Example sentences of "[verb] only [to-vb] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , most packaging served only to contain and protect the food on its journey from the shop counter to the home , either in the customer 's basket , or in the shop 's delivery vehicle . |
| 2 | The enfranchisement of large populations and the consequent rise of mass spectator sports and popular entertainment have served only to widen and intensify the desire to excel . |
| 3 | Every hill-walker dreams of seeing a wildlife drama unfold in front of them as they peer over a crag , hoping that the next rise will reveal an osprey fighting off a wildcat which it returned to find attacking the nest , forcing the great bird to drop its intended dinner , a pine marten , which runs for its life , stopping only to catch and eat a grounded , flapping , pipistrelle bat . |
| 4 | Cut off from links with the political practice of the masses , which only the communist party could provide , their writings would inevitably serve only to confuse and mislead the popular struggle , and to give aid and comfort to counter-revolutionary forces . |
| 5 | This serves only to confirm and reinforce the illness . |
| 6 | Post-1945 world politics have been basically the politics of revolution and counter-revolution , with national issues intervening only to underline or disturb the main theme . |