Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] that only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such criticism of American policy would be counter-productive ; the claims on the United States for economic and military assistance were so great that only a limited amount could be given to Korea . |
| 2 | The men who led the Cracow revolutionary movement ( the Polish insurrection of 1830 ) were deeply convinced that only a democratic Poland could be independent , and a democratic Poland was impossible without the abolition of feudal rights , without the agrarian movement which would transform the tied peasants into free proprietors . |
| 3 | But the judge said : ‘ This offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified . |
| 4 | In 1936 he wrote " Nowadays the trouble and expense involved in keeping a stud of hawks is so great that only a fortunate few are able to do so . " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The cost of freehold land is so high that only a wealthy man who farms intensively can hope to make a living on his own small farm . |
| 7 | Currency markets , however , take the view that the deficit is so large that only a lower exchange rate will help to speed up the adjustment . |
| 8 | Significantly , given this generally positive response to the Oxfordshire scheme , it is perhaps surprising that only a fifth judge that it was very useful in producing proposals for improvements in educational practice : one of its prime purposes . |