Example sentences of "only in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At p524 The Lord President stated : In neither of the English cases referred to was it doubted that if trustees carry on a trade or business — as they not infrequently have to do , at least for a time — they are assessable under Case I of Schedule D ; although again the balance of their profits and gains is theirs only in a representative capacity … |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | The new Landrat of Gunzenhausen , a former Franconian bastion of National Socialism , wrote in his first monthly report after the end of the Third Reich , in August 1945 : ‘ Although the war has only been over for a few months , National Socialism is hardly ever spoken about , and when at all , only in a negative sense . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Practitioners could then consider whether this can be transferred to a new physical or social setting , or is sustainable only in a familiar setting . |
| 7 | In a fairy-tale scene he kisses her and she becomes beautiful , but after their betrothal she confesses her past sins and the weakness of her nature , imploring Leo to love her only in a spiritual sense . |
| 8 | Nobody , of course , will believe it : ‘ He was such a nice man — a bit sarcastic at times but only in a playful sort of way . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Data can be passed between these programs but only in a limited way through a copy buffer . |
| 11 | Assimilation of voice is also found , but again only in a limited way . |
| 12 | On the other , it may bring to light significant features of style which would otherwise have been overlooked , and so lead to further insights ; but only in a limited sense does it provide an objective measurement of style . |
| 13 | This is admittedly a rather crude distinction , but one which could be justified by the very uneven break — some 80 per cent of establishments were " non-users " for each category — which it produced ; For experimental purposes we also separated out " high user establishments where the number of fixed-term contract or agency workers used was the equivalent of five per cent or more of the labour force but the results thereby obtained were not more instructive than those obtained by the initial classification and so are reported upon only in a limited fashion . |
| 14 | Presumably this could be contemplated only in a limited number of constituencies , since anything more ambitious would knock the stuffing out of local activists in one party or the other . |
| 15 | This implies that , if one is interested only in a limited number of eigenvalues , the power method is the obvious choice . |
| 16 | He said , ‘ In order to prevent literary contracts being held up , I also suggest that a general power of attorney be given to me again only in a limited area and only to be used if Elinor be indisposed . ’ |
| 17 | Given half a chance she 'd have taken on the job of finding a soul-mate for Shannon with all the crusading zeal of a missionary , since she was blissfully convinced that true happiness could be found only in a strong relationship such as the one she had . |
| 18 | There are many groups dealing with standardisation , but each deals only in a specific area . |
| 19 | Most fish use electricity only in a passive way , receiving the tell-tale discharges of other animals . |
| 20 | The extensive fluvial environments with freshwater lakes , lush vegetation and thriving fauna ( Fig. 2 ) could have existed only in a moderate climate conditions with adequate humidity . |
| 21 | I suspect that there are many millions more who can function only in a contented fashion when given jobs to do , and when working to a pattern worked out by somebody else . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Epithets such as " naughty " or " dirty " , or their implication , may result not only in a general feeling of unworthiness in the child but also in a sense that they apply to anal-genital matters as a whole . |
| 24 | This new generation believes that only in a successful Britain can we provide everybody with opportunity ; with a chance to better themselves and their families . |
| 25 | Now it is found only in a narrow strip of land in Niger , Chad , Mali and Sudan . |
| 26 | There are strong similarities to ideals and ways of thought in other English-speaking countries and Western Europe , but only in a broad sense . |
| 27 | But values are shared only in a broad sense . |
| 28 | When he next turned his attention to the matter , The Times leader writer had to explain to his readers that the law of debtor and creditor was as yet only in a transitional state and that a very unsatisfactory one . |
| 29 | Where , on the other hand , the third estate was still weak and only in a budding stage at the beginning of the nineteenth century , as in Germany , Italy , and among the Slavonic peoples , nationalism found its expression predominantly in the cultural field . |
| 30 | They 're competing for access to male pouches , what mammalian males are doing is competing for access to female uteruses because it 's only in a female uterus that an offspring can develop if you 're a mammal . |