Example sentences of "only [noun] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wester Ross Wilderness proposal , it appears , only objects to the centredness of certain kinds of humans ( mountain bikers , Monro-baggers , etc ) and it urges the CCS to recognise the crucial role of the local landowners as ‘ good stewards ’ of this region . |
| 2 | It was only thanks to the scene made by Gilly that his admission about their visit to Puddephat 's rooms had gone unnoticed . |
| 3 | This interpretation makes it quite clear that the disposition in the will has failed , and that it is only thanks to the trust clause that the nurses do obtain this additional income . |
| 4 | Many of the papers carried photographs of Dobson and Creed side by side , Dobson 's arm around Creed 's shoulder , as if Creed was not only heir to the business , but also a son . |
| 5 | Only drawback to the scene is that it is obvious the Allisons are throttled back to keep pace with the T–6s and the helicopter cameraship . |
| 6 | The lessee was protected , not by a real action , but by a personal action against his lessor , in which he could recover , not the land itself , but only damages to the breach of his landlord 's contract to allow him the use of the land . |
| 7 | In February 1990 the United States announced that it was giving only $1,000,000 to the government 's economic recovery programme ( ERP , launched in April 1989 ) instead of the $6,000,000 indicated earlier and the $13,000,000 requested by Canada , the chair of the support group . |
| 8 | ‘ Access ’ has been a key-word in the discussion of the handicapped in libraries , not only access to the building but also access to the materials and services and to the information , knowledge , and entertainment contained within those materials . |
| 9 | The results of Western individualism today are individual buildings with no art or , if there is any art , it pays only lip-service to the idea . |
| 10 | We must get the situation straight that the County Council is the ruling authority , we are only a subsidiary as a county and we get our problems on our traffic and our highways as we are only agents to the County Council , and the County Council control the education of Social Services . |
| 11 | It was permitted to offer only recommendations to the Committee of Ministers , without bring able to bind the latter in any way : quite often , the Committee simply chose to ignore or reject Assembly recommendations . |