Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] only [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , we 've all seen all the reports — distributed open systems end up costing downsizers more money than the mainframe ever did , that there are many applications that can be handled only by the mainframe , that the mainframe has a bright future if only IBM Corp can get over its present problems .
2 The preoccupations of spoken language interpreters in discussing their task do not then concern language competence but only interpreter competence ( Gerver and Sinaiko , 1978 ) .
3 But Mr Fallon he said : ‘ Mr Milburn continues to think of nursery education as only council nursery schools .
4 Last year , before the general election , a Gallup poll showed that 48% of teachers intended to vote Labour ; 22% Liberal Democrat and only 17% Conservative .
5 She had that kind of gloss that only studio make-up and the last touches by a hairdresser can add .
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