Example sentences of "only [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 2 | Here at the scene of the crime he only made a preliminary examination . |
| 3 | Postponing the necessary adjustment had , however , only made the ultimate adjustment harder , and the policy dilemmas sharper . |
| 4 | This time they killed Charlie 's father , which was a silly mistake because it only made the young fool sign up to fight the lot of them on his own . |
| 5 | That he himself happened to be a congenital cad only made the whole thing more difficult , not easier . |
| 6 | Perhaps only the Transylvanian Valentin Bakfark ( Greff ) ( 1507–76 ) , lutenist at the Polish court , who not only made the customary transcriptions but composed ten extended fantasias packed with imitative polyphony , can be ranked with Francisco de Milano , Gintzler , and the Spaniards . |
| 7 | ‘ They 've not only developed a great understanding on the pitch . |
| 8 | For the Balinese the ocean has always been the underworld , and source of their demons ; except for a few intrepid fishermen , they used to approach it only to scatter the cremated ashes of their dead . |
| 9 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 10 | In this , the estimation not only involves a cross-area element , it also embraces a considerable areal disaggregation , from an average ward size of 7.7 km² ; ( range 0.74–38.7 km² ; ) down to the individual kilometre square . |
| 11 | This will , of course , only introduce a new level of complexity . |
| 12 | The experiments just mentioned not only introduce a much-needed control procedure but they also extend the generality of the effect . |
| 13 | Today , we have not only halted the upward trend but have in fact reversed it , so that our costs are declining in real terms . |
| 14 | The Country was suspicious of an executive headed by a King who not only lacked an hereditary title , but who was also Dutch , employed Dutch favourites ( notably William Bentinck , who became the Earl of Portland ) , and who was a Calvinist . |
| 15 | Blacker Miller , still then Foreign Minister [ see above ] , was invited to address the meeting formally ( whereas San Román was only given a private hearing ) , and described the outcome as " adequate " . |
| 16 | Thus the extreme subjectivism of , for example , the novels of Virginia Woolf , belongs within the same formation as the economic interventionism of Keynes , who wanted not only to preserve the economic system by rationalizing it but to do this so that , within that achieved stability , the real processes of civilized life could be extended , undisturbed . |
| 17 | The United States government has the power , not only to compel the European governments to make peace , but also to reassure the populations by making itself the guarantor of the peace . |
| 18 | This means that the owner of an equitable lease can only grant an equitable sub-lease , not a legal lease , irrespective of the mode of the sub-tenancy 's creation . |
| 19 | This not only produces a balanced form to the plant , carrying and showing the blooms to advantage , but reduces hindrance to air movement to a minimum . |
| 20 | The carbon dioxide produced by respiration of living creatures and used by plants during the day usually only produces a relatively-small daily cycle of pH change , which is further buffered if any hardness is in the water . |
| 21 | The same procedure as Step 1 and Step 2 only using a quiet tone ( but not whispering ) . |
| 22 | It is possible , though not mandatory , to record this version for user information only using the LAST-CHECKED-ISSUE keyword . |
| 23 | We have only examined the legal issues from a narrow perspective ( Walden 1993 ; Gränström 1993 ) , they could be the focus of a single seminar alone ( see Postscript , 317 ) . |
| 24 | Ceauşescu 's arrogance in presuming not only to treat the Soviet General-Secretary as a person on a par with himself , but also one without the necessary experience to speak with the full authority of a veteran revolutionary like himself undoubtedly aroused a mixture of irritation and amused contempt in Gorbachev . |
| 25 | Ford defended his action , pointing out that a protracted trial of the former President would serve only to continue the long agony of Watergate , and distract the United States and its people from more urgent matters . |
| 26 | For the first few trips outside , you should plan only to go a short way , so that the patient can get used to the distracting sights and sounds . |
| 27 | ICI claimed this was not harmful to residents in the area and they had only received a small number of complaints from people who had inhaled the gas . |
| 28 | We should remember that it was ill the employers " interests to claim that it was not worth providing women with a long training because they would waste it by leaving early ; while it was in the trade union 's interest to claim that women were incompetent because they had only received a short training . |
| 29 | Insurance may ONLY cover the current market value of your car , not what you paid for it . |
| 30 | Members heard financial bids made for City Challenge funding would only cover the hard engineering part of the anti-flood scheme at a cost of £800,000 . |