is especially so when our purpose is not only to understand the world , but to change it . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The counselling task is not only to understand what each individual is saying , but also to spot the differences , the possible areas of friction and incompatibility that exist within the family , and then to interpret and explain these to the family group . |
| 30 | 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 . |