Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] only the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The multiple disturbances caused by these developments afflict not only the south , but the north too . |
| 2 | Visual art has a rich and abundant language , and by learning to express and translate its varied vocabulary you gain not only the power to explore personal truths or create unique images , but you have the opportunity to show a rare insight into this diverse and extraordinary world . |
| 3 | Sarah Abbott , also from Edinburgh Women 's Aid , added : ‘ These figures highlight not only the amount of women and children who come to us but also the amount who unfortunately we have to turn away because of lack of space , facilities and funding . ’ |
| 4 | Behind these problems lay not only the difficulties inherent in the occupation , but also the socio-economic realities of Palestinian society . |
| 5 | They influence not only the way the audience receives cultural texts , but also what gets exhibited in museums , the paintings we see in books and magazines and on television , and what gets taught in the art schools . |
| 6 | Sometimes within just a few minutes of the arrival of leaf-eating creatures , the tannin content is up to levels which make not only the leaves under attack , but all the other leaves of the tree toxic or at least unpalatable . |
| 7 | Fold the second strip of paper in exactly the same way as the first , but instead of pencilling down the folds , cut down only the folds shown with a black line in the diagram below . |
| 8 | Nevertheless Cubism is not a system , and the differences which characterize not only the talent but the styles of these artists , are an obvious proof of it . ’ |
| 9 | The people who have raised the petition , in particular the Scunthorpe pensioners rights campaign , point out that they seek not only the restoration of the link that was broken in 1979 , but also parity with pensions in Europe . |
| 10 | De Tocqueville 's notes reveal not only the conscious opposition to such a mode of religious power but also how deep the solidarity between clergy and people was , the degree to which the poor , half the catholic population at the time , looked to the clergy for material and spiritual leadership , guidance , and assistance , and how much they trusted them . |
| 11 | They show not only the ‘ stages ’ through which a user may pass , but also the range of strategies open to the user at any given time , and they illustrate the social processes that determined the trajectory of the pattern of heroin use in each case . |
| 12 | They cover not only the lifting of loads but also lowering , pushing , pulling , carrying or moving them , whether by hand or other bodily force . |
| 13 | Besides , the causes of some 60% of birth defects have yet to be discovered : it can not be assumed that all of them travel down only the female line . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not sure if Scottish Office ministers fully appreciate not only the outrage felt by the university , but the potential feelings of the wider community . |
| 15 | In between promise and entry lie not only the stories of Isaac and Jacob , but the long story of Joseph and the other sons of Jacob , a period of 430 years spent in Egypt by their descendants , most of it in slave labour , a dramatic escape from the Pharaoh and his army , and forty years of wandering or living in the wilderness of the Sinai peninsula . |
| 16 | The sermons illuminate not only the sometimes seemingly awkward literal mode of the piety of Margery Kempe , but also the Cloud-author 's nervousness that his readers should not confuse physical and spiritual realities . |
| 17 | On sites rich in fossils , collectors often become bored with the commoner animals and pick up only the rarer ones . |
| 18 | We pass on only the powers that need to be passed on . |
| 19 | If suppliers know not only the current price in their own market but also the current price in all other markets the aggregate level of output will be independent of the average level of prices . |
| 20 | The great advantage of having a fixed date er for these European elections on the ninth of June , a date that 's been well known for a considerable time now , should be the certainty for the electorate , that they know not only the date of that election but the geographical boundary er of the constituency in which they live er the candidates that they can choose from and of course in relation to European elections , the number of er members of the European parliament that there will be representing the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | Prokofiev used several leitmotifs in the same way in his score fur Romeo and Juliet where they heighten not only the emotional involvement of the hero and heroine but also the conflict between the warring Montagues and Capulets ( see page 26 ) . |
| 22 | We indicate not only the location and amenities , but also the number of bedrooms in the hotel , and whether it has a lift . |
| 23 | Honey should be packed in jars that name not only the countries of origin , but also the beekeepers , and the endangered tropical flowers the bees were pollinating . |
| 24 | The Regulations themselves set out only the main performance criteria with the technical detail set out in supporting documents . |
| 25 | The greatest benefit in having a national society , however , arises from the fact that although amateur radio is a hobby it is governed by national and international regulations which define not only the radio communication modes which can be used , and the nature of the communications allowed , but also the frequencies allocated to amateurs . |
| 26 | A mass of facts and figures which embrace not only the year by year progress of aviation , but also features separate sections on piston and jet engines and their development , propellers , fuel , and world airlines and their respective histories . |
| 27 | Both authors argue for a stylistic analysis that recognises the inherently dialogic nature of all kinds of discourse , and that is able to discriminate between the multiplicity of voices and ideological accents that characterise not only the language of the novel , but also that of poetry and drama . |
| 28 | The unfortunate result is that farmers , angered by the attitude of the careless few , block footpaths or refuse access to such places as the dry valley of Gordale Beck to the many considerate walkers who respect not only the countryside but also the problems of the working community who for centuries have fought to make a living from the land . |
| 29 | Of course , those who advocate unfettered insider dealing emphasise not only the lack of victims . |
| 30 | They reject not only the Soviet claim that October and the overthrow of capitalism blazed the trail for which all humanity is destined , but the very notion of laws governing the historical process . |