Example sentences of "[prep] only [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | For only the first time , now , did she comprehend the nature of the stone from which the fortress had been constructed . |
| 2 | Dr Mumby was found guilty of only the first and last charges , for which he was admonished . |
| 3 | Many of the cases which have from time to time been relied on in support of the High Trees doctrine are clearly examples of only the first principle . |
| 4 | The effect , therefore , of only the first limb applying , ie before the change in the law bringing in the second limb , could be seen by the following example . |
| 5 | The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech . |
| 6 | Arie could be simple , tuneful canzonette , ‘ little short songs ’ , as Morley defined them , ‘ wherein little art can be showed , being made in strains … and every strain repeated except the middle ; ‘ Caccini 's aria VIII , ‘ Odi , Euterpe ’ is a canzonetta with only the first ‘ strain' repeated . |