Example sentences of "only of [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , notwithstanding the very high authority of Lord Coke , I think it is not the fact that to accept prompt payment of a part only of a liquidated demand can never be more beneficial than to insist on payment of the whole . |
| 2 | The clue to that , I suspect , lies in Heseltine 's increasing adoption not only of a Churchillian warning stance but of an almost Churchillian speaking style as well . |
| 3 | This is what they teach fighters in Britain and that 's why most British fighters are only of a certain calibre . |
| 4 | If the horse wo n't walk into the trailer , it 's best to let him eat some of his food standing on the ramp ( only of a two-horse trailer and obviously not that of a truck ) . |
| 5 | It is about gaining an understanding , not only of a specific project , but about the way your company works . |
| 6 | Formulations of definitive tests are always dangerous , but it seems to me that , without claiming to expound an exhaustive guide , the following provides a satisfactory working test for whether , in any given case , a covenant touches and concerns the land : ( 1 ) the covenant benefits only the reversioner for the time being , and if separated from the reversion ceases to be of benefit to the covenantee ; ( 2 ) the covenant affects the nature , quality , mode of user or value of the land of the reversioner ; ( 3 ) the covenant is not expressed to be personal ( that is to say neither being given only to a specific reversioner nor in respect of the obligations only of a specific tenant ) ; ( 4 ) the fact that a covenant is to pay a sum of money will not prevent it from touching and concerning the land so long as the three foregoing conditions are satisfied and the covenant is connected with something to be done on , or to in relation to the land . |
| 7 | In short , if there can be any meaningful talk of " reduction " here at all , it is perhaps only of a possible reduction of properties to ( non-mental and logically independent ) relations , not vice versa . |
| 8 | If it is alleged that the tribunal has reached a wrong decision then there can be a question of law but only of a limited character . |
| 9 | This latter idea could lay claim to a basis in ideas of collegiality — but only of a limited nature . |
| 10 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 11 | In these circumstances , it is the preservation not only of a great house that is assured , but also of the surrounding area of countryside . |
| 12 | The ‘ shelter ’ was a ridiculously inadequate affair , consisting only of a tubular metal frame with a narrow roof , thus allowing one to be squashed by the crowd packed into its small area , and soaked by the rain that swept in through its open sides . |
| 13 | However , single-person households with , for example , an income consisting only of a single person 's state pension are much more likely to be found in the older age groups than in the younger ones . |
| 14 | These involve awareness not only of a narrative point of time , but of circumstances which , in relation to that point , are past , future , or hypothetical . |
| 15 | However commonsense has prevailed and in Re Transatlantic Life Assurance Slade J. felt able to hold that ‘ the wording … is wide enough in its terms to empower the court to order the deletion of some only of a registered shareholder 's shares . ’ |
| 16 | This low-impact , high energy workout promises the aerobic equivalent of a seven mph run with the impact to the legs equivalent only of a three mph walk . |
| 17 | The petty bourgeoisie of shopkeepers and self-employed tradesmen needed to keep accounts even if only of a primitive kind , but the growing fraction of permanent journeymen among the artisans grew into a more literate as well as more skilled elite section of the labouring classes . |
| 18 | Women have difficulty obtaining paid employment , not only of a high level of skill and wages , but of any sort at all . |
| 19 | But since he can think only of a few things at a time , the routine function of his noble gift of reason must be to correct spontaneous reactions and keep them running in an intelligent direction . |
| 20 | The time demanded in maintaining roses is not great , it does not mean a number of hours or days a week , but it does mean a regular tour around , if only of a few minutes ' duration , perhaps in the evenings , with secateurs in hand to snip or prune away faded flowers , and a puff or spray here and there as and when you find aphids or other pests . |
| 21 | Regrettably this consists only of a short description of the mechanical working of the lift , taken from Thomas 's own description , giving no assessment of the lift 's success in use , despite the fact that it appeared six months after the lift 's entry into service . |
| 22 | But attempts to encourage family planning encounter obstacles not only of an economic nature but also of a religious , cultural , and possibly also political nature . |
| 23 | Thus ( 8 ) and ( 9 ) can be construed as " passive experience " , while ( 10 ) admits only of an obligational-type interpretation : ( 8 ) I had a horse run away with me . |
| 24 | Li Yuan stood at the rail , looking out across the darkness of the lake , his sense of ease , of inner stillness , lulling him so that for a time he seemed aware only of the dull murmur of the voices behind him and the soft lapping of the water against the wooden posts of the jetty . |
| 25 | A chess Grand Master is aware not only of the current state of the board but of past positions and of the probability of any future move . |
| 26 | Mu Cephei is only of the fifth magnitude ( at least , generally so ; it is somewhat variable ) , so that with the naked eye it is not impressive even though it is actually redder than Betelgeux . |
| 27 | Jack grunted , conscious only of the icy fear that gripped him . |
| 28 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
| 29 | Will the money run out , as it did once before , with the consequential loss not only of the technological advantages gained but of the scientific and technical expertise ? |
| 30 | Oh , the benison of it , she thought , for she seemed to need comfort now , not only because she was tired after the journey and far away from John , but because she had admitted to herself that she loved him , had let her love sweep over her like a kind of illness , ‘ giving in ’ to flu , conscious only of the present moment . |