Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was decided to plan for only eight accidents . |
| 2 | But he meant this to come for only a few days , not for an indefinite stay . |
| 3 | Well , would n't you if you had to work for only one night a year ? |
| 4 | In the autumn of 1986 , when Saxton and Bampfylde abandoned their previous employers , they had already prepared their future strategy : to work with only a selected and comparatively small number of clients in certain market sectors only , with an emphasis on finding the people needed to satisfy a client 's strategic needs rather than on the level of appointment . |
| 5 | It certainly seems to work with only one person inside but is less effective with two . |
| 6 | 88open 's idea of licensing its compatibility technology however looks kind of stalled having managed to pull in only Hewlett-Packard Co as a customer . |
| 7 | Congress , we are bound to come to only one conclusion that equalizing pensions to sixty will be of benefit to all people , and the Tories are definitely not supporting that approach . |
| 8 | As a percentage of joint gross national product ( GNP ) this represented an increase from the existing ceiling of 1.2 per cent ( although 1992 expenditure was calculated to come to only around 1.14 per cent ) to 1.27 per cent by 1999 . |
| 9 | You will find in this section many programs , from Home and Hobbies to professional DTP packages , that you are able to try at only 2.50 per disc . |
| 10 | Asia Equity , a securities firm , expects earnings to increase by only 1% in 1993 , though it is looking for 16% growth in 1994 after the lights come back on . |
| 11 | The Liberal Democrat government of Kiichi Miyazawa had stated in its budget proposal [ see p. 38820 ] that total government outlays were to increase by only 2.7 per cent over fiscal 1991 , to 72,220,000 million yen , in response to the general worsening in the economic climate . |
| 12 | Simple reaction time is a fraction of the time required to react even when having to choose between only two possibilities . |
| 13 | ‘ I stopped occasionally to photograph a design branded upon a distant hillside made up of countless squat semi-circular walls protecting a meagre crop ; or limp onion plants resemblant of hieroglyphs upon a furrowed wall ; or a track which seemed to lead to only more emptiness ’ |
| 14 | The truth of the matter is that , despite Nizan 's abiding suspicions of the motives of the French and British governments , the logic of the situation seemed to him to lead to only one solution : a common alliance with the USSR against fascism . |
| 15 | For your 10 , you get 165 chances each week to win for only 1 . |
| 16 | Never , never make an offer or agree to buy after only one visit . |
| 17 | Her publications list appears to consist of only two papers , but she may have had a greater influence than this suggests ( J. White , personal communication ) . |
| 18 | The British aircraft industry was expected to shrink to only a fifth of its existing size , giving the USA an enormous head start . |
| 19 | You will remember that last year Mr JD charged the veterans department to endeavour to revert to only two reunions . |
| 20 | It was easy to save on coral sand because without undergravel filtration , it is better to stick to only a light dusting of sand on the tank floor . |
| 21 | It is true that many sociologists of religion have suggested definitions of their subject matter , but there is no clear agreement and it can be argued that if we were to stick to only one definition then we would not be able to ask — let alone answer — some of the questions in which they are interested . |
| 22 | Many of the dichotomies traditionally employed in this area — for example between constraints operating through reasons and constraints due to other factors — are formulated with individual subjects in mind , and so do not apply , while others , which were originally intended to apply to only some properties of individuals and collectives , must bear extra weight . |
| 23 | director : Well , you were going to look at only two hospitals . |
| 24 | The Japanese economy is expected to grow by only 3.8% during fiscal 1991 compared with this year 's 5.2% . |
| 25 | But during the 1990s the workforce is expected to grow by only 0.5–0.7% a year . |
| 26 | Many forecasters expect France 's economy to grow by only 1.5% in 1991 , down from 4% in both 1988 and 1989 and from an estimated 2.6% last year . |
| 27 | The Fund now expects it to grow by only 1.3% this year , down from an ambitious 3.8% last year . |
| 28 | Even in 1994 , Germany 's economy is expected to grow by only 1.4% . |
| 29 | Initially the government proposed establishing HATs in twenty estates but by March 1989 , because of financial constraints , they had decided to proceed with only nine . |
| 30 | In 1964 , it was argued that we could not provide an adequate deterrent without five boats , but we took the decision to proceed with only four and we carried it through . |