Example sentences of "and [subord] only [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not least , stingless bees as a group are naturally inventive , and although only some species feed on carrion , many others supplement the basic nectar-and-pollen diet with a wide variety of foods such as rotten fruit , sap , faeces and human sweat . |
| 2 | ‘ She has given her final view today and although only 15 and a half , she knows her own mind . ’ |
| 3 | And if only fleeting mastery is possible for exceptionally advantaged presidents , what of the generality , of those who possess few resources ? |
| 4 | If six men were left , we could not take control of the ship ; and because only six were left , the captain 's men did not need my help . |
| 5 | First , from ( 3 ) we have unc and since only these diagonal elements have changed , it follows that unc as it must in a similar transformation . |
| 6 | Nothing is known about the first 7 years of this person 's life , and whilst only scattered information exists about the middle span , we know that only at the age 42 did the Earth begin to flower . |
| 7 | There were two jangling mistakes from Horner giving away early penalty points to Soutter , and after only 11 minutes the former champion had pocketed the first game with a good backhand drop from a short ball . |
| 8 | After a couple of hours rest , it runs off into the bush to find food for itself , and after only twenty-four hours it is able to fly . |
| 9 | Calculating your personal allowance used to be fairly complicated as there were all sorts of variations according to whether individuals were married or single and whether only one partner , or both husband and wife , worked . |
| 10 | It was intended that he should enter the medical profession but for financial reasons this became impossible , and when only seventeen he joined the office of the district superintendent of the line of the London and North Western Railway at Euston . |
| 11 | They were dressed in the uniform of reserve corps volunteers , and though only one of the two wore it legitimately , it would have been hard to tell which . |
| 12 | In November Reagan met Gorbachev in Geneva , and though only minor agreements on bilateral co-operation were made this , the first summit since 1979 , proved surprisingly friendly . |