Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] only [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain spoiled the opening day of Durham 's first match as a first-class county to the extent that play was possible for only the morning session , which allowed Paul Parker and John Glendenen to put on 119 in an untroubled manner off 34 overs . |
| 2 | As with all water fowl the female is less flamboyant than its partner and the duck is sooty brown with only a hint of a crest . |
| 3 | Standing on the south bank and looking across the river at the village , one can see that it is still well-wooded with only the church spire and a small number of houses visible through the trees . |
| 4 | One , which includes mosaics of the more specific trend , features many neatly executed arrangements from each of only a handful of sites . |
| 5 | Not this one ; it rides easy with only a trace of load-carrying compromise . |
| 6 | We have been using these for only a number of weeks now , but the response has been very encouraging . |
| 7 | Steve Richardson also moved up with a 70 in the company of Jack Nicklaus , who beat him by a shot , the difference being at the 18th , which Richardson three-putted despite only a wedge for his second shot . |
| 8 | She can not hear that much of his business life is tedious , worrying , tiring and not all that exciting ; he can not hear and see her boredom and exhaustion in his fantasy that she is the one who has everything — not having to earn , not having to stir out each morning and so comfortable with only a baby to look after . |
| 9 | More people had attended the early services , but the day seemed as quiet and peaceful as usual with only the sound of church bells and the occasional ship 's hooter breaking the silence . |
| 10 | She would not have told him where she was going , but for the life of her she would not have been able to invent a pressing enough reason for leaving the house , least of all with only the shelter of her flimsy summer hat , since an umbrella had not been top of her list of things to pack when she had hurriedly boarded the plane at Heathrow . |
| 11 | The third vulnerable group of the population are the very elderly with only a state pension . |
| 12 | Sound-insulating quilt is laid above the new ceiling , and though a good space between the new and old ceiling is ideal , in houses with low ceilings , the method can be quite effective with only a gap of an inch or two . |
| 13 | He protested that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had been present at only the start of the debate . |
| 14 | People surged forward and back ; the Man realized he was needed and turned to go out of Woil 's cage , probably thinking that if he left the door ajar for only a moment Woil was too placid and safe a bird to try to escape . |
| 15 | It had 300 residential places ( and had had those for only a year ) . |
| 16 | In all of the forested areas sampled by Eyre , commercial lumber production was responsible for only a proportion of the deforestation . |
| 17 | It also meant that in 1213 , and again in 1215–17 , the French king was able to take the war to England , a thing unheard of only a generation earlier . |
| 18 | Quiss had been lonely with only the castle 's shy and dwarfish attendants for company , and Ajayi was pleased to find somebody who already knew their way round the cold , forbidding stump of rock , iron , glass , slate and paper which was the castle . |
| 19 | An analysis by the sex of children showed no significant differences between those with a son or sons only and those with only a daughter or daughters . |
| 20 | And all that on only a couple of acres . |
| 21 | Now , my students find themselves coping with the intricacies of the Negotiator/ Interpreter oral assessments of an examination syllabus with which they are not familiar after only a fortnight into the course . |
| 22 | He made the comment in remarks to a visiting official from North Korea , one of only a handful of foreign countries to send special delegations for national day . |
| 23 | Anderson had employed Jean Southwark QC , one of only a handful of leading women barristers . |
| 24 | One of only a handful of mixed freights which survived until closure of Woodhead was a late afternoon Tinsley-Dewsnap working , seen at the north end of Wadsley hauled by 76016/10 in May 1981 . |
| 25 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 26 | Exquisitely inlaid all over in Chinoiserie decoration in stained horn , mother-of-pearl , tortoiseshell and brass with silvered bronze mounts , it is one of only a handful of similar pieces known ( the most recent example sold by Sotheby 's in December 1991 made $875,000 ) . |
| 27 | Ted Cox is almost unique among Athletico supporters as he is one of only a handful who voluntarily attend away games . |
| 28 | For those who still feel that we are lagging , let me say that Britain is one of only a handful of countries to have set a target for reductions in carbon dioxide . |
| 29 | LE Restaurant Sante is one of only a handful of Ulster inclusions in the just published 1993 Guide to ‘ The 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ This made us the second most successful regional morning in the UK and one of only a handful of papers to increase annual sales . |