Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] only [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They live in the past , believing that if only they had had loving parents , or if only little sister had n't been born , or if only they had n't married so-and-so , then everything would be fine . |
| 2 | The House has not focused its mind yet on whether any name should be published , or whether only some names should or should not be published . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ She has given her final view today and although only 15 and a half , she knows her own mind . ’ |
| 5 | And if only fleeting mastery is possible for exceptionally advantaged presidents , what of the generality , of those who possess few resources ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | These comments certainly apply if a series is being sexed , but if only one or two long bones ( or fragments ) are available , it may be difficult to draw any conclusions unless the bone displays very clear indications of maleness or femaleness ( Boyd & Trevor , 1953 ) . |
| 16 | But if only two of this million reach adulthood , then the land-crab population of Christmas Island will be maintained . |
| 17 | With 20 : 20 vision , hindsight is very easy , but if only some of the things that are now happening at Asfordby had been accepted more readily a few years ago , we might well have been having a very different debate today . |
| 18 | But if only 2½ per cent are on the land , they are supporting ( and rely on ) a vast population of industrial and commercial workers — over whom they have no control — who supply the machinery , power , feeding-stuffs , and fertilizers that make the specialization possible . |
| 19 | In the normal session , twenty members win a place in the ballot , but since only six Fridays are devoted to second readings of the balloted bills , only six members can be sure of a hearing . |
| 20 | But whereas only 17 per cent of employees worked in information jobs in 1950 , by 1982 this had risen to 60 per cent compared to 13 per cent in manufacturing ( Naisbitt 1984 : 14 ) . |
| 21 | It was a long document ( as one speaker remarked , there was a danger it would grow so long that no one would read it ) , but after only two days of discussion the fathers voted overwhelmingly to accept the draft as the basis for the final document and went on to debate it section by section . |
| 22 | But after only four miles he began to realize just how far he would have to walk . |
| 23 | Reactors to the TB test were first found in their herd in January 1986 but after only three months they got the all-clear again . |
| 24 | Reg took over as caretaker-manager but after only ten minutes of their second match realised that Athletico were out of their depth in Division One and , sure enough , the club was bundled into the Second , finishing the season fifteen points adrift at the bottom . |
| 25 | But as only 100 of these hand-built cars are allocated to Britain for next year , it is unlikely that Panther will have much trouble shifting its stock . |