Example sentences of "[prep] only [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN all-weather soccer pitch made of supertough plastic is out of action after only six months ' use . |
| 2 | With $36 million in the box-office after only five weeks ' release , and the movie yet to travel outside America , big profits are guaranteed . |
| 3 | Benson died after only three days ' illness 5 July 1924 at his cottage , Castle Corner , in Manorbier , Pembrokeshire . |
| 4 | At the time of Chamberlain 's appointment he had written to his mother : ‘ I am pretty certain that I shall be left where I am which is what I wanted , for the only promotion I should care about would be the Exchequer itself which would never be given to a minister of only two years ' experience . |
| 5 | I dismiss the popular theory that goldfish have a memory of only nine seconds ' duration . |
| 6 | With only 180 sheriffs ' officers throughout Scotland , Simpson acknowledges that the collection process would be thrown into chaos if the non-payers persisted with their rebellion . |
| 7 | There is a minor cill just downstream ; the headlong descent goes on with only 50 yds ' respite before the 350 yds continuous grade II rapids leading to Dulnain bridge . |
| 8 | Hewson , a former professor of economics at the University of New South Wales , with only three years ' experience in the federal parliament , was generally considered competent but lacking in charisma . |
| 9 | MIDDLESBROUGH Bears , facing their first Homefire League match of the 1992 season in only two weeks ' time , need another good result against Glasgow at Cleveland Park tonight to fire them up for a long and hard campaign . |
| 10 | One wonders just how furious : last week , back in Moscow to see her three-year-old son between performances , Semenyaka was having difficulties getting a visa to come back for her next role here , Cinderella , in only three weeks ' time . |
| 11 | At the Third Reading , for instance , at a stage when one would expect very few amendments of any substance , some thirty-two amendments were put down on only twenty-four hours ' notice . |
| 12 | In 1942 , 881 Aleuts had been forced to leave the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific Ocean at only two hours ' notice following a Japanese landing to the north . |