Example sentences of "only [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impetus of the scientific imperative was followed by technical mistakes , followed by a disastrous failure , followed by official reassurances — and only eventually concluded by official backtracking in the face of outside scepticism . |
| 2 | From the Villa Elena you can see no fewer than eleven extinct volcanos and a distant view of the sea , only slightly marred by smoke belching from an industrial plant two miles away . |
| 3 | As expected , increased dietary calcium increased the total calcium in faeces and this was only slightly stimulated by phosphate supplementation of the high calcium diet ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 4 | Of course , in addition to the bony structures in the limb — which are first laid down as cartilage and only later replaced by bone — there are muscles and tendons whose pattern is more complex . |
| 5 | Kelsen insists that ‘ every law applying act is only partly determined by law ’ and presents actual legal systems as a synthesis of formal , static deduction and informal , dynamic determination . |
| 6 | Aggression is only partly caused by leadership style . |
| 7 | Similarly in Britain , the early literature consisted of learned , academic books , which later gave way to the many systematic publications of the Geological Survey , only now superseded by research published in commercial scientific journals . |
| 8 | Similarly in Britain , the early literature consisted of learned , academic books , which later gave way to the many systematic publications of the Geological Survey , only now superseded by research published in commercial scientific journals . |
| 9 | Eyes : Rolling eyes that show the whites are often thought to be a sign of viciousness — in fact , they are an indication of wariness and suspicion , which is only occasionally accompanied by aggression . |