Example sentences of "only [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 but I do n't think it 's really worth worrying too much about whether he 's fascist or communist because erm the only reason really there 's only link between him and Russia and the play is A is the opposite of America , in other words George and B because his name Khrushchev which links it to the leader of the er
2 Jolleys reported 41% ( 343 ) of women of all ages having inappropriate leakage of urine , but in 232 ( 70% ) of these it amounted to only dampening of underwear .
3 Only hair of the highest quality is used which is bonded to small sections of your hair .
4 It 's only money at the end of the day .
5 So , sharp spikes for Harry and arrows for John , and it was only luck in both cases that had saved us .
6 Both are well known to the veteran Franklin D. Murphy , who is not only Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery , but a Trustee of LACMA and , until recently , of the Getty Trust ( see The Art Newspaper No. 4 , January 1991 , Vernissage section ) .
7 It was only conjecture about that bit of uterus .
8 Apart from the side it 's only hardwood at the sides .
9 A show of their painting tells only part of their story .
10 The sweep is only part of the scoring combination , and an effective punch , strike or kick must immediately follow it .
11 All the corporation has suggested so far is a vague road and landscaping scheme that would affect only part of the pub garden and car park .
12 Yet this is only part of his argument .
13 Much of the capital 's road space is used for only part of the day .
14 1988 : 47–84 ; Enloe 1978 ; Pockrass 1986 ; Weitzer 1985 , 1986 , 1987 a , b ) , this forms only part of RUC duties , given the special position of Northern Ireland among divided societies .
15 But that is only part of the explanation for the magnitude of their swing to the Conservatives .
16 The services provided by the music business adviser are only part of the union 's total commitment to servicing the needs of today 's musicians .
17 The bluffness of Lewis , which before he became a don was only part of his nature ( 'Heavy Lewis ' ) , was fast hardening into a persona .
18 Efficient plant is only part of the answer to rising energy costs .
19 B&C shares recovered only part of their losses , closing 16p down at 92p , because the rumours coincided with downgradings of the company by three analysts .
20 Those who earn £43 a week or more will lose benefit for the whole of that week — even if they work only part of it and are unemployed for the remaining days .
21 Those who earn £43 a week or more will lose benefit for the whole of that week — even if they work only part of it and are unemployed for the remaining days .
22 Those who earn £43 a week or more will lose benefit for the whole of that week — even if they work only part of it and are unemployed for the remaining days .
23 Mr Patten said the 120-clause bill was only part of the Government 's strategy for the environment .
24 Although these games are only part of the phoney war the results are still important to a country 's prestige and confidence and Brazil would love to add England to their victims when they visit Wembley at the end of March .
25 But the taxman 's generosity is only part of the problem : more pernicious is the way he imputes a set amount of taxable income according to the size of a car 's engine .
26 Linkage may get Mr Hussein out of Kuwait , but recovering Kuwait , though welcome in itself , is only part of what the world needs to achieve in the Gulf .
27 And enforcing his policies is only part of the problem .
28 The cost of film-making is only part of it .
29 But death , in itself , was only part of the problem ; for many people , an even more terrifying part was the uncertainty when and how death would come .
30 A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people .
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