Example sentences of "but only the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six for Vitali Scherbo , but only the usual five for Britain — and two of those were won in boats and another on a bike ! |
| 2 | Radio transmission had advanced and the first trans-Atlantic broadcast took place in 1925 , but only the following year , John Logie Baird was able to demonstrate television . |
| 3 | Suppose everyone buys meals , but only the rich can afford to go to the cinema . |
| 4 | The populations range from 14,372 to 297,862 ( Belfast ) , but only the latter exceeds 100,000 . |
| 5 | It passes on all its other genes at the same time , of course , but only the specific ‘ sharp-teeth gene ’ will find itself , on average , in the bodies of sharp-toothed tigers . |
| 6 | It was a repeat of the result of the first Fourball series at Muirfield village two years ago but only the second time that the Americans had been shut out since the fourball format was introduced at Atlanta in 1963 . |
| 7 | The land is just as beautiful , and their heroes strut across the world , but only the stupid still feel proud . |
| 8 | The financial accounts for a building company would not give any indication of the profit or loss on any individual project but only the financial position of the company as a whole . |
| 9 | The law does not prohibit all force on the person , but only the unlawful use of force . |
| 10 | Sukarno made it clear where his Nasakom doctrine was leading ( 17 August 1964 ) : ‘ I am a friend of the nationalists , but only the revolutionary nationalists ! |
| 11 | S. Miguel , nearby , is also a fine example both in construction and decoration , but only the western end exists , consisting of a two-storeyed narthex and part of the nave . |
| 12 | The range was wide , but only the first two attracted much notice , the Arts Council Working Party pointing out in 1969 that since these were not crimes at all , how could it be ‘ a heavily punishable crime to ‘ induce ’ these particular non-crimes ? ’ |
| 13 | She had made four previous films : Shenandoah ( 1965 ) , The Singing Nun ( 1966 ) , Mr Buddwing ( 1966 ) and Games ( 1967 ) , but only the first of these had any merit . |
| 14 | The Eastern District Leagues are nearly completed but only the first of the six divisions has been decided . |
| 15 | Alternatively , they may have experienced some risk , but only the lower levels which characterize the flat lower part of the relationship shown in Figure 3.3 . |
| 16 | But only the genuine Toyota part is designed and engineered to the same high standards of quality as the original equipment . |
| 17 | Most of the land area was classified as ‘ very exposed ’ , with average wind speeds of 12–15.5 knots , but only the highest summit areas were ‘ extremely exposed ’ , with average wind speeds exceeding 15.5 knots ( 8m/s ) . |
| 18 | University-trained lawyers dominated the civil service but only the highest posts gave social prestige . |
| 19 | This information is printed on the audit journal but only the total package prints on the guest 's folio . |
| 20 | Might n't it be the case that those other bodies with which we seem to have personal relations of friendship , dislike etc. , actually have no mental states at all ; that there is no internal life , but only the external behaviour ? |
| 21 | He intended to build terraces of houses right up to the Head but only the new Park Road was slowly completed , chiefly because of the steep hill . |
| 22 | But only the occasional shafts of sunlight gave it away as it worked slowly downwards , making the most of its daily exercise . |
| 23 | But only the occasional innocent — so far as she could tell — twang of the springs of the hideous black and red sofa punctuated the interview . |
| 24 | ‘ All sorcerers know that , ’ he said , ‘ but only the Black Sorcerers use Humans to turn the treadmills . ’ |
| 25 | Thirteen parties fielded candidates , but only the eight represented in the outgoing parliament secured the minimum 2 per cent of the vote required for representation . |
| 26 | Among the BaKongo and many other African peoples , both chiefs and sorcerers are commonly considered to be capable of killing people by occult means , but only the former do so legitimately . |
| 27 | But only the swiftest of action will save a woman who 's already lost her husband from losing her home as well . |
| 28 | But only the radical pro-Soviet regimes in the Non-Aligned Movement were prepared to engage in such attacks . |
| 29 | You can count your money and burn it within the nod of a buffalo 's head , but only the Great Spirit can count the grains of sand and the blades of grass of these plains . |
| 30 | He checked the Jeddah airport , but only the international departures office . |