Example sentences of "only [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | King lived in an age when growth rates changed only slowly so that his greatest concern was the possible end of the world ! |
| 2 | She did love Alexander , deeply and passionately , and suddenly it seemed quite natural to say so , in spite of the fact that it was only so recently that she had dared to look her love in the face . |
| 3 | It was only much later that I realised the reason for the request and also for the resulting laughter , namely the enjoyment of a broad Somerset accent which had come with me , and traces of which can still be recognised by West Country people nearly seventy years later . |
| 4 | It was only much later that it hit me and that was more shock than something could happen again . ’ |
| 5 | It arrived about two months after the news about my father , although it was only much later that I was told what was in it . |
| 6 | It was only much later that Alexei 's mystery sickness was connected with the Chernobyl explosion . |
| 7 | It was only much later that she came to understand that the place was in its infancy . |
| 8 | It was only much later that I remembered my speech had been more or less word for word something my dad had said to me once . |
| 9 | It 's only just recently that we sort of starting our de we 've had bits of aggro . |
| 10 | I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards . |
| 11 | Although there has been intermittent interest in this area since that time , it is only more recently that there have been suitable techniques for more effective study . |
| 12 | It was only later on that she started protesting strongly , and by then it was too late , he was close to coming . |
| 13 | However in nineteen thirty s nineteen forty seven this was n't actually realizing , it was only later on that they saw the incompatibility of the two aims . |
| 14 | However , it is only comparatively recently that feminists have begun to raise the issue more generally within the women 's liberation movement . |
| 15 | It is only comparatively recently that they have all been brought together . ’ |
| 16 | It was , however , only fairly recently that the first challenge occurred with Mr Malone attacking the practice on a number of grounds . |
| 17 | This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory . |
| 18 | Yes I 'm I 'm not quite sure the regulations are about subsids We , I mean we , it 's only quite recently that we have had a subsidiary , erm , last two or three years , we 've , for many years we did n't have one . |
| 19 | It is only relatively recently that the imbalance has been corrected and this has been mainly due to oil from the North Sea , resulting in import savings and export earning . |
| 20 | Yet many of the teachers we interviewed , far from being unaware of this risk , perceived only too clearly that it was inherent to the LEA 's preferred combination of group work and multiple curriculum focus teaching . |
| 21 | Dana did n't need her care — on the contrary , she showed only too clearly that she resented her twin 's interference . |
| 22 | But he had her between a rock and a hard place , and the look in his eyes told her only too clearly that he knew it . |
| 23 | His decision was taken , and the orders sent out for the triple muster , yet even after news from the northern border confirmed only too clearly that Scotland intended to take a full part in the harrying of his realm , he was slow to move . |
| 24 | The other students stayed seated , all turned towards the newcomer , anxious to make his acquaintance , and I knew only too well that he could have any one of them he liked as his friend . |
| 25 | Followers of Scottish football know only too well that a lapse in form and a broken leg are often the precursor of disasters to come . |
| 26 | ‘ Mr Maxwell , I understand only too well that you would like to pay this ransom as quickly as possible and take no risks and that since I want to catch these kidnappers , we are working at cross purposes to a certain extent . |
| 27 | Galileo knew only too well that it could , if the province of biblical authority were not scrupulously defined . |
| 28 | Laker knew only too well that the name which had once been an asset in the world of aviation was now a liability . |
| 29 | But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub . |
| 30 | Dai knew only too well that the company mentality was to persevere until they got it right . |