Example sentences of "[adj] and only [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cutler tends to treat forces and relations of production as somehow separate and only brought into ‘ equivalence ’ , so to speak , later , when the ‘ potential ’ of the former meets ‘ favourable ’ conditions in the latter . |
| 2 | On Pecham 's death in December 1292 the Canterbury chapter unanimously elected Robert Winchelsey in February 1293 , probably with the king 's good will , but because the papacy was then vacant the archbishop-elect was not consecrated until September 1294 and only arrived in England in January 1295 . |
| 3 | In her haste she was clumsy and only succeeded in pushing the loaf of Dinkum bread and the sandwich off the table and on to the floor , already sticky from the sugar . |
| 4 | Its use in self-defence is entirely secondary and only employed as a last resort . |
| 5 | He did not seem to like it very much either , but he was perfectly good-natured and only jibbed at the dressing up . |