Example sentences of "[adv] only [prep] [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the gentleman in your office , however , addressed me not as Mrs Maitland , but by my maiden name , which is the one I write under , I realized that it must indeed be me who was being phoned , whereupon it suddenly seemed ( perhaps only by association of ideas ) imperative that I had the means of writing to hand . |
| 2 | Canals were used not only for transport of goods but also for ferrying passengers and for the occasional pleasure trip . |
| 3 | Is he aware that there are problems not only in respect of teachers ' salaries , actual as opposed to average , but in respect of responsibility for the funding of the older village primary schools which predominate in rural areas ? |
| 4 | Leases quite often attempt to restrict the opening hours of premises , not only in respect of shops but also offices . |
| 5 | had committed against the barge hirers the tort of procuring breaches of their contract with their men — the plaintiffs would have had a cause of action not only in respect of breaches of hiring contracts but also in respect of new business they were unable to undertake . |