Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] [pron] [be] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British complained when they were only given a quarter of new EC fishing quotas despite providing sixty per cent of the fishing grounds . |
| 2 | Yes cos that 's easy to round if there 's only oh sorry that 's the last name of contact we had . |
| 3 | Alfred 's shop looked as though it had been closed and deserted for months ; it was hard to believe that it was only three days since a few people , at least , had been entering through the rickety door with its small glass panes to buy patent medicines or seek advice . |
| 4 | But it is important to realize that it is only relatively recently , especially during the 1980s , that the full picture has begun to emerge . |
| 5 | They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do . |
| 6 | There is currently another ‘ Al Jolson ’ in Glasgow who would be better off singing in a silent movie , so it is important to remember that there was only ever one real ‘ Al ’ , and he regaled Glasgow with ‘ Mammy ’ and the rest in real sound for a six-week run . |
| 7 | It was important to remember that it was only a few hours since Floy and Snodgrass had left Tara , the Shining Citadel , the Bright Palace , and that there was not very much that could have gone wrong for them in those few hours . |
| 8 | That night he was unable to sleep and it was only after taking aspirin tablets that he was able to get any rest . |
| 9 | It is important to note that it was only the statements of this man and his wife which contained any evidence of Paisley 's knowledge of the crimes , and the juries determined that they were not trustworthy witnesses . |
| 10 | ‘ Katherine , you 'll be pleased to know that I 'm only here for a few days . |
| 11 | It was difficult to believe that she was only a few years younger than his mother ; both mentally and physically she belonged to a different generation . |
| 12 | Unless you 're Peter Pan , in which case you probably believe in fairies as well , it 's probably fair to say that you are only young once . |
| 13 | 14–16 ) was right to say that it was only with the Peloponnesian War that the real migration from country to city took place . |
| 14 | One would expect works on Religion , Philosophy and the English Classics in the library of a scholar but it is surprising to find that there are only a handful of books in Gaelicin the collection of one of the translaters of the Holy Scriptures into that language . |
| 15 | It would be misleading to imply that there were only three strata of funeral existing at the end of the sixteenth century — monarchial , noble and guild ; what one had depended entirely on one 's status . |
| 16 | However , it remains true to say that there is only one scenic mosaic in the east before c- . |