Example sentences of "[conj] only [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is false that only a person in authority is an authority . |
| 2 | EVERTON 'S season is in such dire straits that only a magician in the mould of Paul Daniels can rescue them from big trouble now . |
| 3 | On the evidence , the hearing officer considered that only the reduction in the disposal of scrap material amounted to a proven and readily quantifiable benefit . |
| 4 | From January 1983 , married women will have the right to apply for Family Income Supplement ( a means-tested supplement for low wage-earners with children which currently specifies that only the husband in a married couple may apply ) and , provided the couple agree that she has been and is the main breadwinner , a married woman may then apply for means-tested supplementary benefit . |
| 5 | In patients with clinically active Crohn 's disease , blood flow was lower than in both of the other groups , although only the difference in median values relative to the control group was significant ( p=0.02 ) . |
| 6 | It is the first time a British team has ever won a dressage medal and only the second in any major international championship . |
| 7 | It is possible that I missed someone 's parenthesis , but only a promise in the editorial that ‘ the link between the party and the unions ’ will be among subjects discussed in future sticks in the memory . |
| 8 | Participating and enjoying disability arts could then be seen as only a side-show in the drama of struggle for change , something to provide relief from the tensions of boring or stressful committee meetings . |
| 9 | A person who holds over at the end of a lease is not a trespasser until demand is made , as only the person in possession can be trespassed against ( Hey v Moorhouse ( 1839 ) 6 Bing NC 52 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ When we came to leave the Lamb that afternoon , Mr Barnett , we were all in similar states of intoxication , but Jack had become as maudlin as only an Irishman in liquor can . |
| 11 | According to Ockleton , he had become ‘ as maudlin as only an Irishman in liquor can . ’ |
| 12 | But this is the general position and in vehicles like Minis it could be argued that such a view can be obtained when only the wiper in front of the driver works , therefore each vehicle must be dealt with separately . |