Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] only [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not sufficiently realise that we are no longer discussing a treaty that , like a tree , has grown only from the trunk of the European Commission , the European Parliament and the treaty of Rome . |
| 2 | The great Dust Bowl which Maggie has seen only from the air , was once the long flank , the turning of the armpit of a dragon greater than Fenna , the great dragon laid out across the world its tail cooled by the oceans of the Antarctic and its breath , no longer fire , turned to ice around its head in the most northerly places of the globe . |
| 3 | But because Freidle has played only for the US Olympic team and not their full international side , Taylor 's union are likely to object . |
| 4 | For mortality , the intensity of selection in a stable population ( r=0 ) remains constant during the pre-reproductive period because the consequences of death for reproductive success remain constant ; selection intensity starts to decline only at the time of first breeding . |
| 5 | A transfer normally requires signing only by the seller . |
| 6 | The Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 , although extending powers beyond the onset of incompetence does not cover decisions concerning the grantor 's person , which would include treatment , but appears to relate only to the management of his property . |
| 7 | There , alas , Mr Lamont 's vision seems to extend only to the end of this year . |
| 8 | Secondly , LeMond seems to care only about the Tour , not the season 's round of other events . |
| 9 | But the scattered activity of different parts of the nervous system seems to converge only at the cost of merging , and so losing , the components that come together in the process of convergence , rather in the manner of snowflakes joining a drift . |