Example sentences of "we [adv] only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , we apparently only came to some understanding of how the heart worked when we had within our conceptual framework the notion of a pump . |
| 2 | If you are not eligible to be put in if you do n't have a motor car then you 're discounting an enormous number of people who may have motorcycles or motor caravans or , you know , something which is perfectly valid but it invalidates the information that you think you are getting out of the file because you only put in certain perfectly reasonable , groups of er of things and i in , in , in Boots there 's a , there 's a er there 's a a wonderful expression or actually is , is the one I 'm particularly thinking about , you know we , we sell shall we say a million bottles of aspirin a year , it is in fact considerably more than that , and that is perfectly reasonable and valid and mm but in the definition of that we obviously only included what Boots the Chemists sold because that 's all the people who |
| 3 | Er in fact it was put to me as as an option by Superintendent that this could be , if this could be done er at the time er if I recall one of the reasons erm that we were n't able to do it in such a way was that there are numerous exits to the block of flats and each exit would have had to be covered by at least two armed officers we only only had in the region of twenty five officers available to us at that time in the police who were authorised to be armed and to maintain such a surveillance , erm not only would be very costly in the terms of the number of officers . |
| 4 | We nevertheless only need to postulate the forcible imposition of that inner band of Minoan trading settlements — not the whole trading empire . |
| 5 | When we handle a young horse correctly , we not only caress it , hold it , and stroke it , and pick up its feet ; but we teach it to lead . |
| 6 | However , due to insufficient financing , we not only had to ask for benefits , but also can not take on ourselves new obligations , as was done by the rest of the participants in the protocol . " |
| 7 | This sense of self is quite robust : when we wake up , we not only remember what we know , but also who we are . |
| 8 | We went on to the target , all the same , and we not only bombed , but obtained a photograph of the aiming point at the moment of bombing . |
| 9 | They are an important part of our twin-track approach so that we not only come down hard on offenders who commit the crime of taking vehicles , but we do all we can to prevent youngsters from offending . |
| 10 | It 's no good blaming the chef if our own broth tastes disgusting , or is simply bland and boring — because we not only chose the recipe , but stirred in each ingredient with our own hands ! |
| 11 | From the layout of our stores to the construction of our packaging , we not only care about the environment , we are also concerned for the well-being of the public . |
| 12 | We not only pay an entrance fee to access these facilities , we also pay a community charge for local amenities . |
| 13 | True independence and self-determination come from recognising that we not only have responsibility for ourselves , but also obligations to others . |
| 14 | From our point of view , empathy is the most valuable form of communication with the horse , for we not only have insight into how the horse feels , but we intuitively understand the horse 's other forms of communication , like verbal messages and body language . |
| 15 | Again , throwing by hand , throwing stick or catapult , is only as accurate as our individual capabilities and means that we not only have to throw accurately , but also cast accurately — and we must do this in both instances every time we retrieve for another cast . |
| 16 | One can see the publishers emerging from that smoke-filled room , slapping each other on the back : ‘ Baby , we not only have a trilogy here , we have a thesaurus . ’ |
| 17 | But when we come to the interpersonal function , we not only have to account for the literary work itself as a discourse between author and reader , but we have to reckon with the phenomenon of " embedded discourse " : the occurrence of discourse within discourse , as when the author reports dialogue between fictional characters . |
| 18 | We not only have different curricula , but also different teaching approaches . |
| 19 | I noticed that this did not feature in their party political broadcast , wrongly entitled ’ Made in Britain ’ and alleging that virtually nothing was made in Britain , when we not only have the successes mentioned by my hon. Friend the Member for Bury , South ( Mr. Sumberg ) in his constituency but export far more television sets than we import and make the best hi-fi in the world , and when one in ten personal computers sold in the world are made in this country — in Scotland . |
| 20 | We not only have the male , patriarchal white apartheid system on our necks , we also have the white woman on our necks . |
| 21 | To these people , we not only have to offer an attractive package but to be more visible , especially during these troubled times . |
| 22 | Like the mouse in the poem , when we consume more than our fair share of the earth 's resources , we not only force our brothers and sisters in other countries to go without , but we damage ourselves as well . |
| 23 | In normal or right sexuality , argues Scruton , we not only give recognition to the other 's person in and through our desire tor him or her , we also accord them accountability and care in the process . |
| 24 | We not only provide practice in analysing experiences , but give students a glimpse of a more humane society and urge them to push back the boundaries that inhibit them . ’ |
| 25 | By ignoring our impulses , we not only store up trouble for ourselves , but also relinquish our power , our ability to act . |
| 26 | If we set up tasks which ask children to plan what happens at the end of their plays , we not only eradicate the tension , but also lose considerable learning opportunities . |
| 27 | Do we not only die , but go to hell for what we have suffered ? ’ |
| 28 | Through this behaviour we not only accept irreversible environmental damage to our own backyard , we also export serious atmospheric problems across the whole world . |
| 29 | Gestalt psychologists insist that we not only learn by the steady accretion of tiny units of knowledge but also by the recognition of broad patterns . |
| 30 | By blending different essential oils , we not only improve the aroma of a single essence , but more interestingly , we can control the mind-body effect of the oil . |