Example sentences of "so [conj] only [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her property was her separate property ( that is , separate from her husband , so that only a married woman could have such property ) , and , by means of a settlement , she could be restrained from anticipating it . |
| 2 | The ideal toy is very light , so that only a small amount of effort moves it a long way , and very soft , so that sharp feline claws and teeth can sink into it in a satisfying way . |
| 3 | PCT and its associated RGT ( Repertory Grid Technique ) are thoroughly discussed elsewhere ( Bannister and Mair , 1968 ; Bannister and Fransella , 1974 ; Fransella and Bannister , 1977 ; Osbourn , 1980 and 1988 ; Gaines and Shaw , 1981 ; Shaw , 1980 and 1981 ; Thomas and Harri-Augstein , 1985 ) so that only a brief outline will be presented here . |
| 4 | Moreover a shop would normally be emptied of its goods before abandonment , so that only a sudden catastrophe , like a fire , would catch it fully stocked . |
| 5 | Now it is rare for a centre-forward to skipper a side ( and I do n't think that has happened on more than one occasion at the Palace since ) so that only an exceptional player would do so . |
| 6 | We 've had some fairly exotic bass strings dangled in front of our wallets over the years — like the ones which were round-wound by the bridge and progressively smoother up towards the nut , and the others designed so that only the bare core passes over the bridge saddles — but Jim D'Addario is pretty scathing about them all . |
| 7 | He bit off whatever he was going to say and inhaled deeply , smoothing his face into a blank expression so that only the hot glitter in his eyes betrayed his anger . |
| 8 | Most of these claims will be offset by counter-claims , so that only the net indebtedness has to be settled by using the banks ' balances at the central bank . |
| 9 | ‘ No one … ’ began Sally-Anne passionately , thinking of all that she had seen since arriving in Vetch Street — the poor creatures in Dr Neil 's surgery , and the even poorer ones who could not afford to go there — and of Dr Neil 's own selflessness letting people off their bills , so that only the small income he still received from an aunt 's legacy allowed him to keep going at all , when he could have been revelling with Stair . |
| 10 | In spring , either dig up the shrub and replant at a deeper level , or mound soil round its base so that only the upper half of stems is exposed . |