Example sentences of "[adv] only [vb pp] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was probably only at the mill for a brief period , and perhaps only occupied part of it . |
| 2 | See you 've got to get rid of all that because at the back of your mind you 're still saying , Well I 've spent a lot of money still only done part of the job . |
| 3 | The very evolution from the concept of nurse ‘ training ’ to nurse ‘ education ’ is a relatively recent development which has really only gained momentum in the past eight to ten years . |
| 4 | This is very brief and solely for the record , Chairman , at the York greenbelt local plan inquiry the City Council made one objection , and one objection only , in respect of sites , and that was a site that straddled the York Selby boundary , that was there only expressed concern on sites specific objection , one site in the entire plan . |
| 5 | So much so , that the local unit , which had previously only accepted referrals from GPs , sent out letters to a variety of agencies , such as the probation service and the social services , asking for referrals from them . |
| 6 | Held , dismissing the appeal ( Lord Keith of Kinkel and Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle dissenting ) , that although the common law had previously only admitted recovery of money exacted under an unlawful demand by a public authority where the payment had been made under a mistake of fact or under limited categories of compulsion , which did not apply to the payments by the building society , the nature of a demand for tax or similar impost on the citizen by the state , with the perceived economic and social consequences of non-payment stemming from the inequality of the parties ' respective positions , and the unjust enrichment falling on the state where the citizen paid an unlawful demand to avoid those consequences , warranted a reformulation of the law of restitution so as to recognise a prima facie right of recovery based solely on payment of money pursuant to an ultra vires demand by a public authority ; and that , accordingly , since the building society 's claim fell outside the statutory framework governing repayment of overpaid tax , it was entitled at common law to repayment of the sums from the dates of payments and to interest in respect thereof pursuant to section 35A of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ( post , pp. 384H , 387D , F–G , 389B , 390F — 391C , E–F , 392E , 396C , 414B–C , F–G , 415E–F , 416A–B , 417B , 418A–C , E–F , 421D–F , G ) . |