Example sentences of "but only just " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a sense of isolation from the rest of the world , a sense of the power in the dogs , and a wonderful feeling of being in control , but only just . |
| 2 | The new 325i 's cabin is less adventurous than its exterior , but only just . |
| 3 | ‘ Remember , Erika , ’ she said , ‘ you are on the ladder , but only just . |
| 4 | He had provided the foundations for the strategic and tactical mobility that enabled the small regular Army to meet its commitments in the mid-1960s — but only just . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm thirty-nine so there 's still time — but only just . ’ |
| 6 | In other words aim for targets that are possible but only just . |
| 7 | The building had survived the earthquake of two years before , but only just . |
| 8 | It 's alive , but only just . |
| 9 | P. V. Danckwerts on some of the technical , moral and psychological issues of developing the H-bomb in the light of an article written in 1954 but only just published |
| 10 | BIGGER is faster — but only just . |
| 11 | Wells was back again with the British team , but only just . |
| 12 | Some hours later — no one counted , but it was a long time — eight soaking , snow-covered individuals just — but only just — on the right side of hypothermia made it to the main Teesdale road , which snow ploughs had kept open . |
| 13 | An individual may be under stress from a variety of factors , possibly both internal and external , but is able to cope and is strong enough to keep the system in balance , but only just . |
| 14 | On very early model helicopters this was probably the only method which stood a any chance of success , but only just ! |
| 15 | So at the beginning of 1846 , 10 years after his apprenticeship had finished and then aged 31 , Benjamin Titford was still a bachelor — but only just . |
| 16 | The exchange value of labour is the amount needed to produce it ; in other words the amount needed to keep workers alive , but only just . |
| 17 | ‘ I was lucky — but only just . ’ |
| 18 | FOREST boss Brian Clough has handed striker Gary Bannister a contract until the end of the season — but only just . |
| 19 | They 're DIY-ing themselves around experimental music and they 're holding it together — but only just . |
| 20 | But only just . |
| 21 | They were in the building , but only just . |
| 22 | But only just : still today the population numbers only in the region of fifty pairs . |
| 23 | The Collector and half a dozen Sikhs were still managing to hold the door into the drawing-room , but only just . |
| 24 | I beat them , but only just — those handbags are lethal . |
| 25 | After five bitter weeks the NUAW succeeded in holding the line — but only just . |
| 26 | She did , but only just , reaching the cafe breathless and with her knees trembling . |
| 27 | The menu structure to get at these is slightly less confusing than 1-2-3 's — but only just ! |
| 28 | When I think back to how things were out in Wellport , man , we were still walking , but only just . |
| 29 | The sitting area , facing round a sensibly fiddled table , fits the 12 crew , but only just . |
| 30 | It was better than nothing , but only just . |