Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] only [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her property was her separate property ( that is , separate from her husband , so that only a married woman could have such property ) , and , by means of a settlement , she could be restrained from anticipating it . |
| 2 | The ideal toy is very light , so that only a small amount of effort moves it a long way , and very soft , so that sharp feline claws and teeth can sink into it in a satisfying way . |
| 3 | PCT and its associated RGT ( Repertory Grid Technique ) are thoroughly discussed elsewhere ( Bannister and Mair , 1968 ; Bannister and Fransella , 1974 ; Fransella and Bannister , 1977 ; Osbourn , 1980 and 1988 ; Gaines and Shaw , 1981 ; Shaw , 1980 and 1981 ; Thomas and Harri-Augstein , 1985 ) so that only a brief outline will be presented here . |
| 4 | Moreover a shop would normally be emptied of its goods before abandonment , so that only a sudden catastrophe , like a fire , would catch it fully stocked . |
| 5 | Now it is rare for a centre-forward to skipper a side ( and I do n't think that has happened on more than one occasion at the Palace since ) so that only an exceptional player would do so . |
| 6 | We 've had some fairly exotic bass strings dangled in front of our wallets over the years — like the ones which were round-wound by the bridge and progressively smoother up towards the nut , and the others designed so that only the bare core passes over the bridge saddles — but Jim D'Addario is pretty scathing about them all . |
| 7 | He bit off whatever he was going to say and inhaled deeply , smoothing his face into a blank expression so that only the hot glitter in his eyes betrayed his anger . |
| 8 | Most of these claims will be offset by counter-claims , so that only the net indebtedness has to be settled by using the banks ' balances at the central bank . |
| 9 | ‘ No one … ’ began Sally-Anne passionately , thinking of all that she had seen since arriving in Vetch Street — the poor creatures in Dr Neil 's surgery , and the even poorer ones who could not afford to go there — and of Dr Neil 's own selflessness letting people off their bills , so that only the small income he still received from an aunt 's legacy allowed him to keep going at all , when he could have been revelling with Stair . |
| 10 | In spring , either dig up the shrub and replant at a deeper level , or mound soil round its base so that only the upper half of stems is exposed . |
| 11 | At club level these divisions are often relaxed as all boards sail together and only a maximum sail size rule is imposed . |
| 12 | A young couple and the wife 's parents bought a house together but only the younger couple were registered as owners . |
| 13 | Whilst surely representing the pinnacle of guitar mass-production ( 500,000 per year sometimes ) you 're right that only a small percentage seem to have survived in the UK . |
| 14 | And today the design I have absolutely promised not to call the Picasso Zebedee will be introduced formally as only the fifth logo to be attached to the 45-year-old jewel in Scotland 's cultural crown . |
| 15 | Even if only a tiny portion of blue sky is visible , the bee can compare this section of pattern with a reference map of the entire pattern in its brain , and pinpoint the sun . |
| 16 | This constitution , which had its origins in Roman law , made no distinction among the ranks of the cardinals ( i.e. whether bishop , priest or deacon ) as to voting rights and allowed an election even if only a small number of the whole college were present , provided there was the necessary majority . |
| 17 | We already had a fairly impressive snake hunt on film from Likangloe , even if only a small specimen was caught , and the really big ones would definitely have to wait . |
| 18 | Even if only a limited number of the more extreme pipe dreams become part of everyday life , the developments are likely to have far reaching effects , especially in agriculture . |
| 19 | At the same time it 's worth remembering that at least one contrast colour , even if only a large plant or a mass of flowers or cushions , will help to emphasize the clever harmony of the background colour scheme . |
| 20 | It was a repeat of the result of the first Fourball series at Muirfield village two years ago but only the second time that the Americans had been shut out since the fourball format was introduced at Atlanta in 1963 . |
| 21 | erm , my Lord , in relation to that erm and er is an example , the European court itself and only the European court has the power to limit the direct effect of the provision , they can say well it has direct effect in these circumstances prospectively , but not retroactively and only the European court , that court alone has that power , all other courts , national courts must , my Lord this is your duty under article five I would submit to enforce article eighty five and three F |
| 22 | The research station 's scientists comment privately that only a big fire disaster will persuade the government to look harder at fire research . |
| 23 | Or , ’ she leans forward but only the beautiful hair shines , ‘ I might just buy a bomb after all — ’ |
| 24 | In the procedure of associated spaces , however , link B is seen computationally as only a special entity in the reference space , containing all the entities describing link A. Rotation of A by 450 is achieved by rotating the entire sub-model space . |