Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Janacek , this deserved only contempt : ‘ Today 's opera … |
| 2 | This affects only union preferences , and not the MD curve ( see equation 8 ) . |
| 3 | 1988 : 47–84 ; Enloe 1978 ; Pockrass 1986 ; Weitzer 1985 , 1986 , 1987 a , b ) , this forms only part of RUC duties , given the special position of Northern Ireland among divided societies . |
| 4 | There were differences between the trials : some included only stage IV NSCLC whereas others also included stage III B ; the eligibility criteria varied ( age , presence of brain metastasis , previous chest radiotherapy ) ; and different chemotherapy regimens were used , although a vindesine ( or vinblastine ) and cisplatin regimen was used in 4 trials . |
| 5 | Nineteen owned only evening papers . |
| 6 | The first phone was broken and the second took only phone cards . |
| 7 | The Welshman dropped four shots in the first four holes , and was relieved to finish only three-over-par . |
| 8 | But what made him choose to devote himself to mathematics was his finding in 1795 of the criterion for a regular n-gon to be constructible using only compass and straightedge . |
| 9 | Mitsubishi still clings to the option of being able to use only rear-wheel-drive on the road , claiming it 's quieter and less expensive on fuel and tyres . |
| 10 | He himself was able to bequeath only plate and household goods , and to request in his will to be buried under a ‘ plain black stone ’ with a simple inscription recording his Christian belief . |
| 11 | If a business makes both exempt and taxable supplies , it is said to be partially exempt and will be able to recover only part of the input VAT . |
| 12 | A TOTALLY pointless crime happened last week in Milton Keynes when office thieves made off with a computer — that speaks only Japanese ! |
| 13 | That means only silence now . |
| 14 | Most produced only animal bone , whereas the five sunken buildings contained bone , pottery and other small artefacts . |
| 15 | It was very cold outside , and both had only night clothes on . |
| 16 | It was widely expected that the formal ban on direct trade with the Soviet Union would be lifted in 1990 leaving only mainland China , Albania , Cuba and North Korea on the prohibited list . |