Example sentences of "say [conj] only [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper . |
| 2 | It may have been that on his original appearance this condition would not have been satisfied , as it could not have been said that only a custodial sentence was adequate to protect the public from serious harm from him , if the alternative of a probation order requiring residence at a hostel specialising in sexual offenders was available . |
| 3 | Mr Rifkind , who was in Darlington last night for a meeting of the Conservative Association , has said that only the Conservative party has a proper strategy for improvements to Britain 's roads . |
| 4 | The minister said that only a small amount of radioactive material had escaped . |
| 5 | Quoting the 1989 Constitution , Aikhomu said that only the future president had the authority to proclaim the holding of the first session of the legislature . |
| 6 | Piliso said that only the National Party rejected the proposal for a constituent assembly , and that the government feared the participation of the masses in deciding the constitution of a future South Africa . |
| 7 | Another way of formulating this criterion is to say that only a semantic deviance can be taken as a ‘ figure of speech ’ . |