Example sentences of "[vb pp] only [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This division is intended only to simplify the analysis and should not be taken to imply that the aggregate level of unemployment in a country can readily be divided into completely separate and distinguishable categories . |
| 2 | Their use ( down to say , D ) is recommended only to complete the contour of a phrase which would otherwise lose its shape . |
| 3 | The commander explained to the Dictator that the ship had come only to ensure the safety of British subjects and not to interfere in the situation in Madeira . |
| 4 | Nursery schools , however , were generally supported because they were designed only to promote the health and education of children ; their limited opening hours did not permit mothers to work . |
| 5 | Additionally the workload in any patient area is distributed unevenly throughout the day and in any case the patient 's day should not be designed only to suit the availability of the staff . |
| 6 | The only way in now was through the computer palm-recognition slab , and that was programmed only to reverse the lock-down upon the authority of executive-level Holderness-Manolo personnel . |
| 7 | This was made explicit in his letter through a particularly unpleasant charge , that a top appointment at Stewart 's Melville was made only to protect the school from the impending action by himself . |
| 8 | Washington had previously stated that the 12,000 American troops in Panama would be used only to defend the Canal and themselves . |
| 9 | Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne hopes Trax will not , however , be used only to ease the lot of weary car , rail and subway passengers . |
| 10 | During the last war these bells were silent on government orders to be used only to warn the village of a German invasion . |
| 11 | Middle class observers often complained that the parlour remained a showpiece in the respectable working class home , used only to house the piano and the aspidistra . |
| 12 | The Israelis came like the Syrians , with expressions of innocence and with promises that they had arrived only to restore the sovereignty of Lebanon . |
| 13 | It became increasingly clear in the next two years that the change in leaders and policy had served only to weaken the Party still further . |
| 14 | Over the last ten years the gap between benefits and wages has widened and the new social security system has served only to heighten the disparity . |
| 15 | Verbal exchanges in the days leading up to the opening ceremony had served only to heighten the interest in the event . |
| 16 | Two meetings with Philip during the spring resulted in the truce being prolonged until midsummer but otherwise served only to widen the gap between the two sides . |
| 17 | For the same reason the population estimates given in the species accounts are meant only to indicate the order of size . |
| 18 | By the time of Jesus , those Jews who lived a good distance from Jerusalem were required only to make the pilgrimage at Passover . |