Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] only [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who enjoys this repertoire is likely to find this an attractive disc — not perhaps , as gemütlich as one would like in the Viennese numbers , but certainly possessing a certain straightforward charm of its own , even if at only 50 minutes it 's somewhat underfilled . |
| 2 | If the majority of voters in California opt for Clinton — even if by only one vote — he will win all the state 's electoral college votes . |
| 3 | I once lost a whole Bronica set in the Maldives while in only two feet of sea — but that is another story . |
| 4 | In Barbados , with Haynes leading West Indies and England led by Lamb , England repeated their Kingston score of 214 , though off only 38 overs after morning rain . |
| 5 | We got on very well together and when after only two months with the company my immediate boss — the marketing manager , a sallow individual with a Solihull whine — suffered a perforated ulcer ( I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking this , the wall of his duodenum like a rusty car door , sharp flakes of oxidised tissue spearing into him ) , I got his job . |
| 6 | At the end of 1969 Aurigny picked up another challenge when with only one month 's notice BUA ceased to operate their service from Alderney to Southampton , thus cutting the direct link with the UK . |
| 7 | Their closeness was less due to their nearness in age — though with only eighteen months between them it had been easy for them to grow up with similar interests and shared confidences — than to the fact that neither of their parents had ever made much of them . |
| 8 | We spent the first day getting over the long flight ( though with only three hours time difference there was no appreciable jet-lag ) and having a look round the town . |
| 9 | It is not as if the blame was being placed on Labour counties , for in only one case where a Conservative or hung district had a poll tax of over £400 ( Derby ) did Labour control the county . |