Example sentences of "and [verb] only in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her ; and trafficked for strange webs with Eastern merchants ; and , as Leda , was the mother of Helen of Troy , and , as Saint Anne , the mother of Mary ; and all this has been to her but as the sound of lyres and flutes , and lives only in the delicacy with which it has moulded the changing lineaments , and tinged the eyelids and the hands . |
| 2 | If we are of a lazier disposition , the solution is simple and usually quite acceptable : if the same note will occur in two or more parts it can be omitted where it is least necessary and retained only in the principal part ( thus in Example 140 we would keep the Eā only in the upper voice , to retain the melodic shape ) . |
| 3 | The adult males and females live alone and meet only in the breeding season . |
| 4 | The New Theory of Vision explicitly teaches that what we see is not what we touch , and exists only in the mind , not in an external space . |
| 5 | ā Very well , thank you , ā she replied politely and then with a trace of irony in her voice , added , ā I finished Buddenbrooks and walked only in the garden . |
| 6 | In fact , they share assumptions and limitations in common with the theories they reject , and differ only in the way in which they assess the worth of British democracy in the context of changed economic circumstances . |
| 7 | The ferry takes cars and operates only in the summer months but , at busy times when the more popular crossing at Kyle of Lochalsh is subject to lengthy delays , this smaller ferry at Kylerhea may still provide the quickest route to the island . |