Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] only [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If British Rail is under pressure to increase the frequency of its service , there is a case for a coordinated transport system operating bus and rail services , If there is a need for transport when it is not convenient to run rail services , or if only a certain number of trains can run on a line because goods trains and passenger services can not operate at the same time — although perhaps British Rail should be more innovative in its mix of passenger and freight services perhaps it is a good idea for British Rail and the bus services — as they are today , not as they will be affected by the Bill — to get together . |
| 2 | But there was no choice — if we had stayed , or if only the civilian population had remained behind , the army would not have hesitated to massacre everyone . |
| 3 | Sachs argued that since only a limited amount of information can be stored verbatim in memory , normally only the most recently heard sentence is remembered word for word . |
| 4 | She reports that while only a small proportion of all eighteen-year-olds live independently , a majority of those reared in care have to do so , and these are often ill-prepared , have meagre financial help and currently have limited prospects of finding work . |
| 5 | These are all roads where the pedagogical tradition has pointed signposts in the wrong direction , making us search for English ( the nature of English conversation , at least ) where it is not — and where only a careful analysis of natural conversational data can get us on the right road again . |
| 6 | Unlike the First Concerto , which in terms of its piano writing is completely honest , and where only the first movement 's double trills need to be re-arranged to become audible , the Second Concerto requires some adjustments in order to serve Brahms 's purpose , and not merely to make life easier for the pianist ! |
| 7 | From Woolworths , we will hear that the Dixons management have brought their troubles on themselves , that their attempts to cope with the downturn have been lamentable and that only a new team — with a more analytical approach than the pile-it-high philosophy which did Dixons so proud when times were good — can engineer the necessary closure of small high street outlets in favour of a move to larger ones on the edge of town . |
| 8 | In the case of the incubator thesis , there is evidence ( certainly from London — Nicholson , Brinkley and Evans , 1981 ) that few sections of industry seek out inner-urban locations , and that only a small number of companies migrate outwards in the classical fashion . |
| 9 | Over 100 environmental groups , representing interests as diverse as the World Wide Fund for Nature , Earth First , the Women 's Environment Network and the ( N. American ) Algonquin Nation , agreed that present logging practises were wholly unsustainable , and that only a significant reduction in the consumption of pulp , paper and timber products would create conditions for a shift to sustainable forestry . |
| 10 | Suppose , for example , that each family has ( ) boys and ( ) girls , and that only the eldest son inherits ( primogeniture ) . |
| 11 | and get in the way and if only the Civil Service could run the place then it would be a lot better . |
| 12 | And because only a small amount of Gel absorbs a large amount of shock , low profile mid-soles can be used with no loss of cushioning . |
| 13 | But because only a small part of the mutation load is likely to be due to alleles with major effects , this gives little error . |
| 14 | But since only a limited amount could be achieved within the overloaded RHA capital programme , it was decided to select two for a closure programme within the strategic planning period ( 1983 to 1993 ) . |
| 15 | But as only a small percentage of the US tuna fleet captures dolphins , Boxer argues that her Bill will actually give US tuna processors a competitive advantage in the US market , because foreign fleets are more likely to use methods harmful to dolphins . |
| 16 | Stewart stayed with him for about an hour and a half and Lamb hung around for a while , but Smith was his main ally and , as the day ebbed away , it seemed as though only the new ball stood between England and a draw . |