Example sentences of "[conj] only in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The connections between gender and class were apparent enough in the early modern period , and if the transvestite was a pervert or invert it was precisely in the pre-sexological senses of these ideas ; whether actually or only in the paranoid imagination of the dominant , she was regarded as upsetting the entire social domain , even when her sexual ‘ orientation ’ was not the issue . |
| 2 | The syllables heard at the two ears differed only in the initial consonant or only in the middle vowel . |
| 3 | As implied by his reference to wearing Messel 's costumes , John had begun by May , while still working at the Sadler 's Wells School , to appear in the corps de ballet at Covent Garden , although only in The Sleeping Beauty which needed a large cast . |
| 4 | Use of home workers was unrelated to use of temporary workers ( Table 3.14 ) , and only in the private service sector was there a clear and significant positive relationship between use of freelancers and use of agency workers ( Table 3.15 ) . |
| 5 | The line of descent may be further restricted by making the estate an estate in tail-male , i.e. one descendible only to males and only in the male line , or conceivably ( though in practice this appears never to be done ) in tall-female descendible only to and through females . |
| 6 | Providing a continuous texture , the music never pales and only in the shock-horror theme associated with drugs approaches banality . |
| 7 | But whereas the long version refers only to the words in Lamentations 1:12 ( O all ye that pass by the way , attend , and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow ) , the short version incorporates all the references to focus more sharply on the organic relationship between man and Christ whose natural growth is blasted by sin : And only in the short version does the meditator acknowledge this by identifying himself with the penitent thief pleading for pardon to be extended to him , and confessing his failure to acknowledge Christ as the true source of his integrity : In both versions the meditator admits that the very ability to recognise the life-giving power in Christ is a sign that he in fact has the love of God even if he does not feel it : And in both , as the meditator sees his betrayal and sense of deprivation borne by Christ in His words : " My god , my dere god , why hastow al forsakyn me … ( 89. cf.102 ) he imagines himself lying down among the bones of dead men on mount Calvary , taking the foot of the Cross in his arms , the stench of death in his nostrils . |
| 8 | The day would be held against her , she knew , if only in the muted way in which Edward was capable of bearing a grudge . |
| 9 | As noted in the previous discussion , there are reasons to suppose that the difficulties of underdeveloped regions , peripheral regions and declining industries are likely to worsen , if only in the short term , as the many structural adjustments outlined above are induced by the creation of the SEM . |
| 10 | So , it could be goodbye to body odour — but only in the right room . |
| 11 | There were none in the general field of PVC calendering but only in the special field of PVC for adhesive tape . |
| 12 | the Director General and the local trading standards departments should be empowered to initiate ‘ unjust credit transaction ’ proceedings , but only in the public interest |
| 13 | ( ‘ But only in the footballing sense as far as I know . ’ ) |
| 14 | In commenting on James 's use of negation , Watt raises the philosophical point that " there are no negatives in nature , but only in the human consciousness " . |