Example sentences of "but only [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This department was responsible for the eventual establishment of school clinics throughout the country , but only slowly and after considerable controversy . |
| 2 | She can hold a spoon and feed herself but only slowly and with spillage . |
| 3 | If Patrick was sent back to the hospital he might be temporarily revived , but only briefly and perhaps in some damaged state . |
| 4 | He jumped , but only just before he was pushed . |
| 5 | She knew that these sort of wonders do pop up in the world from time to time , but only once or twice in a hundred years . |
| 6 | She wanted somehow to have her mother for herself , but only so that she could reject her herself . |
| 7 | In a moment he let her go , but only so that he might lift her bodily from the ground . |
| 8 | Such cultures would encourage citizens to participate in the political process , but only occasionally and within the limited rules of the democratic game . |