Example sentences of "[adj] that only a [noun] " in BNC.

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1	The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities .
2	After a review of its operation in 1977 it became clear that only a minority of patients referred from the other hospitals were being successfully rehabilitated and that St Wulstan 's had become another long-stay hospital .
3	She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established .
4	President Bush had stated on Aug. 2 that only a health problem — which he stressed did not currently exist — would deter him from seeking re-election for a second term .
5	He said this knowing that the architects were designing for a larger site quite unaware that only a portion had been authorized .
6	Moreover , the volume of literature in these other areas is such that only an outline can be presented here .
7	It is false that only a person in authority is an authority .
8	The vicar is now so unpopular that only a handful of people still attend St Mary 's Church .
9	But her beautiful mask had just slipped , and underneath were fear and insecurity so deep that only a professional would be able to uproot them .
10	She had just stood there , scarcely able to breathe , and aware that only a hair 's breadth of control separated her from a fury that would shake her to her soul .
11	More than a decade after the introduction of legislation against sex or race discrimination , it remains true that only a minority of senior business executives are women or members of racial minority groups .

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