Example sentences of "only [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've not only developed a great understanding on the pitch . |
| 2 | Although his jarred shoulder is improving , and he has been named in the side for Saturday , he is still only given a 50–50 chance of playing . |
| 3 | Blacker Miller , still then Foreign Minister [ see above ] , was invited to address the meeting formally ( whereas San Román was only given a private hearing ) , and described the outcome as " adequate " . |
| 4 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
| 5 | One man 's father told coastguards that normally the group only travelled a few miles along the coast on the speedboat trips . |
| 6 | ICI claimed this was not harmful to residents in the area and they had only received a small number of complaints from people who had inhaled the gas . |
| 7 | We should remember that it was ill the employers " interests to claim that it was not worth providing women with a long training because they would waste it by leaving early ; while it was in the trade union 's interest to claim that women were incompetent because they had only received a short training . |
| 8 | Much more important than the Duchy was the royal household , whose financial institutions , the Chamber and the Wardrobe , not only consumed a large part of the Crown 's income but also assisted , from time to time , in national government . |
| 9 | The mention of Seville had only aroused a small murmur of protest in her left ventricle , and that was an improvement on a few months back when open heart surgery had seemed the only cure for her suffering . |
| 10 | That morning they went to a travel agent in the Unter den Linden to buy tickets , having only booked a single journey from London . |
| 11 | For the moment the protestors have only won a temporary stay of execution . |
| 12 | I had not only won a major title but my time in Madrid of 21.1 was my fastest ever , indoors or out , and that on a very tight , small track . |
| 13 | THE recent wild fluctuation in interest rates has only added an extra burden to people already having severe housing problems . |
| 14 | ‘ Only installed a few weeks back . |
| 15 | The railway buildings at the hill stations , on the other hand , only expected a European clientele ( together with servants ) and were organized accordingly . |
| 16 | She ate her meals alone , and only caught a fleeting glimpse of him all day as he disappeared through a far doorway . |
| 17 | Most of these people have only seen a second half since the police closed the Oval club . |
| 18 | ‘ We 've only seen a small part of the hospital wing , ’ Fairham observed . |
| 19 | They were still unsure about what to put on the B-side , and only made a final decision as they travelled to the recording studio on the bus . |
| 20 | But he lay quite dead to her and only made an irritated noise and shoved her when she started stroking his arm , for he had got what he wanted . |
| 21 | Granted structures of the Prisoners ' Dilemma type , cooperative behaviour can be secured only granted a certain level of assurance , and the need of norms ( in particular of sanctioned norms ) to produce that assurance shows that the assurance can not be adequately delivered by genetically based signals . |
| 22 | Traditionally archives such as the PRO have only selected a small proportion of the records produced in departments for permanent preservation . |
| 23 | I have only selected a few examples of deducing modes of life from these fossils with two valves ; the examples could be multiplied many times . |
| 24 | They had only met a few days ago . |
| 25 | We 've only got a small Oxford one . |
| 26 | But we 've only got a small supply remember . |
| 27 | I mean , I 've only got a five pound note . |
| 28 | Donald Michie 's idea of the ‘ human window ’ , the vital importance of making machines comprehensible to human beings , only got a passing reference , while pride of place was given to Ed Fredkin 's musing about computers of the future which will think about ‘ weighty problems we simply ca n't understand ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've — I 've only got a hundred pounds in traveller 's cheques . |
| 30 | But one must recognize that whatever system one puts in has only got a limited life before it becomes irrelevant , and if the payment is for achievement it must do just that . |