Example sentences of "[is] so [adj] [conj] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The land is so dry that only isolated juniper trees and low scrub freckle the surface of the cliffs and the rock strata , some soft , some hard , are clear and stark . |
| 2 | Generally speaking , the machine system of section-making is so gentle that only very difficult lithologies and loose sediments will need impregnation . |
| 3 | In front of the entrance there is a pillar of rock forty feet high , called the Soldier Rock , and the entrance itself is so narrow as only to admit a small boat , and then only in fine weather . |
| 4 | But the judge said : ‘ This offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified . |
| 5 | The damage done by these species is so great that only rarely do they produce enough identifiable remains for them to be countable . |
| 6 | In 1936 he wrote " Nowadays the trouble and expense involved in keeping a stud of hawks is so great that only a fortunate few are able to do so . " |
| 7 | We now know this to be true of all the planets ; however , the effect is so small that only in the case of Mercury was it detectable by nineteenth-century astronomers . |
| 8 | Sometimes the dominant female is so powerful that only she becomes pregnant and her subordinates must await her demise before being able to breed themselves . |
| 9 | She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established . |
| 10 | The cost of freehold land is so high that only a wealthy man who farms intensively can hope to make a living on his own small farm . |
| 11 | Currency markets , however , take the view that the deficit is so large that only a lower exchange rate will help to speed up the adjustment . |
| 12 | Jupiter orbits the Sun well beyond the orbit of Mars , and though the solar radiation at Jupiter is about 25 times less than at the Earth , Jupiter is so large that only Venus , and Mars at the most favourable oppositions , outshine Jupiter in our skies . |
| 13 | The weather is so unpredictable that only those who are well equipped and experienced walkers should attempt the high tops . |