Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] only in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For so solid and unemotional a man he might have been angry , or perhaps only in a hurry . |
| 2 | ‘ And in any case high principles are n't the kind of things one notices at a cocktail party — or perhaps only in a negative way , as when somebody drinks tomato juice rather than gin . ’ |
| 3 | The publication day of Hank Stych 's book went unremarked in Tollemarche , mainly because the only bookseller in the town had not had time to unpack his new stock , and book reviews were featured only once a month in the Tollemarche Advent and then only in an obscure corner of an inner page . |
| 4 | Democracy can only advise and consent , and then only in an indirect and spasmodic manner . " |
| 5 | The concept of the spectacle is an effective term which now has a wide currency , but perhaps only in a sense which approximates its use by the Situationists . |
| 6 | Assimilation of voice is also found , but again only in a limited way . |
| 7 | When he next turned his attention to the matter , The Times leader writer had to explain to his readers that the law of debtor and creditor was as yet only in a transitional state and that a very unsatisfactory one . |