Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] [was/were] only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the outcome of changes in population growth and its age distribution which were only partly compensated for by the marked increase in female participation ratios , especially of those in the 25–60 age groups [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 2 | We did find time for some work at Orkney which even produced a few seizures , but we were a little early for the oil traffic which was only just beginning to affect the island . |
| 3 | An early morning mist had cleared and a fugitive sun glinted on leaves which were only now beginning to yellow and which hung in heavy swathes , almost motionless in the still air . |
| 4 | It was , in fact , natural country with semi-artificial fences which were only slightly altered from their original shape . |
| 5 | This is particularly the case when critical attention is being focused on details of spoken language which were only ever intended by the speaker as ephemeral parts , relatively unimportant , of the working-out of what he wanted to say . |