Example sentences of "only in [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Many other substances play a minor role as insect pigments , occurring either in small amounts or only in a few species .
2 The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land .
3 I have been persuaded by the publishers to adopt the spellings on the latest maps of the Ordnance Survey and where these differ from those previously accepted have done so with reluctance , rebelling only in a few cases of change in long-familiar names .
4 Only in a few cases , as at Brading , do they reflect any deeply held beliefs or cult practices .
5 However , the problem for competition policy is that trade-offs are more or less ubiquitous , and only in a few cases ( price fixing or market sharing are examples ) is it possible to reach an unambiguous verdict .
6 Only in a few cases is it unclear whether a crater is volcanic or from an impact , and in comparably few cases does it seem more likely that a crater is of volcanic origin .
7 Deceptively , because in practice it is rarely accomplished and only in a few cases have polymer blends or mixtures achieved industrial importance .
8 Only in a few countries in Northern Europe , ours among them , is an incorrupt public service normal .
9 Only in a few instances were brass or copper depositum plates provided , for it was more usual to outline the initials , date of death and age of the occupant on to the lid with black-headed upholstery nails with the possible addition of a skull and crossbones outlined at the head of the lid , whilst the sides were decorated with a single row of close-set nails all round .
10 and can be preceded by ( e.g. ‘ squelch ’ , ‘ bulge ’ ) ; is never preceded by , and is preceded by only in a few words and names , e.g. ‘ Welsh ’ , ‘ Walsh ’ , .
11 Thus tunicates ( creatures distantly related to vertebrates , and commonly known as ‘ sea-squirts ’ ) naturally accumulate vanadium or titanium which are present in sea water only in a few parts per billion .
12 Most innovations , however , especially the successful ones , result from a conscious , purposeful search for innovation opportunities which are found only in a few situations .
13 Most innovations , however , especially the successful ones , result from a conscious purposeful search for innovation opportunities which are found only in a few situations . ’
14 Only in the former case , where the plasma is in equilibrium , its particles randomly moving around with a distribution of energies , does the concept of ‘ temperature ’ have a true meaning and the possibility of sustained thermo -nuclear fusion exist .
15 Only in the former case could a violation of autonomy conceivably be justified .
16 The Convention text emphasises the source of the document , and the capacity in which the person concerned is acting ; a notary may be acting as a public officer or as the agent of a private party , and only in the former case will the Convention apply to documents issued by him .
17 Only in the latter half of the last century did these ideas begin to emerge and it was recognized that embryos developed by epigenesis .
18 Only in the latter days of the town 's life as a centre of county magnificence were any real attempts made to establish an overall urban form and both resulted in failure , at least as financial ventures .
19 Thus the thickest potential net pay can be expected to be developed only in the latter situation ( see Figs. 25 and 26 ) .
20 However , Harriman and Buxton ( 1979 ) presented semantically anomalous sentences spoken either in a monotone or with appropriate intonation , and obtained a REA only in the latter condition .
21 They did n't do many subjects together and were only in the same group for French and history .
22 Of 149 respondents , 18 subjects agreed firmly with the statement that " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " , and a further 23 thought this was perhaps true .
23 In the Hull survey one of the statements to which respondents were invited to agree was " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " ; 18 endorsed this statement , and 23 thought it was maybe true , out of 149 .
24 In most of these universes the conditions would not be right for the development of complicated organisms ; only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question : " why is the universe the way we see it ? "
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