Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had become a legend and he ensured he got the kind of treatment only a legend deserved . |
| 2 | With so much happening , and no central authority , Lorne and I were constantly harried by the attempt to film only the crucial events , which appeared to erupt spontaneously at any time of the day or night , while conserving the precious little film stock we had put aside for the intended Bugis film . |
| 3 | The risk was undoubtedly greatest for those living closest to the plant , particularly in the village of Seascale only a mile away . |
| 4 | If you think that sounds like the sort of luxury only the likes of Joan Collins would have in her bathroom , you 'd be wrong . |
| 5 | It was the sort of brooch only a very little boy could admire . |
| 6 | While all kadis were appointed by the state and received allowances , for example , certainly in the period under review only the most important of the muftis received official appointments or salaries ; and indeed , even the salary of the Mufti of Istanbul , until the very end of the period , was considerably smaller than the allowances ( to say nothing of the income ) of a number of kadis over whom he clearly took precedence , the pattern possibly having been established by the perhaps consciously modest demands made by Fahreddin Acemi . |
| 7 | Signal averaging is a technique used to decrease random noise in the amplified ECG in order to enhance the detection of signals only a few microvolts in amplitude . |
| 8 | Recently , renovated and extended , and just 30 minutes from Phuket Town , this hotel offers the maximum of peach only a short distance away from the bright lights of the town , with plenty of water sporting and entertainment opportunities . |
| 9 | After an optimistic report on May 30 that an official announcement would be made soon by Brooke stating that formal talks would be forthcoming between the principal constitutional parties about the political future of the province , Brook was on July 5 able to give to the House of Commons only an abridged version of the statement he had hope to make . |
| 10 | When ‘ untreated ’ timber ( ie , wood which has not been impregnated with preservative ) is built into solid walls , it has no protection from dampness in the wall and it is common for joist-ends to be shielded by a skin of brickwork only a half-a-brick thick ( Fig 31 ) . |
| 11 | When work is complete on a range of entries only the text of the latest version of a new or changed entry is transferred to the main archive . |
| 12 | By contrast , the legends concerning Atlantis and the others refer to a period of time only a few thousand years ago . |
| 13 | J Wood in the Custom House and Silvertown Ward expressed the need to administer effectively the 1918 Education Act , 1918 Maternity Act , and the 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act : ‘ In a period of reconstruction only a majority of conscious Socialist and labour men and women on the council will have the determination to make West Ham a healthier , cleaner , more sanitary town to live in ’ . |
| 14 | Within a couple of years only a few hundred of them survived . |