Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] only [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is precisely because our Lord suffered these things that we recognise him as not only God but human , like us .
2 Far-reaching proposals published by the NRA call on the government to set legally-binding quality standards for not only rivers , estuaries and canals but lakes , groundwaters and coastal stretches .
3 It is still very unsure whether West Malling can be totally saved from the axe , but concerted efforts are being made behind the scenes by various parties , for not only West Malling but the other 72 threatened airfields in the UK .
4 As even the remotest parts of the earth are threatened by modern industrial society , the future for not only dolphins but for all marine wildlife looks increasingly insecure .
5 The freshly unveiled Natal anthem ‘ 15 Men of the Last Outpost ’ , a folksy ballad , was unwittingly to become a fitting epitaph for not only Natal but for nearly every other South African side that took the field against either set of Antipodeans .
6 Quasi-government is a grey area between not only government departments and local authorities , but also frequently between the public and the private sectors .
7 The Kings Collins Cross terminal as it says here the Kings Cross er terminal for the cross channel route is also of vital importance and in fact it could be that with the development of a high speed , the high speed train services between not only London but also the North of England into the European local structure , that the need for
8 It 's clear that the majority of not only motorists but other road users , pedestrians , cyclists , bus passengers do feel that there are serious problems in urban areas , that they do need to be tackled and that one major thing that 's necessary is better enforcement of existing regulations , particularly in two areas : one , drivers that drive badly and cause danger to others and secondly , the inconsiderate parker .
9 But the theorists ' belief that our changing world requires an alternative to hierarchical organization is simply wrong , and all their proposals are based on an inadequate understanding of not only hierarchy but also human nature .
10 This was a major provider of not only walking holidays but also package holidays and holiday camps .
11 Concern about the outlook for Mr Gonzalez 's policy focuses on the attitude of not only businessmen , but also union bosses who control the dominant right wing of the ruling Peronist mass movement , and large swathes of Argentina 's obstructive bureaucracy .
12 Thus , the measures announced in Mr Lamont 's budget , of which the VAT imposition on domestic fuel is one of many , amount to yet another attack on the living standards of ordinary people of not only Scotland , but also for the rest of the UK .
13 More recently the relative stability of the EMS currencies ( including the more vulnerable Italian lira ) has been a result of not only exchange rate intervention by Community central banks but also coordinated interest rate adjustments under the September 1987 agreement , intended to strengthen the operational mechanisms of the system .
14 Co-ordinating such services involves the provision of not only training but also extensive and continuing support and advice to the individual worker and group .
15 In Matabeleland , the conflict between the government and dissidents between 1982 and 1987 effectively condemned the region to years of not only destruction and deaths , but also to general neglect .
16 Thanks to changes in the law , for the first time ever , TVTimes will more than live up to its name and publish all the television times of not only ITV and Channel 4 , but BBC 1 & BBC 2 as well as Satellite TV .
17 If people and the building of not only buildings but mutual trust are to the fore , then education needs to be fundamentally different from what it was in the product and process phases .
18 ‘ We believe the very successful start to the year is the result of not only quality service , but also an extensive advertising and competitive promotional pricing policy .
19 Erm , and so I think that even at that early age , er in the five twenties or earlier , somebody already there is saying we can track personal identity throughout change of not only body but change of species , erm , with these .
20 Their fate and that of other groups in the central Himalayas will directly affect the ecology of not only Nepal buy also India , Pakistan and Bangladesh .
21 A kind of numbness acts as a shell against not only death itself , but against all the implications of loss that go with it .
22 The ultimate outside room , with not only floor and walls but a stout canopy forming the ceiling .
23 The far less frequently heard ( and recorded ) Fantasia goes with a swing — the members of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir adding their contribution with not only enthusiasm but also some subtlety — and the Overture rounds off a generally recommendable disc .
24 His own firm is planning commercial climbs of Broad Peak , Pik Lenin , Ama Dablam and Stok Kngri next year , with not only Everest but Cho Oyu , Aconacagua ( highest peak in the Andes ) and Pik Communism on the cards for 1993 .
25 Miller piles on the earnestness , and then piles on some more , with not only dialogue but devices that reek of awkward purity — an unmotivated confession and a letter kept secret for years .
26 This involves contact with not only training providers themselves , but also with a number of other key actors such as the Engineering Industry Training Board , Careers Service , Colleges of Further Education and Manpower Services Commission Area Offices .
27 He then set up house with not only Mary but also Claire ( as she now styled herself ) .
28 Many of these early projects were the work of interdisciplinary research teams , including not only humanities scholars but senior information scientists , responsible for custom-designed software .
29 It also means that officialdom can participate in the ‘ privatization ’ of the national economy , including not only embezzlement and bribery but also exchanging services , making useful connections and lavishly granting administrative favours to potential allies and sponsors in expectation of reciprocity ’ ( Hirszowicz 1980 , p. 271 ) .
30 Despite the criticisms that can be made of Etzioni 's methodology it is valuable in identifying different types of organizational power and relating these to other organizational characteristics , including not only efficiency but also the types of members , clients , customers and other ‘ participants ’ that Etzioni felt should be included in the analysis of an organization 's existence .
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