Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] only the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Act is perhaps not so clear where only the claimant with a possessory title is before the court , for example , because the true owner does not appear or can not be found . |
| 2 | The Big Bang was violent — so violent that only the smallest bits of atomic particles could have survived . |
| 3 | Maybe so , but there is good and bad , effective and ineffective propaganda , and , as Nizan himself was acutely aware , the technical problems associated with injecting ideology and politics into literature were so enormous that only the most adroit , the most cunning of revolutionary writers would be successful in creating an effective balance between ideological effect and aesthetic technique . |
| 4 | The British music business is extremely competitive and only the bands who are prepared to commit themselves totally to their careers will succeed . |
| 5 | It is already residential and only the degree of care would change . |
| 6 | It is already residential and only the degree of care would change . |
| 7 | But their investment potential is generally rather poor and only the most exceptional items are likely to become collectable in the longer term . |
| 8 | We have to be absolutely sure that only the pollen we want reaches the stigma . |
| 9 | The fire which had started early that morning must have been very fierce as only the walls were left standing and from the ruins there was that horrible fire-damp smell which pervades the site for weeks after such an occurrence . |