Example sentences of "only in [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times this anti-realism took the form of an extreme nominalism , according to which the words ‘ man ’ and ‘ triangle ’ are general only in that they are used of a number of different things . |
| 2 | They differ from the theories described in Chapter 3 , therefore , only in that they do not ascribe the poor acquisition to a change in the value of some attention-like process . |
| 3 | It was different from Adrar only in that a main street , with post office and government buildings , replaced the square , but otherwise the sepia buildings were less than my expectations . |
| 4 | The former is of interest only in that she happens to be married to the gorgeous Richard Gere , who not only has ten times her talent but ten times her looks ( do people really find that hideous mole of hers attractive ? ) . |
| 5 | The latter is of interest only in that he still manages to stay alive given the muck he is reported to pour daily into his ailing system . |
| 6 | The two lieutenants seem to differ only in that the officer whose men are field-equipped wears brown canvas leggings . |
| 7 | Indeed , they differ from substantive rules only in that the latter have no dictionary function . |
| 8 | These two examples of successful problem-solving when dozing or dreaming are typical only in that a feeling of certainty accompanied them — what is unusual is that these were realistic solutions . |
| 9 | The blond girl looked abnormal only in that she was out of place : her wide blue eyes , her long hair and long bare legs , her petulant expression , all these Bernice noticed at one glance , and dismissed . |
| 10 | 1156 followed its own decision in Rex v. Sheridan and applied it to facts which differed from those in Rex v. Sheridan only in that the defendant had there consented to be tried by a stipendiary magistrate and had pleaded guilty before the magistrate decided to commit him for trial on indictment . |
| 11 | Pigs and peccaries , even though they are similar in many respects — not least their looks — are related only in that they are both artiodactyls . |
| 12 | Hot bands differ from fundamentals only in that the initial state of the transition is a vibrationally excited state , and not the vibrational ground state of the molecule . |
| 13 | Both the RDP and the NDRP occupied the nebulous centre ground of South Korean politics and were distinct only in that each had a strong regional basis . |
| 14 | On this analysis , the x differs from this x and that x only in that this x is marked " + proximal " , that x is marked " - proximal " , and the x is unmarked for proximity , i.e. it is a neutral deictic term ( Lyons , 1977a : 653-4 ) . |