Example sentences of "to [pron] [adv] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have not wavered in the slightest degree in my attitude to this war , nor have I changed my mind as to the need of a final and complete settlement , but I want to say that in a war in which losses of such terrible magnitude are being imposed on all the Nations it appears to me not only wise but imperative that every country should use its political weapon to supplement all its military organisation , if by so doing it can defeat the enemy . |
| 2 | Your word speaks powerfully to me not only of your love but of your will . |
| 3 | There it issues in a way which seems to me not only acceptable but poetically extremely valuable . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ In order to prevent literary contracts being held up , I also suggest that a general power of attorney be given to me again only in a limited area and only to be used if Elinor be indisposed . ’ |
| 5 | Defenders of the scale of British commitments , then and more recently , have thus been able to ignore the extent to which not only consumption but also production and productive efficiency were inhibited by the dollar shortage — both directly , by restricting currency available for imported capital equipment , and indirectly , by diverting domestic output of such equipment into dollar markets . |
| 6 | Though Berkeley 's interest in the problem connects with his immaterialism , he is continuing a discussion to which not only the Aristotelians , but also Hobbes , Gassendi , and Locke , made contributions . |
| 7 | Though Berkeley 's interest in the problem connects with his immaterialism , he is continuing a discussion to which not only the Aristotelians , but also Hobbes , Gassendi , and Locke , made contributions . |
| 8 | I heard some months later that he was organising a Bible study in his quarters in North Africa to which not only fellow subalterns were coming but even such exalted members of the Army hierarchy as majors ! |
| 9 | The unkind things your husband says to you not only make you feel bad but also make him feel better . |
| 10 | Get someone to read it to you once only , then get them to ask you the questions which follow . |
| 11 | Because of the atrocious weather , play was restricted to one round only with Tayside Region coming out on top by 4½ — 3½ . |
| 12 | During the special day of Saraswati — goddess of wisdom and the arts — offerings are now made to her not only on our neighbour 's canvases and paint brushes , but also on our typewriters , cameras , and tape-recorders . |
| 13 | They were to he not only the routes to culture and the intellect but the means to romance and sort of sex . |
| 14 | In 1906 – 14 successive foreign ministers were authorised by the tsar to report to it on only five occasions . |
| 15 | By casting our gaze around the diocese , we see not only the great efforts of the past , but the reality of the present which speaks to us not only of the love and faith of one good man , but of God 's unchanging love and compassion towards us all . |
| 16 | It is information which is vital to any councillor who is trying to go through the analysis of cost centre by cost centre of the expenditures of this council and as such it 's vital that this information is available to us not only by combing through all the relevant minutes and in er minutes of committees that have taken place but paraded together in one place for us all and members of the public to be able to get access to it . |