Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [that] only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many were convinced that only a proletarian revolution could remove discrimination . |
| 2 | Given that £1 million was spent in 1990 under the WOAD Farm and Conservation Scheme for the provision , replacement or improvement of hedges ( 80% of this on hedge-laying ) , we are disappointed that only a further £0.2 million is to be made available during 1992 under CCW 's new scheme . |
| 3 | It is possible that only a very marked and rapid reduction in interest rates , which might cause a substantial shift in confidence , would be effective . |
| 4 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 5 | It is false that only a person in authority is an authority . |
| 6 | ‘ It is scandalous that only a tiny fraction of cars in the UK have catalysts fitted . |
| 7 | It is plain that only a small community closely knit by ties of kinship , common sentiment , and belief , and placed in a stable environment , could live successfully by such a regime of unofficial rules . |
| 8 | From March 1918 it was clear that only a crushing military victory by one or other side would bring ‘ peace ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |