Example sentences of "only [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then what else could she have expected as she was only clad in a thin night-gown . |
| 2 | died as , whatever and they went to his eldest brother he said he had to burn all because he only lived in a small flat , he and his wife and two children and they 'd got no room for them to so he had to burn them . |
| 3 | For the rest of the decade the working classes were only depicted in a small number of undistinguished films which celebrated or exploited the skills of particular groups of workers . |
| 4 | If the word " real " in the sense of " actual " or " actually existent " has any discernible function at all , then it is only to indicate in a roundabout way that a certain proposition , or propositions , are actally true ; and " true " , as we have just seen , is itself eliminable as a propositional predicate . |
| 5 | ( This exchange system enabled some universities to establish very large collections of theses , but it was very costly , since it depended on the production of multiple copies of theses , and the practise was only operating in a small number of American universities by the start of Worl War II . |
| 6 | Deviation from such norms and mores will not only result in a social storm around both the adult and child concerned but may interfere with the child 's normal development according to normal modes of life and upbringing — in other words may affect libidinal development as this must be expected in our culture . |
| 7 | In principle , no , we only act in a consultative and advisory way . |
| 8 | Argument will only grow in a large organization if it is actually encouraged , and if the example is given from the top with courteous listening and praise for differences of view . |
| 9 | Of course , the truth about how he has done it will probably only emerge in a ghosted autobiography that will cost some newspaper a king 's ransom . |
| 10 | The plain infinitive ( without to ) is only used in a verbal , never in a nominal function . |
| 11 | Indifferently magnificent , it sneered back at my eager camera lens , which could only fit in a pitiful few floors . |
| 12 | Hence they have only contributed in a limited way to post-war housing , but they have been a major feature of a commitment to planned decentralization , even though , as Aldridge ( 1979 ) concludes , by the end it was a programme without a policy . |
| 13 | And it was only entered in a flat race ! |
| 14 | This short manuscript , which was only rediscovered in a private library at the turn of the century , spells out the sort of behaviour that was expected of a young Mughal gentleman in Delhi about 1650 . |
| 15 | But he added : ‘ Islamic laws only apply in a just society — not one where society itself is the culprit . |
| 16 | Those with faith are those who can ‘ see ’ , and who may therefore only engage in a limited dialogue with the ‘ blind ’ . |
| 17 | We might say that the corporation was liable , meaning only to summarize in a convenient way the responsibilities we ascribed to each of the shareholders . |
| 18 | These can only come in a planned economic system and will never come through the irrationalities of the market . |
| 19 | You see some of them only live in a small cottage with no garden and that 's an extension to their home , you can go down there with the children |
| 20 | But she did not weep , only said in a low , harsh voice , ‘ Then you wo n't come back ? |
| 21 | The individual not only operates in a social context but also is determined , to the extent that she is a social being , by that context . |
| 22 | This spirit can only travel in a straight line , so when it slides down the roof in the hope of gaining entry to a house , it will be swept up in the air again by the curving gable . |
| 23 | For such activity can , as a matter of logic , only occur in a real country with a real postal system allowing epistolary communication between businesses , friends , relatives , parent and child , husband and wife , MP and constituent , etc , etc . |