Example sentences of "but only [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Semantics is then not concerned directly with natural language at all , but only with the abstract entities propositions , which sentences and contexts jointly pick out . |
| 2 | The issue of such shares is treated as giving rise to an income tax liability on the recipient shareholder , but only at the higher rate of income tax . |
| 3 | Nature was given its due , but only at the southern tip of the marsh . |
| 4 | It was a representation , in effect , as to the future , namely , that payment of the rent would not be enforced at the full rate but only at the reduced rate . |
| 5 | The next day , there was some development but only on the Scots side . |
| 6 | Likewise , if you wish your youngster to persist with a task after he has learned to do it , you should arrange things so that he is no longer rewarded every time he gets it right ( 'continuous reinforcement' is applicable , as we saw , only when the individual is acquiring a skill ) but only on the odd occasion ( a schedule called ‘ intermittent reinforcement ’ ) . |
| 7 | The required number of votes was eventually achieved , but only on the third attempt . |
| 8 | Knight became aware in April last year that Betts was producing the assembly for L'Oreal , but only for the European market . |
| 9 | The All Indonesia Labour Federation ( FBSI ) , a tame ‘ yellow ’ union created by the Suharto regime , signed a collective labour agreement with Caltex , but only for the small elite of core workers . |
| 10 | But only for the first day or so ; after a week I ca n't wait to return to Koraloona . ’ |
| 11 | However , longer Morse sequences yielded an advantage for the left ear , but only for the experienced operators . |
| 12 | Unlike the situation in our discussion of line , staff and functional authority in Chapter 21 , these following chapters specifically do not refer to issues of authority , but only to the specialised role , or function , carried out by particular groups of employees , in this case in marketing , production or personnel departments . |
| 13 | This scheme too is found in free-standing statues ( e.g. figs. 75 , 76 ) , but only among the first generation or two of classical sculptors . |
| 14 | This was a genuine and reasonable cause for concern at a time when the peace of the Onny valley was not disturbed by the frequent and fast motor traffic of today , but only by the infrequent passage of a Bishop 's Castle Railway train . |
| 15 | Significantly increased values of TNF-α were found in perfusates from both segments in colitis but only from the rectal segment in proctitis ( Table ) . |
| 16 | Therefore it is proposed that national supervisory rules should be harmonized , not in every detail , but only in the key factors — other less crucial aspects of the rules can be allowed to vary from country to country and be subject to mutual recognition . |
| 17 | So , it could be goodbye to body odour — but only in the right room . |
| 18 | The young man 's betrothed is related to him but only in the seventh degree . ’ |
| 19 | Ultimately it was Nayim 's audacious away goal that ruled , but only in the closing minutes had the Londoners enjoyed a moment 's respite from the pumped-up Fourth Division team , who had Roy McDonough sent off for a reckless tackle near the end . |
| 20 | The public were a ‘ voice offstage ’ to be used by each side in their threats , but only in the last resort was public debate considered to have a useful role in decision making . |
| 21 | There were none in the general field of PVC calendering but only in the special field of PVC for adhesive tape . |
| 22 | The ‘ Crombie ’ is usually considered the skinhead coat — but only in the broadest sense of the word ‘ skinhead ’ can this be accepted . |
| 23 | Against that background , the minister seems intent on wiping out salmonella , but only in the egg-laying flocks . |
| 24 | the Director General and the local trading standards departments should be empowered to initiate ‘ unjust credit transaction ’ proceedings , but only in the public interest |
| 25 | ( ‘ But only in the footballing sense as far as I know . ’ ) |
| 26 | Thus , the consonant/ dz/is sampled in all three word positions in the Goldman-Fristoe test ( ‘ j ump ’ , ‘ py j amas ’ , ‘ orange ’ ) but only in the third position ( ‘ garage ’ , ‘ bridge ’ ) in the EAT . |
| 27 | In the case of behaviour , we know quite a lot about what animals actually do , and about the anatomy and physiology of the brain , but only in the simplest cases can we explain the former in terms of the latter . |
| 28 | Obvious discussion points are based on the introduction of the mathematical names for the more common shapes and of some of their properties , but only in the simplest terms , e.g. which shapes will roll , which will slide , etc. and these discussions can be centred at one time upon the three-dimensional solid and on another occasion on the two-dimensional bounding surfaces . |
| 29 | In commenting on James 's use of negation , Watt raises the philosophical point that " there are no negatives in nature , but only in the human consciousness " . |