Example sentences of "only a [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This is only a bar to registration if the first mark is registered in respect of " the same goods or description of goods " . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | With only a minute to half-time Carol Burns made it four , and just into the second-half Rhoda Campbell added another . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Only an invitation to dinner . |
| 7 | He was also a minor landed gentleman , a circumstance which gave Burn not only an entry to society , but a profound understanding of his clients : as Donaldson recalled , ‘ no-one could tell with greater spirit many a good story about the auld Scots lairds and their vagaries . ’ |