Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] [vb -s] only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And on price , think of it as a car that costs only twice that of conventional luxury cars instead of three times the level of BMW/Jaguar/Lexus that RR charges for it more potent models . |
| 2 | She is a pretty old woman with pure white hair and clear blue eyes , and skin that crinkles only slightly about the mouth and corners of her eyes . |
| 3 | Britain 's most famous ice-skaters are relaunching their Olympic careers at an ice rink that has only recently been saved from closure . |
| 4 | King 's 32 was the only other score in double figures , while Greenidge 's 134 out of 211 represented 63.5 per cent of his team 's total , a proportion that has only once been exceeded in all Tests . |
| 5 | A big cat that has only recently gone extinct is the sabre-tooth ( " tiger " ) , named after its colossal canine teeth which jutted down from the upper jaw in the front of what must have been a terrifying gape . |
| 6 | Closely related to the question of syntax is another feature of difference that has only recently become clear , as linguists have studied " real " as opposed to idealised language data . |
| 7 | For our decade-conscious brains , an event that happens only once per aeon is so rare as to seem a major miracle . |
| 8 | Surviving Japanese aircraft are few and far between , recent trends to collect and exhibit them are to be encouraged , they represent a fount of experience and knowledge that has only slightly been dipped into . |
| 9 | Against that are moments when he strays too far from the printed note in striving for that extra frisson of feeling and resorts to a delivery that stays only just the right side of being coarse . |