Example sentences of "only [prep] [art] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not only through the sacraments that the Spirit assures us we belong to Christ . |
| 2 | Thérèse became known to Soeur Dosithée only through the letters that Antoinette wrote about her . |
| 3 | The ‘ cities of inner despair ’ were conceived as the breeding ground for disorderly protest , and however hard the Government tried to break the causal link between the two , it was forced to take on board the need to restore order not only through the police but through promises of help for the inner cities . |
| 4 | She needed to live his life with him , if only through the eyes and ears of her dearest friend . |
| 5 | And VERDI , known only for the Operas and the Requiem : how much non-operatic music did he write ? |
| 6 | I am conscious of the time , so I say only that it will be a sad day if the Government are allowed to change the legislation , not only for the miners and their communities or for those who , directly or indirectly , are involved in or seek employment in the industry , but for the whole of society . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's only for the players and the managers . |
| 8 | We accept responsibility not only for the acts and omissions of our own employees and agents but also for those of our suppliers with whom we contract to provide a holiday or reasonable standard . |
| 9 | Which ( as labelling theory rightly suggests ) is bad not only for the offenders but for the rest of society , because it makes re-offending much more likely . |
| 10 | Again the evidence is sadly lacking , not only for the centres but also for the estates themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ This is a very exciting day , not only for the fund-raisers but for the hospital and the population of Darlington and Teesdale . |
| 12 | Mark uses the story to introduce the fact that the message of the Gospel is not only for the Jews but is for everyone regardless of race . |
| 13 | Kylie Ann Minogue weighed in at just over 6lbs and was immediately established as the darling not only for the Minogues and their friends , but of mum Carol 's network of relatives who had emigrated with her from Wales to Australia . |
| 14 | The king 's willingness to build up the power of his trusted allies , it is argued , set up tensions not only between the beneficiaries and those excluded from power , but within the circle of royal supporters itself . |
| 15 | The king 's willingness to build up the power of his trusted allies , it is argued , set up tensions not only between the beneficiaries and those excluded from power , but within the circle of royal supporters itself . |
| 16 | Well , certainly we believe that there can be all sorts of erm techniques that can be very useful , like communications skills and assertiveness , but our understanding is also that it is not only about the skills that people have it 's also about the understanding behind those skills . |
| 17 | The biographies were terse and restrained , as far as his private life was concerned , and effusive only about the names and quality of his publications She thought that she might ring Peter de Salis , and ask him about Mrs Denham , but she did not want to do this , in case Mrs Denham was a lady of such fame that ignorance of her would prove to be positively compromising . |
| 18 | The USA had moved to send out the invitations only after the Israelis and the Arabs had failed to agree on a time and venue . |
| 19 | Yet in American culture , we tend to make folk heroes only of the inventors and entrepreneurs . |
| 20 | When eventually he meets Esau , there will be no mention of them , only of the women and children , and the servant girls . |
| 21 | But men are not in the hands of blind fate , for karma speaks not only of the actions and thoughts of the past as explaining a man 's present condition or character , but also as creative of the future . |
| 22 | Until the mid-730s he is described only as king of the Mercians but in an important charter of 736 concerning the granting of land in the territory of the Hwicce , the oldest Mercian original text to survive , Aethelbald is variously ‘ king not only of the Mercians but also of all the provinces which are known by the general name South Angles ’ , ‘ king of the South Angles ’ and ‘ king of Britain' ( CS 154 : S 89 ) . |
| 23 | That Aethelbald 's position in southern England at the end of his reign was still a dominant one is suggested by the description of him in the record of this grant as ‘ king not only of the Mercians but also of the surrounding peoples ’ , but it may be that a diminution of power in the early 750s played a part in exposing him to assassination in Mercia a few years later . |
| 24 | This is an invaluable new reference book , listing the serial numbers , by squadron , not only of the fighters and bombers of 1940 , but of such lesser favourites as the Lerwick and Botha , for example . |
| 25 | To the south lay a country whose king was trying to establish an English Catholic church , in the teeth not only of the papists but also of those who were much more convinced Protestants . |
| 26 | With country house gardens , it is important to remember that the grounds consist not only of the lawns and terraces immediately round the house , but also large walled gardens and extensive woodland walks and shrubberies . |
| 27 | And , of course , closely packed plants compete not only with the weeds but with each other . |
| 28 | The level of demand is to do not only with the tasks as they are done but also with the duration for which they must continue to be done . |
| 29 | It concerns itself , not only with the operators but also very much with the role of the local authorities — in this case , principally those of Edinburgh and Leith . |
| 30 | The Christians believed that by the death of Jesus , the suffering servant of Isaiah , God had formed a new covenant not only with the Jews but with all peoples of the earth . |