Example sentences of "[noun pl] only [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others , such as Morris ( 1972 ) , Panitch ( 1980 ) and Diamant ( 1981 ) , think that corporatism must be bureaucratic , but meaning that the state will be dependent on expert officials operating according to technocratic norms only loosely controlled by a political elite . |
| 2 | In the notion of sameness there are ambiguities and ambivalences only dimly noticed by few people at the time . |
| 3 | Performance in the luggage and perfume sectors only partially compensated for the recession in the wines and spirits business , and LVMH 's share of Guinness ' exceptional charge has also affected its profits . |
| 4 | The same considerations of ideological convergence in broad terms and participation in public controversy encouraged the development of antislavery argument after the Napoleonic Wars in directions only lightly indicated in the early stages of the anti-slave trade argument . |
| 5 | Remember that afterwards you may be making an offer , so a more careful visual inspection must be made at this stage , and the matters only briefly considered on your first visit should be looked at in more depth now . |
| 6 | These are Houseparties that move by motor from one idyllic anchorage to another , often visiting places only ever seen by yachtsmen . |
| 7 | The colonial form of government can perhaps be described as a ruling bureaucracy in the sense of government by appointed officials only slightly modified by the gradual emergence of consultative , advisory and legislative councils . |
| 8 | So the truths only partially apprehended in the aspirations of the greatest classical philosophers of Greece find their fulfilment , and correction , in the framework of the Christian faith . |
| 9 | Her wages only just paid for her expenses : now a taxi was a memory . |
| 10 | Mountainsides and glens with their rocks only sparsely coated with acidic , unproductive soil offered different problems . |
| 11 | Hoomey enjoyed it , his spirits only moderately dashed on the way home by Sam 's pointing out that his life 's ambition was now fulfilled . |