Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [vb -s] only [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer industry has only recently realised that , on the whole , ordinary people do not like computers and are only comfortable using them when they do not know they are doing so . |
| 2 | Britain has lagged behind , and the committee for the approval of protocols proposed by the Clothier report has only just been announced by the Department of Health . |
| 3 | The election campaign has only just got under way , and Mr Le Pen may yet reclaim the limelight . |
| 4 | The mainland economy has only recently opened up with the growth of tourism : nor has it opened up to women and men ( or indeed Black and white workers ) in an exactly similar way . |
| 5 | Contrary to popular belief , income tax provides only just over a quarter of all tax revenue . |
| 6 | Now , seeing as my own computer literacy extends only as far as Super Mario Bros , I 'm left feeling a little bewildered by it all . |
| 7 | The report also notes that owing to serious technical difficulties a new assembly building has only just been commissioned , which means that nuclear-warhead production has had to continue in old buildings which should have been closed down . |
| 8 | The Lotus product provides only very limited support for other file formats . |
| 9 | In the tropics , where day length varies only slightly , birds tend to use other guides , particularly rainfall . |
| 10 | The computer evidence problem has only just arisen . |
| 11 | In most European countries insider dealing has only just become an offence , thanks to a 1989 European Community directive . |
| 12 | But the railway station has only tardily gained recognition for its contribution both to the railway system in particular and to culture and society in general . |
| 13 | The left ventricular ejection fraction correlates only roughly with infarct size , but is a powerful predictor of the long-term survival of the patient following myocardial infarction . |
| 14 | The Country Club has only recently been expanded to incorporate even more amenities … a delightful children 's pool . |
| 15 | Unlike thinking , which has been discussed by philosophers and systematised by logicians ever since the Ancient Greeks , problem solving has only recently become an object of study . |
| 16 | The Christmas Eve assault has only just come to light because the 13-year-old victim was too terrified to report it earlier . |
| 17 | BSL research has only just begun and a great deal more will emerge in the coming years . |