Example sentences of "only [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This common sense has affected not only Conservatism 's traditional adherents , but has had an effect upon that Conservatism latent in working-class respectability . |
| 2 | This was agreed in consultation with other UK EEB members and I hope it reflects not only CPRW 's modest financial position , but also our knowledge of , and interest in , coastal matters . |
| 3 | Only Chelsea 's £105,000 bill in 1991 for payments to former captain Graham Roberts tops the penalty dished out to the Third Division promotion-chasers yesterday . |
| 4 | At around the time of the publication of the draft statutes for the proposed European central bank ( November 1990 ) , the Germans started calling for a quick move to a two-speed EMU , with only Germany 's immediate neighbours joining the ecu zone . |
| 5 | ‘ John Neumeier and his Hamburg Ballet have produced a fascinating and beautiful work , strengthening the already strong impression that this is not only Germany 's finest dance company , but one of the most interesting anywhere ’ . |
| 6 | Restlessly Leith moved over to the window , but while the view from her room was quite exquisite , she saw nothing of it and could see only Naylor 's furious face as he accused her of leading Travis on . |
| 7 | When I arrived at Palace five and a half years ago it was n't only Ian 's gold tooth and charisma that sparkled on the training field . |
| 8 | On 27 and 31 July he made two final appeals to Leopold , who had responded curtly to his son 's enthusiastic descriptions of his recent musical success ; and on 4 August the lovers were married at St Stephen 's Cathedral , with only Constanze 's mother , her younger sister , her guardian , and two other witnesses present . |
| 9 | The report claimed that events in Mazar-i-Sharif were indicative of a wider ethnic divide between Pashtuns and non-Pashtuns , which was threatening to split not only Najibullah 's ruling Hezb-e Watan , but also the mujaheddin . |
| 10 | Only Ben 's stand right up . |
| 11 | This is not a late development , since already Alfenus Varus can be found in the late Republic arguing that a legacy per damnationem in which the testator has written only damnas esto ought to be valid . |
| 12 | Not all the Lotus problems had been solved — the car was still very light at the front and had trouble coming out of the corners — but it was certainly thoroughly competitive and Fittipaldi 's confidence was high : especially when he won going away at Jarama in Spain , with only Ickx 's Ferrari providing any real opposition . |
| 13 | The horses were quiet , three of them lying down , only Gary 's horse on its feet . |
| 14 | It has no homegrown MPP line and is currently reselling only Maspar 's maximum 1.3-GFLOPS boxes . |
| 15 | Secondly ( Chapter 3 ) , I shall examine not only Nizan 's resignation from the party and his subsequent death , but also his dramatic afterlife , a moment of political , ideological and cultural reproduction in which the complexity of his existence is obliterated beneath politically advantageous stereotypes : traitor , police spy , rebel , anti-hero . |
| 16 | Who Is Harry Kellerman … ? was only Grosbard 's second film as director , although he had previously assisted Elia Kazan , Robert Wise , Robert Rossen and Sidney Lumet . |
| 17 | It was only Shortreed 's family connections with the Elliots which guaranteed a friendly reception . |
| 18 | Although the first fruits of this decision took place in l982 , the writing had been on the wall , and read by us many years before that , and it took a period of some years to find a way of moving out of polythene , which was not only ICI 's own proud invention , but an area where we had been acknowledged world leaders for many years . |
| 19 | I phone Yvonne and William 's house but there 's only William 's voice on the answer-machine . |
| 20 | In ‘ A Room with a View ’ , Cecil asks not only Lucy 's mother 's permission but also her brother 's . |
| 21 | For example , with 10 per cent inflation , a sum of £100 saved in cash at the start of a year is worth only £100/1.1 = £90.91 at the end of the year . |
| 22 | There was no note in the package ; only Bella 's name and address printed on the customs declaration form . |
| 23 | Not all the trainings only crap ai n't it ? |
| 24 | Only Travis 's attention was n't centred on her face . |
| 25 | Paige would have risen , too , only Travis 's hand on her wrist exerted enough force to keep her where she was . |
| 26 | Many firms suffered badly in 1980 when as a result of a high interest rate policy ( plus North Sea oil 's effect on the balance of payments ) the exchange rate soared to over £1 = $2.30 ( from only £1 = $1.60 some three years earlier ) . |
| 27 | Desperate for points to avoid relegation , they could not even succeed in keeping the score down despite a creditable second-half rally ; only Summers 's try was added to Gill 's 25th try . |
| 28 | Sigeberht 's position was possibly insecure because he was only Eorpwald 's maternal brother — that is , he was Raedwald 's step-son — and before long he abdicated to enter a monastery , and Ecgric ruled alone ( HE 111 , 18 ) . |
| 29 | She told him her perfume came all the way from Hollywood , in America , where she herself would have been living these last nine years if only Frankie 's birth had not robbed her of the life of glamour and excitement she deserved . |
| 30 | It is a highly instructive piece to the extent that it foregrounds not only Nizan 's unequivocally realistic perception of the USSR , but also his own personal commitment to the revolutionary achievements of the Soviet people . |