Example sentences of "[noun sg] only [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hope only emerges as the narrative proceeds . |
| 2 | ELDORADO , the BBC supersoap launched in a blaze of glory only to fizzle like a damp squib , CAN be saved . |
| 3 | Other major Matcham theatres which survive include the Everyman Theatre , Cheltenham ( 1891 ) ; Grand Opera House in Belfast , Grand Theatre in Blackpool , and Opera House in Wakefield ( all 1894 ) ; Lyric Theatre , Hammersmith ( 1895 , dismantled in 1972 and the auditorium only re-erected on a new site in 1979 ) ; Empire , Langton ( 1895 ) ; Tivoli , Aberdeen ( 1896 and 1909 ) ; Richmond Theatre , Surrey ( 1899 ) ; Gaiety , Douglas , Isle of Man ( 1900 ) ; Hackney Empire and Hippodrome in Brighton ( both 1901 ) ; Opera House in Buxton , Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne , Shepherds Bush Empire , and Royal Hall in Harrogate ( all 1903 ) ; King 's , Glasgow ( 1904 ) ; King 's , Southsea ( 1907 ) ; His Majesty 's in Aberdeen and Olympia in Liverpool ( both 1909 ) ; London Palladium ( 1910 ) ; and the Victoria Palace ( 1911 ) . |
| 4 | Mainly middle-aged women with their daughters , they all wore hats and gloves ; everyone seemed to know everyone else and the chattering and laughter only subsided into an expectant hush after the chief vendeuse had discreetly clapped her hands twice . |
| 5 | Voice Of The Beehive offer familiar pleasantries , but their jolly pop only adds to the constant onslaught . |
| 6 | The freedom of independent initiative only exists as a meaningful notion if there are limits to define it . |
| 7 | Where money has been paid over to the debtor before the end of the " cooling-off " period , the CCA 1974 gives the debtor the choice : firstly , to take a month 's free credit before repaying the credit already advanced ( s71(2) ( a ) ) ; or secondly , with regard to money already spent , he can repay the money with interest , as provided for in the credit agreement , so that the effect of the cancellation only relates to the linked supply transaction ( s71(3) ) . |
| 8 | The Z2 Carbonate is also widely known as the Hauptdolomit ( Brueren 1959 ; Füchtbauer 1964 and 1972 ; Rhys 1975 ; Taylor 1981 ; Taylor and Colter 1975 ; Wagner et a/. 1978 ) but strictly speaking this name only refers to a particular part of the formation . |
| 9 | The static torque/ rotor position characteristic repeats with a wavelength of one rotor tooth pitch , so the rotor only returns to the correct step position if it is not displaced by more than half a rotor tooth pitch . |
| 10 | Described by the government as a Japanese cultural tradition , the consumption of whale meat only started after the second world war , when it filled a dietary gap . |
| 11 | If intellectualism only leads to a cultivated despair or a hankering after dictatorship , then it is time to give ordinary intelligence a chance . |
| 12 | The adults are viviparous , producing active microfilariae that rest in the lungs during the day only to appear in the peripheral blood at night when the culex mosquito host is active . |
| 13 | This regular pattern only continues for a short time , and after about eight hours , the embryo is a blastula comprising a hollow ball of about 1000 cells . |
| 14 | It is as if the organized adult only listens to the late Beethoven quartets and has no associations with popular songs or dance music , light opera or musicals , hymns Ancient or Modern . |
| 15 | ‘ A deferred rate mortgage is one where the mortgage is charged all the time at the normal APR , but the consumer only pays at a reduced rate during the early years , ’ Mr Ellis explained . |
| 16 | The snobbish distinction between art and craft only began in the eighteenth century amongst collectors who felt it necessary to describe creativity according to their social or monetary values . |
| 17 | So the poor discarded animals are bounced down the road only to fall under a passing car . |
| 18 | According to Engels the State only develops with the full elaboration of classes , and it is the tool of the ruling class enforcing its will on those whom it oppresses . |
| 19 | The pressure only added to the fiery torture . |
| 20 | The gown , in heavy cream satin , followed the curves of her body , flowing to the floor , the princess line only interrupted by a heavy girdle , encrusted with pearl embroidery , slung low on her hips . |
| 21 | The first line only starts at the left-hand margin . |
| 22 | So , so , I believe it 's alright to say well people will migrate in the presence of , it 's rational for a person to migrate in the presence of , of high unemployment if high unemployment only refers to the formal sector , but it 's not rational if it implies that it refers to informal and formal . |
| 23 | Despite the recent legalization of homosexuality between consenting adults , in private , gay politics and gay life-style remained resolutely unnoticed even within the underground press — a silence only broken by the occasional tabloid expose . |
| 24 | responses of the adult human being are first generated , perfect symmetry only occurs in the unusual relationship that may develop between identical twins . |
| 25 | They have evolved separately and thus we discover that monkeys with prehensile tails serving them as an extra hand only come from the New World . |
| 26 | However , as before , No 7819 started in spectacular fashion only to falter on the latter part of the climb . |
| 27 | For , curvature only occurs on the null boundary . |
| 28 | The site was only advertised locally and my company only heard of the proposed sale via the foreman of a site in the same vicinity . |
| 29 | Neutron stars may produce more energy than the Sun soon after they form , when they are active as pulsars , but this phase of energetic activity only lasts for a few thousand years . |
| 30 | Her voice was low and musical and her command of English only enhanced by a slight French accent . |