Example sentences of "only by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our guide was there to meet us , his silver hair outshone only by the enormity of his rucsac containing about twenty-five flags on long poles . |
| 2 | In fact , the range of size is exceeded only by the range of habit . |
| 3 | In many cases fans were able to attach labels to certain positions , but in some cases the role was defined only by the range of behaviours required for it . |
| 4 | The Minister will know that those targets can be met only by the air ambulance in my area . |
| 5 | If we go only by the legislation and other portents , then the outlook is overcast at present and we are not sure how it will clear ; if commitment and current initiatives are anything to go by , then the prospects are brighter . |
| 6 | In her case , of course , it is the figure which provides the impetus , although it is usually evoked in absentia only by the clothes it supports ( both shows until 27 March ) . |
| 7 | Today it has a distinct weight advantage over its rivals , its 400-day weights equalled only by the Simmental , and the meat is very lean . |
| 8 | Bryan Robson , doubtful for the World Cup match against Poland 24 hours ago , returned for United last night to cruise for 20 minutes before erupting into Captain Marvel , never shirking a tackle and being denied two goals only by the crossbar and a brilliant diving save from Alan Knight . |
| 9 | All three major rail unions are affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the Labour party , and the NUR in particular has a long tradition of sponsoring Labour MPs ( Bagwell 1982 : ch. 12 ) , ‘ equalled only by the miners ’ union' ( Eaton and Gill 1981 : 41 ) . |
| 10 | Northwest from Péronne there runs a line of low hills , broken only by the valley of the River Ancre . |
| 11 | The rate of weight loss will be influenced not only by the quantity you eat , in terms of calories , but also by which foods you choose to make up that calorie intake . |
| 12 | Athenian work , however , dominates sixth-century vase-painting , not only by the quantity produced and exported but by the superb quality of the best . |
| 13 | There was silence for a moment , punctuated only by the grunts and wheezes of the two ancient dames , until Gertrude said : |
| 14 | The silence of the wild places should be disturbed only by the sounds of nature . |
| 15 | Pressure solution is controlled not only by the degree of crystal strain , but also by the solubility of the specific crystal , its orientation , the saturation state of the surrounding fluid , the thermodynamics and kinetics of dissolution and ion concentration gradients in addition to the mechanism of solute transport ( whether by diffusion or fluid flow ) ( Wanless , 1983 ) . |
| 16 | In 1934 it was still a struggle — a fridge was bought on hire purchase over two years — and the Professional missed being ‘ laid off ’ only by the Chairman 's casting vote , on the proposal ‘ that the present position of the Club was such he should move on ’ . |
| 17 | She was reminded of Dorian Gray at the end of the book , unrecognisably decrepit , identifiable only by the rings sunk into the fleshy fingers . |
| 18 | Yes , we 've all seen all the reports — distributed open systems end up costing downsizers more money than the mainframe ever did , that there are many applications that can be handled only by the mainframe , that the mainframe has a bright future if only IBM Corp can get over its present problems . |
| 19 | This case was covered only by the Sun , which had two reports under the headlines Gay ‘ Killed with Chain' and DOG-CHAIN SEX KILLER JAILED . |
| 20 | Moreover , the Babylonian evil day was observed only by the king , priests , and physicians , whereas the Hebrew Sabbath was observed by the whole nation . |
| 21 | The statute laid down that measures ‘ for the estate of the king and his heirs and for the estate of the realm and people should be granted only by the king in parliament , the implication being no doubt that such measures should not be forced upon the king by his subjects or drawn up by non-parliamentary assemblies . |
| 22 | The controversy hinged around whether Convocation could be summoned only by the King or had to be convened as of right when Parliament sat , and thus raised questions concerning the autonomy of the Church and the extent of the Crown 's ecclesiastical prerogatives . |
| 23 | Interest in all this is being displayed not only by the United States , Germany , France and Italy , but also by India and China , whose students , I was told , made a worthwhile contribution to the work of the Rutherford-Appleton . |
| 24 | This need for verbal intelligibility was recognized not only by the Reformers in the Lutheran hymns and Calvinist psalm-settings but by the semi-Reformers ( Cranmer 's view that the musical setting of his translation of the liturgy in 1544 should ‘ not be full of notes , but , as near as may be , for every syllable a note , so that it may be sung distinctly and devoutly ’ ) and the Counter-Reformers ( the direction of the Council of Trent in 1562 that the words of the Mass ‘ should be uttered clearly and perfectly , and sink quietly into the ears and hearts of the hearers ’ , not with music ‘ contrived for the empty delight of the ears ’ ) . |
| 25 | The immediate effects of that philosophical rationalism were felt only by the intelligentsia . |
| 26 | While the pope was thus able to tax the English church only by the will of the king , the king 's taxation was no longer restrained by canon law or at the mercy of the pope or — to any great extent — of an archbishop . |
| 27 | By thus consenting they form one body politic and it is implied in the contract that the majority have the right to conclude for the rest and let me quote for when any number of men have by the consent of every individual made a community they have thereby made that community one body with a power to act as one body which is only by the will and determination of the majority it being necessary to that which is one body to move one way a single body ca n't move in two opposite directions simultaneously . |
| 28 | The whole situation regarding the over-valuation of estates consisting of freehold and agricultural property by district valuers has now been highlighted , not only by the case of J Hedley Walton deceased v CIR , but also by the decisions of the Lands Tribunal in Exors of Lady Fox deceased v CIR . |
| 29 | As a group they are eclipsed not only by the connections of local magnates , but by the affinity which developed around the queen and her brother earl Rivers . |
| 30 | As a group they are eclipsed not only by the connections of local magnates , but by the affinity which developed around the queen and her brother earl Rivers . |