Example sentences of "[conj] only [art] [adj] [noun sg] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quoting the 1989 Constitution , Aikhomu said that only the future president had the authority to proclaim the holding of the first session of the legislature . |
| 2 | But it seemed that only the one sentence had impinged on the queen-dowager 's consciousness . |
| 3 | Transfers from elsewhere within the UK amounted to 18 per cent and only a tiny proportion had come from abroad . |
| 4 | Since the whole edition was of only one thousand copies and only a small number had been circulated when the suppression was ordered , this is obviously a rare book and one that is likely to be costly unless the seller is ignorant of its history . |
| 5 | It could have been worse ; since the first strike had occurred at 9.30 p.m. after the main factory work-hours , and only a skeleton-crew shift had been in operation at that time . |
| 6 | The British Employers ' Confederation , for example , had no strong views on the matter , the NFOAPA vaguely opposed compulsory retirement , and only the Fabian Society had given it much thought : they proposed an interesting ‘ double-decker ’ scheme , involving payment of 10s 0d per week as in the existing system , and ‘ adequate ’ pensions on retirement . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The court set aside the committal ‘ on all those three grounds ’ ( see p. 624 ) , but did not have to consider what would have been the position if only the third ground had been substantiated . |
| 9 | But only a strong will had allowed Mr Wolski to survive Sobibor , and the Curator sensed it now . |
| 10 | Another strange bird had descended in great flocks on the Mokai , much to Gould 's delight as only a single specimen had ever been delivered to England prior to 1839 , which was in the collection of the Linnean Society . |