Example sentences of "only [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , The largest flying boat in the world only made one flight ( of about a mile in length at a height of about eighty feet ) , and until recently has been preserved within an aluminium-dome museum , close to the Queen Mary in Long Beach , California . |
| 2 | He reckoned that Biblical Christianity not only made more sense than any other religion or philosophy , but also it was the only one that had the power to produce real holiness of life in genuine believers . |
| 3 | You go along thinking you know exactly what everything is , and then you stop and look at it and it does n't make any sense and you think maybe it only made any sense in the first place because everyone was pretending it did . |
| 4 | However , the accounts do only compare actual expenditure against grant for both categories . |
| 5 | You should do this only to compare one beer with another or one wine with another . |
| 6 | In humid tropical environments the leaching of metal cations from silicate minerals is controlled by the supply of acids ; this not only involves carbonic acid , although this is the most pervasive , but also sulphuric acid and , more significantly , a range of organic acids . |
| 7 | Viscount Palmerston had taken over as Prime Minister by then only to lose that position to Lord Derby again but only for a year , as the Liberals were able to take control of Parliament in 1859 , with Viscount Palmerston remaining as Prime Minister until 1865 , during which period many changes took place . |
| 8 | But on closer investigation it turns out that she has trained herself only to like healthy food . |
| 9 | The promise of privatised experience in such a crucial area as travel not only erodes public transport , but also feeds into the individualist selfishness of consumerism . |
| 10 | But now they are out as well as all junk food , and I 'm only eating one meal a day . |
| 11 | They did n't believe in selling endowments , they only sold whole life you see ? |
| 12 | I can only presume that Lucker has failed in the macho stakes . |
| 13 | While different interpretations may be offered of these low correlations , the fact remains that the ITPA has only limited empirical support for its validity . |
| 14 | The failure of British cinema 's first big drive on the international market-place provoked some serious reflection about why British films had only limited offshore appeal . |
| 15 | Locke does suggest , indeed , erm and erm the example that , the rather silly example that I just gave is meant to bring this out , erm that of course those who have only given tacit consent are not full members of that civil society . |
| 16 | LIFESPAN users have three attempts to logon to LIFESPAN , except the LIFESPAN user , MANAGER , who is only given one attempt . |
| 17 | It can have come about , in fact , only given human knowledge of relevant facts — presumably , of the ill-effects of in-breeding . |
| 18 | The Home Office has previously only given national rape statistics and none on indecent assaults , fearing it would increase women 's worries . |
| 19 | In organisations people are only given sufficient power to carry out their responsibilities effectively . |
| 20 | the crews of the cutters did not always see the completed puzzle , and for obvious reasons were only given sufficient information on a need-to-know basis . |
| 21 | Her acceptance of this role has not only given enormous pleasure to the membership but it has conferred upon the Association a status in society and an endorsement which only the seal of Royal Patronage can do . |
| 22 | She 's had four serious breaks in the past twenty years , and lost two inches in height … but was only diagnosed last year . |
| 23 | In fact , it was only naming one lady on the paper . |
| 24 | In other words , one DOCTOR can have many PATIENTS , but a PATIENT is only assigned one DOCTOR . |
| 25 | Protestant opposition to integrated schooling is sometimes heard in the North , particularly from the fundamentalist camp , who not only fear catholic infiltration of state schools but are opposed to anything other than Bible protestantism in religious education . |
| 26 | Thus , although we may say of individuals that they know this or that proposition , we can only explain this fact if we take into account the network of practices in which they live . |
| 27 | The engine only produces thirty-two horse power , which I thought might be a problem in performance terms but , for this unique aircraft , it does not prove to be so . |
| 28 | Doing nothing only sawing all day . |
| 29 | If that is how we still feel , then we must recognise that we can only think this way because the Enemy is not threatening us . |
| 30 | Yet it is clear that there are enormous possibilities for offering a rich mixture of sounds and players which can only enhance public worship . |