Example sentences of "only [prep] [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not only through the sacraments that the Spirit assures us we belong to Christ . |
| 2 | Thérèse became known to Soeur Dosithée only through the letters that Antoinette wrote about her . |
| 3 | The ‘ cities of inner despair ’ were conceived as the breeding ground for disorderly protest , and however hard the Government tried to break the causal link between the two , it was forced to take on board the need to restore order not only through the police but through promises of help for the inner cities . |
| 4 | If you do not choose the insurance policy that we have arranged with the Norwich Union , please ensure that you are fully protected against possible delays , as it is only through the policy that you have bought that compensation can be paid to you . |
| 5 | Jesus , in such a statement , is held to be unique , if only through the fact that this is the human of whom it must be said that God raised him . |
| 6 | Some of the most valuable ones do not themselves appear in other listings , and can often be found only through the institution that produced them ( the importance of organizations being a recurrent theme in subject bibliography ) . |
| 7 | She needed to live his life with him , if only through the eyes and ears of her dearest friend . |
| 8 | ‘ At the most , they are confined only for a century or two . |
| 9 | Aunt knew her at school ; Aunt went to a posh boarding-school — only for a year or two — and she likes you to know it . |
| 10 | Also , he 's supposed to have had an insurance policies but General Accident said it 's only for a year and he took it out in seventy seven to nineteen seventy eight . |
| 11 | In a sense , a very basic one , the riots were political : " a groping desire to settle accounts with the rich , if only for a day and to achieve some rough kind of social justice " . |
| 12 | In the west of Scotland , CCG have been selected by the CPC Social Club in Paisley , not only for a bar and food service with entertainment for 420 members , but also for ground maintenance including their bowling greens and tennis courts . |
| 13 | I ask only for a heart as constant |
| 14 | Cover the treatment bath to prevent the fish jumping out , even if the bath is only for a minute or two . |
| 15 | I 'd met Laura 's husband only for a minute or two , but he seemed like a regular guy . |
| 16 | I was frightened , of course , but only for a second or two . |
| 17 | but only for a second as he sets off |
| 18 | But it would be only for a time and she had been thinking of asking the queen-dowager for permission to leave sanctuary and visit her mother . |
| 19 | I hesitated only for a moment as I approached the shop , then walked straight in . |
| 20 | At first , he was infinitely gentle and loving , his fingers moving over her body in an exploratory , almost hesitant manner , lightly caressing her , lingering only for a moment or two on her face or breasts before moving onwards again to touch her skin , most delicately and teasingly . |
| 21 | A gust of wind caught it and it slid towards the ground , but only for a moment or so . |
| 22 | I should like to intervene only for a moment because I have an important constituency interest in that Gatwick , a major inter-national airport , is within my constituency . |
| 23 | I had no interest in what this house should be like wishing only for a place and quickly to lay my head and could hardly rouse myself to inspect it . |
| 24 | He returned home only for a week or so each month and spent most of his time in his bathroom , which contained a colour television , telephones and a fully stocked cocktail bar . |
| 25 | It 's only for a week or so . ’ |
| 26 | The breakdown was only for an hour and a half the lorries turned up and the breakdown was happening . |
| 27 | After that for six days little smoke columns seemed to be sprouting up all over the forest , now here , now there , but only for an hour or two . |
| 28 | ‘ Only for an hour or so , ’ said Joe . |
| 29 | The Prudential appealed , contending that there were two contracts and that stamp duty was payable only for the land and the works completed on 18 October 1989 . |
| 30 | In order to maintain health , both personal and public , much energy has to be directed at maintaining an external environment which is as safe as possible , not only for the present but for future generations to inherit . |