Example sentences of "[be] [adj] only [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Film actors are not the only ones getting vastly rich : some pop stars command sums that would have been unthinkable only a decade ago . |
| 2 | Since the wires are stationary only the disc contributes to the e.m.f. , hence the integration over the closed path reduces to integration along the radius of the disc , yielding |
| 3 | LEFT Home computers were unheard-of only a couple of decades ago ; now they have become routine magic' . |
| 4 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
| 5 | He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game . |
| 6 | It was all only an excuse . |