Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] only [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The raids and executions of James V provided only temporary respite from reiving and feuding . |
| 2 | ‘ Independent Liability ’ — This is the maximum payable under a policy in the event of there being more than one policy in force covering the subject matter of the claim but where neither policy is more specific , i.e. the amount which would have been payable if only one policy had been in force . |
| 3 | Some analysts argue that the result is deceptive because only successful beaches applied this year , while others claim that the number of winners has fallen because beaches had to meet a much stricter test on bacteria in the water . |
| 4 | Results were similar when only severe fractures were analysed . |
| 5 | And they get actually pretty upset if only half the people come . |
| 6 | Bob went on from there , season in , season out , to the end of 1931–32 , by which time he had made 293 League appearances for Crystal Palace ( a club record at the time , but of course they did not make much of such things in those days ) and even today , almost 60 years later , there are fewer than only half a dozen Palace men who have played more times for us than that . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'd say it was incredible if only one airline operated from Newcastle Airport , so why should British Rail have a monopoly . |
| 8 | This is not to say that the simplistic socialist argument — that all would be well if only Labour stood up for its class interests with the same vigour that the Tories stand up for theirs — is correct . |
| 9 | LISA , 18 , is a student of English who has been unemployed twice , including being made redundant when only 16 . |
| 10 | Her mother was only about 21 at the time — she had been married when only 13 . |
| 11 | But they could n't do that because only one third of the councillors were up for election . |
| 12 | This is possible because only half of the tape 's width travels past the heads on each run . |
| 13 | New lines in the Northern Corries must be getting scarce because only three were climbed recently , although White Magic was repeated by Graeme Ettle and quoted as straightforward V. |
| 14 | On the way they bought three second hand cars which was odd because only one of them could drive |
| 15 | you ca n't put it on any more cos only little poofters wear nail varnish , do they ? |
| 16 | Knock themselves totalled 307 as only eight clubs out of thirty in all will survive to the knockout stage . |
| 17 | When the Rand study looked at five giant companies with Superfund sites , it found that their legal fees were only 21% of what they spent on cleaning up , and much less when only one company was involved in cleaning a site . |
| 18 | The work areas required in main storage are relatively small as only one record is being examined at any one time . |
| 19 | They are very pleased with each other 's company — as pleased as only two fellow countrymen meeting each other in a strange city can be . |
| 20 | The M4 has been a bit slow although only eastbound , and the M25 is still a bit sluggish at the Thames Valley because of an accident , mainly on the clockwise carriageway by the M4 interchange , it 's just er a little slow with a couple of miles queue either side of the M4 interchange itself . |
| 21 | Yesterday a Birmingham small claims court ordered Warwickshire , the ground authority , to repay the full admission price to five England supporters who felt cheated after only two balls were bowled on the second day of the first Test . |
| 22 | Britain trailed 1-0 after only four minutes , but Jasper made a sensational 35 yard run two minutes later then went round the keeper to ram in the equaliser . |
| 23 | This could lead the promoter into spending more money on advertising than may be necessary because only 10 per cent of these expenses are his or her costs . |
| 24 | The difficulty in distinguishing between hypotheses was not surprising since only 209 families with Crohn 's disease were available for analysis . |
| 25 | Er a similar cautious approach which none of them took yesterday when on examination it was found that there was more potential there than before , erm so to help with the figures I have found very helpful erm appendix eight to the er York City Council erm statement , I think it appears in both of their statements appendix eight Greater York housing provision sorry , could could I also direct you at the same time to the County Council 's N Y five appendix three now the , the two make interesting comparisons because they both start of with the same H one proposal of nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , and I 'll remind you there , sir , that only five thousand seven hundred of those are required by the existing population , four thousand of those are for migrants , and the two schedules go of in slightly different directions under the heading of completions , and the reason for that , sir , is that the the Greater York , the er County Council 's figures , as you can see were computed in October nineteen ninety two when only seven hundred dwellings had been completed , yet six months later , under item C for the Greater York er housing provision figure , York Ci York City Council figures , the completions were one thousand and sixty three . |
| 26 | This technique is more efficient when only sterile males are released , but we must be able to sort out the sexes . |
| 27 | The presence of atrophy was strongly associated with H pylori infection : 10 of 11 old subjects with atrophy were H pylori positive whereas only one of 12 who were H pylori negative had atrophy ( p<0.005 ) . |
| 28 | On two occasions 12 patients were in-sufficient as only nine consented , giving an overall number of 318 patients . |
| 29 | This was also true when only old subjects with and without atrophy were compared : sham fed acid output : 5.4 ( 1.4 ) ; 9.4 ( 1.2 ) ; p<0.04 ; maximal acid output : 18.9 ( 4.0 ) ; 31.8 ( 3.35 ) ; p<0.02 ; peak acid output : 25.1 ( 5.3 ) ; 44.1 ( 5.0 ) ; p<0.02 . |
| 30 | This is particularly true when only median summaries have been applied to a fit ; inspection of column 3 of figure 9.7 , for example , reveals that the residuals from the 3R smooth alone contain a large number of zeros . |