Example sentences of "[noun] only [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hope only emerges as the narrative proceeds . |
| 2 | CGT only applies to the actual profit you make , so if you buy shares to the value of £25,000 and sell them later for £35,000 the taxman will only be interested in the £1 0,000 profit you have gained . |
| 3 | ELDORADO , the BBC supersoap launched in a blaze of glory only to fizzle like a damp squib , CAN be saved . |
| 4 | They ca n't even pick up just the words that are English words only pronounced in the Orcadian way . |
| 5 | Accommodationist states like Jordan and Kuwait only dealt with the Soviet Union because of favours withheld by the United States . |
| 6 | The Smiths were heroic party-poopers at the Top of the Pops office do , glowering at the forced jollity ; they were like those gauche youths Who turn up to house parties only to cling to the dark comers in chaste disdain , driven by the naïve , vaguely inhuman conviction that all merriment is a lie . |
| 7 | Other major Matcham theatres which survive include the Everyman Theatre , Cheltenham ( 1891 ) ; Grand Opera House in Belfast , Grand Theatre in Blackpool , and Opera House in Wakefield ( all 1894 ) ; Lyric Theatre , Hammersmith ( 1895 , dismantled in 1972 and the auditorium only re-erected on a new site in 1979 ) ; Empire , Langton ( 1895 ) ; Tivoli , Aberdeen ( 1896 and 1909 ) ; Richmond Theatre , Surrey ( 1899 ) ; Gaiety , Douglas , Isle of Man ( 1900 ) ; Hackney Empire and Hippodrome in Brighton ( both 1901 ) ; Opera House in Buxton , Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne , Shepherds Bush Empire , and Royal Hall in Harrogate ( all 1903 ) ; King 's , Glasgow ( 1904 ) ; King 's , Southsea ( 1907 ) ; His Majesty 's in Aberdeen and Olympia in Liverpool ( both 1909 ) ; London Palladium ( 1910 ) ; and the Victoria Palace ( 1911 ) . |
| 8 | The reason is that efficiency gains accrue across the whole range of a firm 's output : the welfare losses only arise from the marginal loss in output as monopoly prices are changed . |
| 9 | Mainly middle-aged women with their daughters , they all wore hats and gloves ; everyone seemed to know everyone else and the chattering and laughter only subsided into an expectant hush after the chief vendeuse had discreetly clapped her hands twice . |
| 10 | Bobby pounded on the door with his fists , but Enoch only responded with a Jewish incantation . |
| 11 | Yeah , oh cos that 's when she said Frank , Frank only came for a short while or something ? |
| 12 | Emma had picked the school , Rachaela only signed on the relevant line . |
| 13 | Voice Of The Beehive offer familiar pleasantries , but their jolly pop only adds to the constant onslaught . |
| 14 | As the blades only meet at a single point when cutting , they retain their sharpness for a lifetime of use . |
| 15 | Ghosts only live in the dim light . |
| 16 | The freedom of independent initiative only exists as a meaningful notion if there are limits to define it . |
| 17 | And such explanations only contributed to the existing capitalist social order . |
| 18 | Where money has been paid over to the debtor before the end of the " cooling-off " period , the CCA 1974 gives the debtor the choice : firstly , to take a month 's free credit before repaying the credit already advanced ( s71(2) ( a ) ) ; or secondly , with regard to money already spent , he can repay the money with interest , as provided for in the credit agreement , so that the effect of the cancellation only relates to the linked supply transaction ( s71(3) ) . |
| 19 | However , I do n't see the point of fighting off one set of advances only to capitulate to the next . |
| 20 | It can be very frustrating to leave home in perfect conditions only to arrive at the chosen beach with rain and an unfavourable wind . |
| 21 | The Z2 Carbonate is also widely known as the Hauptdolomit ( Brueren 1959 ; Füchtbauer 1964 and 1972 ; Rhys 1975 ; Taylor 1981 ; Taylor and Colter 1975 ; Wagner et a/. 1978 ) but strictly speaking this name only refers to a particular part of the formation . |
| 22 | The static torque/ rotor position characteristic repeats with a wavelength of one rotor tooth pitch , so the rotor only returns to the correct step position if it is not displaced by more than half a rotor tooth pitch . |
| 23 | Described by the government as a Japanese cultural tradition , the consumption of whale meat only started after the second world war , when it filled a dietary gap . |
| 24 | If intellectualism only leads to a cultivated despair or a hankering after dictatorship , then it is time to give ordinary intelligence a chance . |
| 25 | The statements with which respondents were invited to entirely agree , agree with qualification , or disagree , were : ( 12 ) Dreams only occur in the few moments before you wake up . |
| 26 | The adults are viviparous , producing active microfilariae that rest in the lungs during the day only to appear in the peripheral blood at night when the culex mosquito host is active . |
| 27 | The answer is probably yes , provided there were concessionary tax rates for the retired and proper facilities for their leisure and recreation ; for surely these people only go to a foreign land for these reasons ? |
| 28 | This regular pattern only continues for a short time , and after about eight hours , the embryo is a blastula comprising a hollow ball of about 1000 cells . |
| 29 | It is as if the organized adult only listens to the late Beethoven quartets and has no associations with popular songs or dance music , light opera or musicals , hymns Ancient or Modern . |
| 30 | ‘ A deferred rate mortgage is one where the mortgage is charged all the time at the normal APR , but the consumer only pays at a reduced rate during the early years , ’ Mr Ellis explained . |