Example sentences of "[det] only [prep] [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to be that only during the period of very rapid growth . |
| 2 | As it had never been proposed in the first place , her children could read this only as a piece of unadmitted defensiveness about having ignored them in the past . |
| 3 | Ecologists studied the natural environment , but often saw this only as a means of helping the human race to manage its interference more effectively . |
| 4 | One owner found that his cat did this only on the floor of a new extension he had built on to the side of his house . |
| 5 | He appeared to recognize Stephen as quickly as Stephen recognized him , but the dark wedge face registered this only in a tightening of the mouth and a jerk of the chin . |
| 6 | For Edward , the solution was to hold Aquitaine in full sovereignty ; but the French would concede this only in the face of overwhelming defeat , and no settlement based on such a concession could endure . |