Example sentences of "[noun pl] only [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the early years of the decade saw numerous freight-only branches close because in most cases only a handful of wagonload traffic was being conveyed — uneconomically . |
| 2 | This involves not only reflecting on why certain types of behaviours are defined as criminal in some historical periods and not others , but also why a particular criminal law comes to incorporate from relatively homogeneous behaviour patterns only a portion and exclude the remainder , even though each and every instance of this behaviour causes avoidable harm , injury , or deprivation . |
| 3 | When I auditioned with Mike , he gave me a list of twenty-five songs to work on and I thought I had to learn them all in five days , because we were starting rehearsals only a week later ! |
| 4 | He had feared for the project 's viability , particularly after it became more widely known that the old lady was to be put through her paces only a matter of days later and just a few miles down the road on the steeply graded Bodmin & Wenford Railway . |
| 5 | Crosby 's side were relegation candidates only a month ago and the Roker boss was everybody 's tip for the axe . |
| 6 | When work is complete on a range of entries only the text of the latest version of a new or changed entry is transferred to the main archive . |
| 7 | She knew that he was not going to like her question , might well accuse her of all sorts of things , not least acting like a jealous wife instead of a woman on whom he had clapped eyes only a matter of a few days before . |
| 8 | Glowering at having been woken from a satisfying doze , the guard opened the eye-level flap to find the Doctor 's eyes only an inch or two from his own . |
| 9 | This is partly because it began trying to sell to government schools only a year ago , and partly because it would prefer not to give its machines away . |
| 10 | Campbell 's survey of London trades in 1747 lists only a handful of female crafts all paid wages well below male trades . |
| 11 | Thus Marx 's model of historical development was in many respects only a sketch which left many problems unresolved . |
| 12 | The presbytery of Hamilton 's proposed solution was a repeal of the nineteen sixty three act and a reversion to the nineteen thirty three act which required from parents only a profession of faith . |
| 13 | Here it is of course crucial to know whether the disposition is a trust or not ; for in those circumstances only a trust can be valid . |
| 14 | Normally such a document evidences only a contract between the shipper and the freight forwarder , who acts as a broker for air cargo space or as an independent commission agent . |
| 15 | Mr Rees elaborated : ‘ We are being expected to agree to an omnibus distribution method under which the monthly creditor might be repaid more quickly than the contract provides , whilst the weekly creditor is repaid by instalments only a fraction of those shown in the contract . |
| 16 | Mr Steward may feel that the project is ‘ low key ’ , but when a nine acre sand and gravel pit is proposed to be worked for four years only a matter of 45 metres from the nearest residence and 280 metres from the centre of Cross Green ( Atlas Aggregate 's figures ) , the residents of Cockfield are entitled to feel differently . |
| 17 | Inglis ( 1965 ) summarised data which showed that among individuals with memory defects only the number of items recalled from the second ear differed from the number recalled by normal control subjects , whereas recall from the initial ear was similar for both groups . |
| 18 | But over the succeeding weeks only a handful came out the rest chose to stay . |
| 19 | The island is little more than a dozen miles long and in places only a mile or two wide . |
| 20 | Of all abilities only the capacity to conceptualize has been found to correlate with the performance of managers . |
| 21 | ( This chapter studies only the phenomenon of the North-South divide and does not consider its causes . |
| 22 | There were more important things he needed to find out ; things only the Doctor could tell him . |
| 23 | A particularly crucial stage of status acquisition occurs when an individual enters social adulthood and is allowed to do things only an adult can , like marry and fight and so on . |
| 24 | Optimism over the re-election prospects of the Conservative party , widespread among stockbrokers and fund managers only a couple of weeks ago , has ebbed away and there is now more active consideration of other possible outcomes . |
| 25 | 1977 A&M Records drop The Sex Pistols only a week after signing them , due to bad press . |
| 26 | During the baseline examinations only a subsample was asked about history of smoking . |
| 27 | Although microchips give machines only a smidgen of intelligence , that can go a long way when sensibly applied by human masters . |
| 28 | Will insists , downing tea in quantities only a survivor of the planet SquatWorld could manage . |
| 29 | I 'd knitted the back with no problems only a couple of days before . |
| 30 | In fact , they are not separate rings but one continuous spiral with its coils only an inch or.so apart . |