Example sentences of "[that] only a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 22 January 1917 , President Wilson responded to the obduracy of the Allies with a passionate endorsement of the argument that only a peace without victory could lay the foundations for a world without war : |
| 2 | It is false that only a person in authority is an authority . |
| 3 | In Somerset a jury declared that only a corner of north-west Somerset ought to remain within Exmoor Forest : another Somerset jury made the startling statement that King John had afforested all England ! |
| 4 | It was less crowded at the rear of the room and he thought of pausing there , where he could watch la Principessa and still draw a breath of air that was not perfumed half to death , but then he patted the slender cigar in the breast pocket of the dinner-jacket that had been hand-tailored to fit his sinew-hardened body and decided that only a whiff of tobacco would fully cleanse his nostrils of the mix of scents that hung in the over-heated room . |
| 5 | Labour 's spokesman , Mr George Foulkes , said that only a programme of assistance to Vietnam would improve the lives of the people there and encourage those who have already left to return . |