Example sentences of "but only [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Thus , in the Maya world-view there was no sense of progress but only a blending of past , present , and future , which all tended to become one . |
2 | Seisin is a root of title , and it may be said without undue exaggeration that so far as land is concerned there is in England no law of ownership , but only a law of possession . |
3 | She was lying almost abeam of us , and at first I could n't see her hull , but only a sort of thickening of the mist that turned out to be her mast . |
4 | When the energy is exactly E 1 or E 2 the orbits are circular of radii r 1 and r 2 respectively , but only the orbit at radius r 1 is stable . |
5 | This was applied and extended by Sir Robert to safeguard the arrangements for telephone-tapping , even though when a tap is placed there may be no iniquity but only the suspicion of iniquity ; and that entire conversations may be recorded and listened to ‘ when much of the conversations may be highly confidential and untainted by any iniquity ’ . |