Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of these only hippopotamus teeth , which are denser and harder than ivory and of a gleaming whiteness , featured in any of the ancient civilizations . |
| 2 | Actions like this only lead to bad feeling , especially when there are a number of established classics like Showtime , Urgent Action and The Ripper that he could have done instead . |
| 3 | They hung on to most of the key marginals , with Labour only managing to win three of the eight constituencies it hoped to capture despite increasing its vote in almost every seat . |
| 4 | One in five only dream of a good night 's sleep |
| 5 | In 1987 only half of the Progressive Democrats ' 14 TDs were elected on quotas made up of first-preference votes given to them or to party running-mates from whom they were transferred . |
| 6 | In this case a sequential search would be of O(n/2) , on average only half of the array would be searched , for both successful and unsuccessful searches . |
| 7 | Primary productivity is generally low , averaging 10–50mg C m -2 daily in May and June and rising to 70–80 mg C m -2 daily during the summer peak of production ; on average only 6–12g C m -2 fixed throughout the year ( Kalff , 1970 ; Minns , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | Attitude changes , too , are at best only part of the answer . |