Sentence examples for a string of only from inspiring English sources

Adam said he launched the campaign after hundreds of failed job applications and a string of only moderately successful home-made documentaries left him without a clear career path.

The 25-1 winner, Pineau De Re, is trained by Richard Newland, who has a string of only a dozen at his Worcestershire stable and who was still a practising GP less than a year ago.

One of our colleagues returned to his office following a string of meetings only to discover that his grey walls had been covered by neon yellow peeps, a snack that he most abhors.

The densely forested region of Central Africa contains a string of volcanos but only Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira are active.

Mancini had warned his team about their profligacy against Wigan last weekend, where they had a string of chances but similarly were only a goal up in the first half.

The bitcoin software encrypts each transaction — the sender and the receiver are identified only by a string of numbers — but a public record of every coin's movement is published across the entire network.

The interplay between the two stories gives Gelbart rich scope for a string of pastiche Chandlerisms: "only the floor," says Stone, encountering a seductive blonde, "kept her legs from going on for ever".

They have finally committed themselves in the last two years to a string of new factories, only to find their timing is as poor as ever: sales have begun to slow, particularly for Detroit's manufacturers.

Portland is hardly doomed (a string of departures would only open up cap space for alternatives, and Aldridge, the team's most essential piece, is secure), but the Blazers as we know them -– that fast, fun outfit that began the season on a 7-2 sprint -– could soon begin splitting at the seams.

Its itinerary is jam-packed, including not just reserved seats up close to all the public events but also a string of private events open only to big fund-raisers.

Over the weekend, Riggall explained that the "very complicated myriad series of challenges" that led to his decision to cancel a string of dates have not only been obstructive, but they have left him "heartbroken" in knowing he has let his audience down.