Example sentences of "they were [vb pp] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in extruded mesenchyme , they were detected only on the posterior side of the extrusion ( Fig. 2 g , and data not shown ) . |
| 2 | Groups formed in this way tended to remain relatively stable , moving as a whole from one activity to another , although in a few classes they were formed only for specific activities ( generally mathematics ) and disbanded for the rest of the day . |
| 3 | But even if they were involved only with implementation , they would still be extremely powerful because of the importance of administration in determining exactly what people get from government . |
| 4 | This has become almost par for the course in English qualifying campaigns under Robson : they were breached only once in reaching the last European Championship finals . |
| 5 | the , the chain sir the chain of logic and of course had it not been with one inter interposing there , had it not been for void restrictions , it would not have written , that 's when they were written , they were written only because of the restrictions that 's what enabled them to be written |
| 6 | In their opposition they were united only by one common interest — a desire to bring about the fall of the Staufer . |
| 7 | They were saved only when riot police moved in with teargas . |
| 8 | From the example of the cows before me it seemed that they were designed only and eternally to eat grass and , left to themselves , would never do anything else . |
| 9 | Nursery schools , however , were generally supported because they were designed only to promote the health and education of children ; their limited opening hours did not permit mothers to work . |
| 10 | They were designed only eleven years after the rocket and are much more advanced |
| 11 | The league recently relaxed the overseas-player rules for the Crusaders — before they were allowed only five imports , three more than other teams , now they 're to be allowed 10 . |
| 12 | They were arrested only days after breaking a world record by riding across a glacier in the Himalayas . |
| 13 | found that when eight-year-olds were asked to justify their judgements , they showed a strong tendency to refer to information about generative transmission , even in conditions where they were supplied only with information about temporal order . |
| 14 | But if they were used only after proper training and in self-defence , how can that be construed as unprovoked aggression ? |
| 15 | Furthermore , they were used only where an owner had actually offered his land for sale at a price above existing use value . |
| 16 | For many years they were known only from fossil representatives and were believed to be extinct . |
| 17 | The offer made them a special case but by the same token was condemned by other groups such as the ancillary workers , who protested that they were offered only 4 per cent . |
| 18 | It was n't exactly warm inside Whitely and many of them were dressed only in shorts . |