Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [that] only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it should be noted at this stage that only a minority of elderly patients are heated by the geriatric services . |
| 2 | FISH THE ISLANDS AND BACKWATERS , FISH THOSE INACCESSIBLE SPOTS , ENJOY THAT MOBILITY THAT ONLY A CRUISER AND DINGHIES CAN GIVE YOU . |
| 3 | Mrs Hatton , even more expertly , kept it under a piteous control that only a brute would have the brashness to disregard . |
| 4 | Tears were a kind of emotional richness that only a man who was really warm and human could afford . |
| 5 | It is appalling to hear a doctor describe , with the detailed anatomical knowledge that only a doctor can have , exactly what happened to his poor body when he was tortured ceaselessly , unendingly , with just short gaps to let him regain consciousness , for weeks on end . |
| 6 | For too long now , she had been starved of one particular need , the kind a respectable woman should not dwell on for too long , a deep-down need that only a man could satisfy . |
| 7 | They can produce these solutions with the speed , recall and immediate availability that only a computer can provide . |
| 8 | Jimbo himself had made the one effort that only a patient can make . |
| 9 | ‘ But Mrs Goreng , ’ the German said with a mild surprise that only a paranoiac could think assumed , ‘ you do n't have to ask , surely ? |