Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Known as ‘ Fizzer ’ to his colleagues and our fans , Phil played in every game of Palace 's promotion season of 1988–89 and only an injury , sustained on his 1st Division debut at Queens Park Rangers , prevented him from completing full appearances in 1989–90 , although he was an ever-present member of the team that reached the 1990 FA Cup Final and so nearly seized the famous trophy . |
| 2 | The answer may be one or both of these and only a careful rescue package can avert a total disaster . |
| 3 | In pursuit of this goal , the grammarian will concentrate on a particular body of data and attempt to produce an exhaustive but economical set of rules which will account for all and only the acceptable sentences in his data . |
| 4 | The buildings of the monastery were demolished in 1897 and only the porch remains of Dientzenhofer 's work . |
| 5 | There was certainly no repeat of the violent confrontations which marred the last Springboks ' tour in 1970 as only a group of about 70 chanting protesters stood outside the ground . |
| 6 | The shift in winds as the international economy moved from the extravagant eighties to the uncharted nineties has been evident for sometime but only the master helmsman could have kept afloat until now . |
| 7 | Inch loss from others varied according to their size but those with a 34–36 inch bust measurement either lost nothing at all or only an inch or an inch and a half . |
| 8 | How far is it possible to speak of a partnership at all if only a restricted set of activities is undertaken ? |
| 9 | The islands were not visible at all and only the lower slopes of Vesuvius could be seen . |
| 10 | The driver could n't find him at first as only the top of his helmet was visible . |
| 11 | As the dusk came down the bats came out and the song of birds ceased one by one until only a lone blackbird spoke occasionally from the shadows . |