Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [subord] only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some guides are indeed very brief , suggesting visits at breakneck speed where only a few items or rooms will be seen . |
| 2 | However , there is no offence against this regulation if only the tail pipe ( i.e. the piece leading the gases into the atmosphere from the end of the silencer which is the furthest from the engine ) is defective , as the gases will have passed through the silencer . |
| 3 | In fact ‘ inadequate ’ is probably an understatement : they appeared to have been able to snap the ‘ high tensile steel ’ with consummate ease since only the broken end which clamps to the steering wheel was ever recovered . |
| 4 | Details of decorative paintwork were visible on his left side although only the lower portion of the work could be seen clearly . |
| 5 | This morphology does not lend itself to analysis after conventional staining since only a few of the autosomes show distinguishing features in the form of secondary constrictions ( Figure 3a ) and , of the sex chromosomes , only the Y of some strains can be recognized by virtue of occasionally visible unique features ( Figure 3a ) . |
| 6 | The lottery business is basically a very very small business with limited competition , and for a state the size of California it makes it very difficult to have large competition because only a certain number of companies can actually put in a system of this size . |
| 7 | They were still at that stage of their coital symphony where only the brass section was engaged , as the old metal bed creaked to and fro . |
| 8 | Social conventions would clearly be of little use if only a small proportion of members was aware of them , and the same holds for the interpretative rules which guide the manner in which meanings are attached to objects and situations . |
| 9 | Lots of meaningful glances and repressed passion as only the Victorians knew how . |
| 10 | The reports have attracted considerable publicity although only a tiny proportion of the reports have been debated in the House . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's something about its jizz which makes me think it 's a … ’ is a very handy phrase when only a brief glimpse of the bird has been caught . |
| 12 | Course , Derek Weintraub just sat there , totally gormless and I-know-it-all at the same time as only a fifth-year O-level repeat can be . |
| 13 | For the PC and related MS-DOS hardware Aldus may add a further 100,000 units during the coming year , with its PC version , nice business if only the dealer can get a share . |
| 14 | In one sense this presents a misleading picture because only a small fraction of complaints against government is handled through such channels . |
| 15 | At that time as only the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire LEAs were involved , the third LEA place was allocated to the Bedfordshire WEA Federation to represent the student body . |
| 16 | Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep . |
| 17 | If people understood formal legislation as only a matter of negotiated solutions to discrete problems , with no underlying commitment to any more fundamental public conception of justice , they would draw a sharp distinction between two kinds of encounters with fellow citizens : those that fall within and those that fall outside the scope of some past political decision . |
| 18 | But it 's a rugged landscape where only the animals and the hardiest of peasants can exist . |