Example sentences of "only [verb] [noun] in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These and other findings discussed by Johnston and McClelland ( 1980 ) not only provide evidence in favour of their model of visual word-recognition , but also evidence against other types of model . |
| 2 | Each of the ‘ sentences ’ in the network only has meaning in terms of its relations to other sentences , and each of these sentences only has meaning in relation to others , and so on . |
| 3 | Private hire cars can only carry passengers in response to requests by phone . |
| 4 | The Law Society considers that the Law Commission 's proposals will have a significant practical application , not only to solve problems in relation to incapacitated people , but also to provide ways in which potential conflicts or disputes can be avoided . |
| 5 | We may enlarge our conceptions beyond all imaginable space ; we only produce atoms in comparison with the reality of things . |
| 6 | Germany was constitutionally permitted only to send troops in defence of NATO territory , although following the December 1990 all-German election Chancellor Helmut Kohl had conceded that this rule would have to be changed . |
| 7 | It only seeks relationships in order to be loved . |
| 8 | Like phonemes themselves , words only have significance in relation to other words and as part of a total system of classification . |
| 9 | Numbers only have meaning in comparison with other numbers . |
| 10 | Our chastity , indeed our whole life , only makes sense in relation to our love to God … |