Example sentences of "of [v-ing] only the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the aim of keeping only the Imperial Tobacco and Imperial Foods divisions , Hanson within a short period of time sold Imperial 's hotels and restaurants interests to Trust House Forte ( £190 million ) , Golden Wonder Crisps to Dalgety ( £87 million ) and Courage to the Australian company Elders IXL ( £1.4 billion ) . |
| 2 | When the winds are southerly the drift would be in the reverse direction , but the waves responsible , being of smaller size due to limited fetch and generally lighter winds , would be capable of moving only the finer material back towards West Bay . |
| 3 | An ordinary delegate said he rejected the idea of blaming only the previous leaders for past mistakes . |
| 4 | A consequence of this decision could have been the creation of evidence that the project was merely an exercise in ‘ façadism ’ — the policy of retaining only the external skin of a building as a ‘ screen wall ’ to new accommodation , which often creates a disagreeable distinction between the ‘ stage set ’ of the preserved shell and the entirely rebuilt interior . |
| 5 | Colonel Joshua Jebb , the powerful architect of the prison system , was also implicated in the conspiracy , accused of selecting only the burliest convicts for release on ‘ ticket-of-leave ’ ; and the well-fed convict feasting on turtle soup , rump steak , pudding and ale was another obvious target . |