Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [coord] only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This type of award is , however , highly competitive and only a limited number of candidates will be successful . |
| 2 | depending on whether we take the " " mayden " " as a vocative ( i.e. " girl , I love no one more than thee " ) or as the object of the lost verb of line 14 , whereby the -clause becomes a restrictive relative clause ( " I love no maiden more than you … " [ but I might love some just as much or only a bit less ] ) . |
| 3 | To swim a distance of 3.1 kilometres in five hours , with a solid roof and no air space above you , visibility often zero and only a thin nylon line to follow , must be most people 's idea of the worst dive in the world … |
| 4 | Despite its classification as an A road , it is relatively quiet and only an occasional car will disturb a walker 's appreciation of the scenery . |
| 5 | The pupil is very large and only a portion of the iris is present , so the eye appears dark in colour . |
| 6 | However a problem is that these nuclei are very small and only a few manage to collide and fuse . |