Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the elderly make that sort of sacrifice as incapacity or reduced income takes its toll . |
| 2 | Only the Seven took such things for granted . |
| 3 | He says ‘ the demand for the all-round grocery clerk , fruiterer and vegetable dealer , dairyman , butcher , and so forth , has long ago been replaced by a labor configuration in the supermarkets which calls for truck unloaders , shelf stockers , checkout clerks , meat wrappers , and meat cutters ; of these only the last retain any semblance of skill , and none require any general knowledge of retail trade ’ . |
| 4 | Only the few recognize this moment . |
| 5 | And only the Welsh had such stories . |
| 6 | Sometimes the two reinforce each other . |
| 7 | ‘ Now tell us how marvellously the French arrange these things . ’ |
| 8 | Then the Philharmonic had some crisis and claimed they needed an extra rehearsal elsewhere . |