Example sentences of "but [subord] only [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | But if only two of this million reach adulthood , then the land-crab population of Christmas Island will be maintained . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But after only four miles he began to realize just how far he would have to walk . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |