Example sentences of "was [vb pp] only at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then a dim light opened out ahead : their boots crunched on pebbles and they emerged from a small cave whose entrance was uncovered only at the lowest of low tides . |
| 2 | Competition on price was used only at the margin to win benefits for patients , for example in awarding waiting list contracts . |
| 3 | Although the struggle took place outside the formal boundaries of local politics and the council was involved only at the margins , it forced unemployment onto the agenda , much to the advantage of Labour . |
| 4 | We have already seen how the study of sequences of tone-units in the speech of one speaker can reveal information carried by intonation which would not have been recognised if intonation was analysed only at the level of individual tone-units . |
| 5 | Moreover , the election plan , Shamir said , was aimed only at the " inhabitants of Judaea , Samaria [ the West Bank ] and Gaza " ; PLO representatives and East Jerusalem Arabs could not be participants . |
| 6 | The Japanese unzipped the foot of the mainsail so that the boom was loaded only at the inboard and outboard ends . |