Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a balancing act could keep his government in being only by increasing his own reputation for lack of principle . |
| 2 | Since it is only by understanding his own fact-presupposing explanation of the meaning of pain-language that we can hope to see through questions and answers about ‘ Other Minds ’ , let us consider the positive side of his teaching first . |
| 3 | It is my belief that anorexic speech ( or , more literally , behaviour ) consists of two quite separate and often contradictory texts , and that it is only by studying them both , in order to fit them together and so come up with an amended text , that we can understand what is going on inside the anorexic herself . |
| 4 | Interactive Advice is just like having your own computer consultant . |
| 5 | Under dangerous conditions , his chief concern is for the welfare of the film stock and equipment , whereas mine is more for keeping us both alive … |
| 6 | It 's still worth having your own cotton piqué shirt with soft collar , a good satin bow-tie and even a black or deep red pleated cummerbund as the cost of hiring extras does mount up . |
| 7 | It was almost worth getting her another to see if she could stand up afterwards . |