Example sentences of "only in [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And in any case high principles are n't the kind of things one notices at a cocktail party — or perhaps only in a negative way , as when somebody drinks tomato juice rather than gin . ’ |
| 2 | All these months of coming to terms with Mark 's death , of setting her own life back on its tracks , even if it was only in a superficial way , and somehow , just when Robyn had thought she had it all under control , had regained her equilibrium , this arrogant man had appeared and set her world in turmoil with his derision and scorn . |
| 3 | You have to train people to become doctors or engineers or professors , and at the same time to train them in questioning all that — not only in a critical way , but I would say in a deconstructive way . |
| 4 | But all the time — from the moment I began to speak , in fact — I knew this was partly a lie : I enjoyed the intrigue of politics , the excitement , the feeling , if only in a limited way , of power . |
| 5 | Data can be passed between these programs but only in a limited way through a copy buffer . |
| 6 | Assimilation of voice is also found , but again only in a limited way . |
| 7 | Most fish use electricity only in a passive way , receiving the tell-tale discharges of other animals . |
| 8 | What we hope to have shown so far , if only in a general way , is the vital link between theory and method which is so essential to a fuller understanding of methods of data collection . |
| 9 | Being useful , even if only in a small way , was a marvellous booster of confidence . |
| 10 | At first , it touched just one or two establishments , and only in a small way , but it spread with time and today it is one of the major driving forces in AEA 's business . |
| 11 | ‘ Only in a nice way , of course . ’ |
| 12 | Let the side down , only in a different way . |
| 13 | This is especially clear in the case of bilinguals who code switch , whose personas may be indexed — though only in a gross way — by language . |
| 14 | Yes , I gave him my heart … and my body , put willingly and joyfully at his continual disposal , not only in a sexual way but as general factotum . |
| 15 | This survived only in an underground way in folk song , nursery rhymes , children 's counting verses , and so on . |
| 16 | The day would be held against her , she knew , if only in the muted way in which Edward was capable of bearing a grudge . |