Example sentences of "only [verb] to [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From the moment children leave the cosy nest of home , even if only to go to nursery school , parents lose the power to choose and control all their children 's friendships .
2 A hot food trader in the market square , who only moved to North Ormesby two days ago , said : ‘ People told me not to move here .
3 Fond memories of Jerry Lee Lewis who blew up a storm of indignation in the 1950s , not to mention Presley , whose subversive pelvis was banned from television in some American states where it was only permitted to film Elvis-the-Pelvis from the waist upwards .
4 The boat 's wrap-around windscreens were made of black polarised glass which only added to Dream Baby 's ugly air of menace .
5 Well I was only going to sleep Jo , I was n't doing anything , I 'm just tired .
6 The debate only attends to executive power within the state and on the democratic ( or elected ) side of the state machine at that .
7 Nevertheless , deregulation only applies to occupation agreements made after 15 January 1989 , and many potential cases are still in the pipeline .
8 In 1989 , however , the 1980 , 1981 and 1982 extensions were repealed so that the relief now only applies to business assets .
9 It is suspected that such a high figure would only apply to non-specialist journals such as Nature and Science , which rapidly report results at the forefront of science , and that the rejected papers were later accepted by specialist journals publishing less urgent research .
10 It is suspected that such a high figure would only apply to non-specialist journals such as Nature and Science , which rapidly report results at the forefront of science , and that the rejected papers were later accepted by specialist journals publishing less urgent research .
11 These three principles are not only suited to adult learners but they have been readily adopted in the primary school , and the following are suggestions for practising cognitive principles in the classroom with younger children : ( a ) Give experience of the language they are learning — teach them rhymes , tell them stories , talk to them .
12 Of course , the marginal revenue of Division A is simply the transfer price as it can only sell to Division B. So we should work out A 's marginal costs at the required level of group activity and set the transfer price equal to that .
13 This section of the policy covers the cost of emergency dental treatment and care must be taken to ensure that any claims received only relate to emergency treatment and not cosmetic ‘ treatment ’ , e.g. crowns , capping , etc .
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