Example sentences of "only a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must try to remember , Celia said to herself , that I am only a statistic to Dr Shalcross , possibly a case history she might wish to quote , anonymously , because I do n't happen to run true to form . |
| 2 | This increasing emphasis on ‘ dignity ’ was not only a reference to behaviour within the chapel but to the nature of the Church as a body . |
| 3 | Only a return to US price stability would allow a once-and-for-all rise in the gold price to work , and there was nothing in the act of raising the price of gold which would make that more likely ( indeed , the improved gold backing for the dollar would relax such pressure as there was on the US government to maintain price stability in order to defend the dollar ) . |
| 4 | This is only a bar to registration if the first mark is registered in respect of " the same goods or description of goods " . |
| 5 | But even in the 1860s , the notion that a " mere girl " might learn the trade very quickly and be doing as well as a man in a short time , was not only a threat to employment but a threat to the craftsman 's pride in his skill . |
| 6 | With only a minute to half-time Carol Burns made it four , and just into the second-half Rhoda Campbell added another . |
| 7 | For her the multi-media scheme has been not only a counter to depression but also a means of exercising aspects of her intellect and imagination . |
| 8 | A summer breeding visitor to most of eastern Europe , it is only a vagrant to Britain . |
| 9 | Microsoft Corp 's new Windows NT is not only a challenge to OS/2 — which Microsoft originally developed jointly with IBM Corp but has since abandoned — but also Unix , which is now installed on some 24m workstations . |
| 10 | Windows NT is not only a challenge to OS/2 — which Microsoft originally developed jointly with IBM Corp but has since abandoned — the but also Unix , which is now installed on some 24 million workstations . |