Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] only [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strictly speaking , only two sentential contexts are required to prove semantic constituency , but of course a constituent limited to only two specific contexts would necessarily play only a minor role in a language . |
| 2 | The relation ’ — larger than — ’ can thus generate only a non-branching hierarchy ; in such a hierarchy we would have to say that B and C above jointly occupied the same position . |
| 3 | Colleges with their own halls can normally house only a small proportion of students . |
| 4 | The defence could always allege only a constructive possession and that there was no actual possession in the absence of a witness stating positive actual possession . |
| 5 | Enviously he raised his fingers to his own top lip but could still detect only the finest thistledown there . |
| 6 | Most people can usually recall only a few numbers when these have two figures in them . |
| 7 | We have not attempted a similar exercise for this Report : we felt that such samples needed very careful selection which would take time we could not afford , and that , unless samples were numerous and lengthy , they would inevitably illustrate only a few aspects . |
| 8 | Such discourtesy could surely mean only the one thing , she thought to herself — but she said nothing , waiting for him to continue . |