Example sentences of "only [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public-sector contracts anyway only account for a small proportion of Olivetti 's sales , says Mr De Benedetti . |
| 2 | So the poor discarded animals are bounced down the road only to fall under a passing car . |
| 3 | He said it was clear that the government had only joined as a last resort to try and solve the country 's economic problems . |
| 4 | The vast unclouded duck-egg-blue semi-circle of sky , like a protractor on the horizon , was only broken by the occasional windmill or fringe of acid-yellow poplars or milk-green gum trees . |
| 5 | Despite the recent legalization of homosexuality between consenting adults , in private , gay politics and gay life-style remained resolutely unnoticed even within the underground press — a silence only broken by the occasional tabloid expose . |
| 6 | The requisite consent and authority to establish the relationship could only exist in the International Tin Agreement . |
| 7 | In all metric measures and their direct phi-based equivalents only the 25th , 50th and 75th percentiles are used , so that attention is only given to the central half of the grain population present . |
| 8 | In addition , the copyright monopoly is only given for a certain period of time ( eg in the UK , 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies ) , but databases are usually continuously updated with new information , therefore does the protection period keep changing ? |
| 9 | Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment . |
| 10 | The Z2 Carbonate is also widely known as the Hauptdolomit ( Brueren 1959 ; Füchtbauer 1964 and 1972 ; Rhys 1975 ; Taylor 1981 ; Taylor and Colter 1975 ; Wagner et a/. 1978 ) but strictly speaking this name only refers to a particular part of the formation . |
| 11 | So , so , I believe it 's alright to say well people will migrate in the presence of , it 's rational for a person to migrate in the presence of , of high unemployment if high unemployment only refers to the formal sector , but it 's not rational if it implies that it refers to informal and formal . |
| 12 | I was excited to use it since I had only painted onto a stretched canvas once before , and I stretched it eagerly and tightly . |
| 13 | Because of this I shall concentrate upon the debate between them and in particular on the abstract theoretical aspects , only touching upon the practical policy implications . |
| 14 | The hypothesis that Sabat and Harré advance is that although AD can lead to disruption in memory recall , impairment of linguistic performance , and deficiencies of information processing , it does not result in the loss of ‘ self ’ and only contributes to the possible loss of ‘ selves ’ . |
| 15 | Later when he wanted to release him he had only to go through the same motion but this time having his hand covered with a substance that would neutralize the smell . |
| 16 | These days everyone seems to be hopping on and off jets if only to go to the Spanish holiday resorts , but I have never left these shores . |
| 17 | Mayson was denied his hat-trick by good ‘ keeping and twice Smyth was through , only to go for the unselfish option when perhaps a shot would have been better . |
| 18 | But then what else could she have expected as she was only clad in a thin night-gown . |
| 19 | ‘ The French , on the other hand , not only insist on a wide variety of fresh produce but demand that their chestnuts come from the Auvergne , their snails from Clermont , their frogs from Aurillac , capons from the Bresse , mutton from the Berry , asparagus from Lavris … . ’ |
| 20 | was not only filled with the Holy Spirit but constituted the fire of judgment to his hearers by means of his teaching and miracles . |
| 21 | Such a disaster can only arise from the inherent structure and culture of the company . |
| 22 | At its strongest , sexuality within holy matrimony was only justified as a necessary part of reproduction . |
| 23 | Martin O'Neill only got to the eighth frame in his match against Mark Rowing . |
| 24 | He not only got through the first round but he reached the final again ! |
| 25 | I only got inside the front door cos it 's Tuesday night her night in the kitchen , so I went back home and he did n't half swear at me , he said you bloody well go again you want your head tested , I could have cried I thought oh well cos I did n't feel like rushing around |
| 26 | The site was only advertised locally and my company only heard of the proposed sale via the foreman of a site in the same vicinity . |
| 27 | ‘ It was only intended as a short-term measure , ’ Schaffer objected , ‘ to keep the valley clear and give us the best possible chance for a manhunt . ’ |
| 28 | The literature included here is only intended as a preliminary guide . |
| 29 | The explanation below is only intended as a brief reference guide . |
| 30 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |