Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] only a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The vicar is now so unpopular that only a handful of people still attend St Mary 's Church . |
| 3 | But her beautiful mask had just slipped , and underneath were fear and insecurity so deep that only a professional would be able to uproot them . |
| 4 | Again he saw the thing divide and grow and change , like the ever-evolving pattern in a kaleidoscope , but this thing was real , alive as alive as only a thing whose sole purpose was to kill could be . |
| 5 | ‘ When we came to leave the Lamb that afternoon , Mr Barnett , we were all in similar states of intoxication , but Jack had become as maudlin as only an Irishman in liquor can . |
| 6 | According to Ockleton , he had become ‘ as maudlin as only an Irishman in liquor can . ’ |
| 7 | He said this knowing that the architects were designing for a larger site quite unaware that only a portion had been authorized . |
| 8 | The pupil is very large and only a portion of the iris is present , so the eye appears dark in colour . |