Example sentences of "were [vb pp] only [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the immediate , pressing problems were resolved only on the day of his appointment . |
| 2 | The merged ‘ Norfolk and Suffolk Polled ’ could be any colour as long as it was polled and it was not until the Red Poll herdbook was formed in 1874 that the colour of the breed was formally agreed as red , preferably deep in colour , with a red udder ; white touches were permitted only in the tail switch , or on the udder and just in front of the udder on the inside flank . |
| 3 | The weakness of the government at its roots was demonstrated by the events at Stockport in March 1920 , when a vacancy occurred there ; weeks of argument were solved only by the resignation of the other sitting member , so that there could be a double by-election with one Unionist and one Liberal candidate as in 1918 . |
| 4 | The recent calculations were done only for the collision of an electron and a positron , a collision common in particle accelerators . |
| 5 | In this study , pathological examination of the necropsy specimens showed that amyloid deposits in the myenteric plexuses were seen only in the AA cases . |
| 6 | The immediate effects of that philosophical rationalism were felt only by the intelligentsia . |
| 7 | Other classes — peasants and now workers — were accepted only on the terms laid down by the leaders . |
| 8 | In Cornwall , which was to grow into one of Methodism 's early strongholds , the teachings of John Wesley were absorbed only through a haze of superstitious beliefs and practices . |
| 9 | According to the official version of events , interceptions were made only on the authority of a warrant issued by the appropriate Secretary of State under his own hand . |
| 10 | The bricks were laid in alternate courses with stone or concrete , or were used only as a facing on a concrete core . |
| 11 | The only other common type of drug user was cannabis users ( 16 per cent ) , the vast majority of whom were known only to the police for possession of cannabis ( see Table 3.2 ) . |
| 12 | On the other hand , when the disease was confined to the small bowel , significant correlations were found only with the serum albumin , alpha-1 acid glycoprotein , and haemoglobin . |
| 13 | By then they were generally known simply as the Dutch breed and were found only on the east coast of England . |
| 14 | The fact that the individual types of ANCA were found only in a minority ( <50% ) of the sera tested is an argument in favour of this . |
| 15 | With right sided lesions , language defects were found only in the group of weak left handers and were virtually absent among the strongly left handed . |
| 16 | Gone are the days when fruit and vegetables were eaten only in the area and season in which they were harvested , and a few put aside for home pickling or preserving . |
| 17 | This quickly emerged as one of the most avant-garde of the new Mexican galleries , and the locus of a group of young artists , including José Luis Cuevas , who ‘ with no fixed programme and no common plastic language , [ … ] were united only by the desire for change ’ . |
| 18 | Flights were authorized only to the towns of Nasir , Wau and Akobo . |
| 19 | In patients who had both tumour disease and pseudomelanosis coli , significant correlations were observed only in the cases of adenoma and pseudomelanosis coli incidence in men , and carcinoma and pseudomelanosis coli incidence in both men and those aged under 70 years . |
| 20 | A further unsuccessful appeal was made to WEA branches in the District in an attempt to secure Pateman 's salary for future years and the existing arrears for Pateman were cleared only through the negotiation of a bank overdraft . |
| 21 | Military privilege was undefined ; civilians did not know what an officer was entitled to , what they could safely refuse , what belonged to the armed forces , and what claims were backed only by an officer 's pretensions . |