Example sentences of "only [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reflecting the connection between good teaching and its management and good learning , institutional statements about the principles of in-service work include , as an example , " The ultimate aim of all in-service education for teachers is the improvement of pupil/student learning through the development of teachers as reflective , autonomous professionals who have not only developed a range of skills but also a broad knowledge of understanding of subject content and of the conceptual framework of teaching and learning . " |
| 2 | Frances not only developed a love for foreign food but an obsession for flying : |
| 3 | New technology and more international competition will eventually create more jobs than they destroy , as they have for the past two centuries , if they are only given a chance to work . |
| 4 | The British complained when they were only given a quarter of new EC fishing quotas despite providing sixty per cent of the fishing grounds . |
| 5 | Notice they are not only given a reason for observing , which , of course , gives their spectator role a frame through which to watch , but there is also a hint of some responsibility they might have to carry — a necessary engagement is then ensured . |
| 6 | I 've only given a hint of what you 'll get as a Hilton Club member . |
| 7 | But irrespective of whether there was one general factor or two , it was clear that these general factors only explained a part of the variation in images of parties and leaders . |
| 8 | Purity campaigns not only registered a shift in modalities of control , but a change in the personnel responsible for sexual regulation and in the sites from which power was exercised . |
| 9 | This action was very strange because Andries not only attracted a lot of attention to himself by the manner of his purchase but also the dinghy had a serial number on it which made it instantly traceable . |
| 10 | Conversely the Leicester Mercury only reported a fraction of the officially minuted FA incidents . |
| 11 | Although he had only caught a glimpse of her blonde head above the milling crowds on the platform , he had n't even briefly mistaken her for a German or Scandinavian . |
| 12 | Mr Luck said that the Mail on Sunday 's critic had only seen a rehearsal for the play . |
| 13 | I had only seen a wall there before , and now my heart leapt when I saw , through the Bride and the Bachelors , through the Milky Way and the Chariot and the Grinder and the Sieves - someone moving . |
| 14 | ‘ These include four species of cobra but I have only seen a cobra twice , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Likewise in ( 36 ) saw evokes not mere visual perception but rather an inference which the speaker has drawn about the character of the people in question on the basis of what he has been able to observe of their behaviour or even of their appearance , and so could be said by someone who had only seen a photograph of them . |
| 16 | And a nice clean straight like you , you know , young , only seen a needle down the doctor 's — well . |
| 17 | Thou hast done wonders in a little time , not only made a rake a husband but thou has made a rake a preacher . |
| 18 | The Farm have not only made a record fit only for hurling out onto the M25 , they have exposed themselves as humourless , directionless THICKOS . |
| 19 | Not surprisingly , they believed they had only made a stab at it , From the start Wave and HHCL were determined to build the campaign around an organisation with a sound commercial and practical justification for funding such advertising ; someone with a vested interest in curbing consumer greed . |
| 20 | Most students , in fact , not only made a distinction between arts and science , but also believed in a hierarchy of different disciplines , with ‘ fundamental ’ , ‘ useful ’ subjects like physics at the top and ‘ wishy-washy ’ humanities subjects at the bottom . |
| 21 | ‘ No , I 've only made a guess , ’ he returned coolly . |
| 22 | Although closely linked with the marathon racing side , he has only done a couple of races and his own paddling has mostly been recreational . |
| 23 | ‘ You like it so much you agreed to sail across the Mediterranean , with a man you 'd only met a couple of times , regardless of the fact that you did n't know one end of a boat from the other . ’ |
| 24 | Paige had rather liked her cousin 's husband , though they had only met a couple of times . |
| 25 | I 've only got a bit of French and German so I can help you with the essay if you like . |
| 26 | You could spend weeks pedalling up and over the North York Moors , but if you 've only got a weekend to spare , then the Rosedale area is without doubt the place to go . |
| 27 | offices as well , but erm , and I know she 's half time and some offices have only got a quarter , but as I say , she 's the busiest person I know and , and she 's |
| 28 | I 've only got a part time back up you see |
| 29 | Whatever they like bottom of the River Trent if you like but it would be very going off the subject and I 've only got a minute or two to spare but what someone pointed out to me that terrible monstrosity outside the Theatre Royal subway and every time I pass I fume inwardly . |
| 30 | But he gave a ton payment , and the old guy only got a shock , so where 's the harm ? |