Example sentences of "[adj] only to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bracken scratched her tender skin , but she was barely aware of it , her every nerve ending alive only to the man touching her with such consummate skill . |
| 2 | This is much easier to follow than text which is long-winded and frequently ambiguous or file designs or programming flowcharts which are understandable only to the computer professional . |
| 3 | In other words communism under freedom is possible only to the extent that people are motivated by non-economic rewards . |
| 4 | ‘ I can be free only to the extent that others are forbidden to profit from their physical , economic , or other superiority to the detriment of my liberty . ’ |
| 5 | In the general case we have to use several descriptions , often appropriate only to the polymer under study , rather than one or other of the more exact descriptions . |
| 6 | When the arrears are payable , the presumption is that they are to be paid provided there are surplus assets available , whether or not these represent accumulated profits which might have been distributed by way of dividend , but that they are payable only to the date of the commencement of the winding up . |
| 7 | Of the instruments of good works listed in the Rule of Saint Benedict , second only to the love of God came the love of humankind , and Cadfael reverenced the Rule above the detailed and meticulous rules . |
| 8 | The earl became the largest landowner in Ireland , and second only to the Duke of Lancaster in England , while his descendants had royal blood in their veins . |
| 9 | Forests and woodlands come second only to the beach as a perfect place for an away-day , with four out of 10 people preferring to picnic in style , at a designated picnic site . |
| 10 | Education was probably a larger issue in the 1964 general election than ever before ( or , it need hardly be added , since ) : the national opinion polls placed it second only to the cost of living . |
| 11 | For twenty years Marcus Judge had been the most powerful figure on Jubilee Wharf , second only to the Wharfmaster himself . |
| 12 | Yet , because of his knowledge , he had powers second only to the president . |
| 13 | He is also the Reiksmarshall of the Empire , commander of all the Empire 's forces , second only to the Emperor himself . |
| 14 | Among those with carcinoma of the floor of the mouth , which was second only to the tongue as the most common site , 55 ( 76% ) had a history of smoking . |
| 15 | If I were taking on a new act , their ability to perform on stage would be second only to the quality of their songwriting . |
| 16 | If work groups meet every day ( as many do ) , they will represent the second most cohesive group in most people 's lives — second only to the family . |
| 17 | Second only to the family , his chief love was for the North of Scotland and in the mid-fifties he realised a life-time ambition by becoming the owner of a 26,000-acre estate in Sutherland and , typical of the man , here he turned this unit into a sound agricultural business as well as a sporting estate . |
| 18 | According to the Men 's Movement , second only to the father is the older male who will help teach a young man what it means to be a man and help remove him from his father 's influence . |
| 19 | A recent survey in the Wall Street Journal , America 's only readable paper , has shown that the microwave is the nation 's favourite household appliance , second only to the smoke alarm in terms of its importance to the American lifestyle . |
| 20 | The cuts would be noticeable only to the expert onlooker and there was certainly ‘ no cause for alarm ’ , he said . |
| 21 | A passage from Verdelot 's ‘ Ogn'hor per voi sospiro ’ ( in his Secondo libro de Madrigali , 1537 ) will illustrate typical early madrigal texture with an exchange of phrases obvious only to the singer ( madrigals were seldom written with listeners in mind ) ( cantus , bars 2–4 , and tenor 4–6 ; altus bars 2–4 , and cantus 4–6 ) , contrasts of four- and two-part , writing , highlighting of ‘ tacendo ’ and ‘ amando ’ with their semitonal sighs : |
| 22 | The coroner in England and Wales is appointed by the Lord Chancellor and once appointed he ( or she ) is technically answerable only to the Queen . |
| 23 | Some of the ancient abbeys , such as St Albans and Bury St Edmunds in England , were exempt from the visitation of the local bishop and answerable only to the pope . |
| 24 | Tycho was a Protestant , beholden only to the king of Denmark , Frederick II , who had granted him free use of a small island to pursue his astronomical studies . |
| 25 | They were of course no different from good maintained grammar schools and owed their survival after 10/65 only to the anomaly created in 1926 and perpetuated in 1944 . |
| 26 | In all cases , remember that the information you find is interesting or valuable only to the extent that you can put it to relevant use in your essay ; facts do not come with fixed , off-the-peg significance . |
| 27 | The Arrhenius equation or where K = specific reaction rate ; A = frequency factor ; Ea = energy of activation ; R = gas constant ; T = absolute temperature is applicable only to the investigation of the chemical stability of single compounds in simple solution . |
| 28 | ‘ Certain highly technical factors , intelligible only to the expert and with which I will not take up the time of this inquest , have led me to conclude that Subject A had been dead for more than nine years and less than twelve . |
| 29 | As late as the 1760s the ideal government , in the eyes not merely of George III but of the great majority of his subjects , was one consisting of a number of heads of departments , each performing his task efficiently and responsible only to the king and Parliament . |
| 30 | Freeports , all near airports or docks , offer tariff and customs privileges , while UDCs go further and replace local government 's powers over development control with an appointed board responsible only to the Minister . |