Example sentences of "[is] so [adj] [conj] only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the judge said : ‘ This offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified . |
| 2 | In 1936 he wrote " Nowadays the trouble and expense involved in keeping a stud of hawks is so great that only a fortunate few are able to do so . " |
| 3 | She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established . |
| 4 | The cost of freehold land is so high that only a wealthy man who farms intensively can hope to make a living on his own small farm . |
| 5 | Currency markets , however , take the view that the deficit is so large that only a lower exchange rate will help to speed up the adjustment . |