You can spend a great deal of time making an object only for it to break in the kiln.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

For example,she wore men's pants as clothing at a time when women wore only skirts or dresses.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

They urged her to become a music teacher, because they said that was the only good job for a black woman at that time.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

She admitted that she got married the first time only to escape from being forced to live in a group home for children without parents.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

Also,in Darwin's time, the age of the Earth was estimated only in the millions of years too short a time some said for evolution to work.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

April is not only a time for poetry.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

on the contrary." The new government believes territorial concessions only led to terrorism and wars and that it is time for a new approach.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Since the space was small and climate-controlled, staffers allowed only small groups in for a few minutes at a time, which was enough to cure most people's olfactory curiosity.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30