Example sentences of "[adj] [that] only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From March 1918 it was clear that only a crushing military victory by one or other side would bring ‘ peace ’ . |
| 2 | After a review of its operation in 1977 it became clear that only a minority of patients referred from the other hospitals were being successfully rehabilitated and that St Wulstan 's had become another long-stay hospital . |
| 3 | Schools are given the same written guidelines as in the Major Project , but it is made clear that only a short proposal document is required to accompany the school 's spending plan . |
| 4 | The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities . |
| 5 | In the preface , the editor of the catalogue makes it clear that only a representative selection of coins is listed . |
| 6 | This is the only company whose entire membership appears to have figured in the loan ; in the case of such as the Goldsmiths and the Ironmongers it seems clear that only the livery was assessed . |
| 7 | From the behavioural point of view , the principal male characteristic is sadistic sexual egoism , since is it clear that only the male who is capable of driving off his rivals can hold on to the females of the breeding group . |
| 8 | Shipbuilding was in crisis , and it was clear that only the fittest could survive . |
| 9 | The cost of freehold land is so high that only a wealthy man who farms intensively can hope to make a living on his own small farm . |
| 10 | A sheltered housing project in Thornaby has proved so popular that only a few flats are left . |
| 11 | She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established . |
| 12 | President Bush had stated on Aug. 2 that only a health problem — which he stressed did not currently exist — would deter him from seeking re-election for a second term . |
| 13 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 14 | It is possible that only a very marked and rapid reduction in interest rates , which might cause a substantial shift in confidence , would be effective . |
| 15 | There was little social justice in a system whereby simony could dictate the duration of one 's time in purgatory ; was it right that only the rich could secure such release ? |
| 16 | He said this knowing that the architects were designing for a larger site quite unaware that only a portion had been authorized . |
| 17 | On the other hand , if the scores of the standardisation sample were such that only a very small proportion — say , 5 per cent — scored 40 or less , then a child with this score may be identified as being in need of further , more detailed assessment . |
| 18 | The demands of such actions for lawyers ' services are such that only a large and complex firm can meet them , with corresponding implications for costs , restricting , in turn , the availability of such services to all but the wealthiest . |
| 19 | This limits the number of possible combinations such that only a few examples exist in this category . |
| 20 | Moreover , the volume of literature in these other areas is such that only an outline can be presented here . |
| 21 | It has been argued , for example , that laterality should be measured only on a nominal scale ( Colbourn , 1978 ) such that only the direction and not the magnitude of any laterality effect is taken into account . |
| 22 | The Big Bang was violent — so violent that only the smallest bits of atomic particles could have survived . |
| 23 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 24 | But the judge said : ‘ This offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified . |
| 25 | Nor , for example , will it follow without being made explicit that only the majority whose decision is sufficient to exercise the power need be the signatories to any expulsion notice or that more than one partner can be expelled at the same time by the same notice . |
| 26 | The men who led the Cracow revolutionary movement ( the Polish insurrection of 1830 ) were deeply convinced that only a democratic Poland could be independent , and a democratic Poland was impossible without the abolition of feudal rights , without the agrarian movement which would transform the tied peasants into free proprietors . |
| 27 | He came back several times , quite convinced that only a little greater effort would supply him with the treat he had in mind . |
| 28 | Many were convinced that only a proletarian revolution could remove discrimination . |
| 29 | But games companies seem convinced that only the odd tomboy would enjoy the shoot outs and punch-ups of the average game . |
| 30 | He chose a way of loving which was so outrageous and costly that only a few friends could follow him into his dark night of the soul . |