Example sentences of "manage only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Open team finished tenth in the European Championships in Turku — their lowest ever placing — while our Women 's team ( generally regarded as ante-post favourites ) could manage only sixth place . |
| 2 | The Calibra 16v gets from rest to 60mph in 8.1secs and on to 100mph in 22secs , but the Corrado G60 can manage only 8.9secs to 60mph and falls a disappointing two seconds behind by 100mph . |
| 3 | The contrasting fortunes of share prices and sterling were illustrated by the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index closing within a whisker of its best for the year whilst sterling could manage only a marginal improvement from Thursday 's all-time low against the German mark . |
| 4 | Brearley did his best , but four were still needed off the last ball and he could manage only a single . |
| 5 | Injury-hit Australia could manage only one race advantage and look set for further poundings when the series moves on to Peterborough on May 29 and Reading on June 1 . |
| 6 | Jim Whitham , from Huddersfield , the champion , could manage only sixth and fifth placings . |
| 7 | It turned out to be so big that he invited people specially to help eat it , and then it proved so salty that they could manage only a little of it . |
| 8 | The challenge for Europe 's left parties will be to overcome party patriotism and work out how to construct majorities in the new era , for traditional parties of the right , also , can manage only about a 40 per cent turnout , if that . |
| 9 | USER FRIENDLY 's long , hard season finally caught up with her yesterday when she could manage only sixth in the Japan Cup . |
| 10 | But he finished six lengths behind the winner Arcangues , who could manage only eighth place in the Coral Eclipse at Sandown , losing second place on the post . |
| 11 | The islanders will be hoping that former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga can put his wretched Pakistan tour form behind him ( he could manage only six runs in four Test innings ) , and that left-hander Sanath Jayasuriya can continue his good form in that same series ( 238 runs at 79.33 ) . |
| 12 | Yet the Dorset TEC said that it could manage only if the scheme was cut in half . |
| 13 | It could manage only just over one book per person per year . |
| 14 | Tommy Reid could manage only fourth in the pre-85 Formula Ford race . |
| 15 | Olazabal had got out of his sick bed to play , but though he had three birdies , he could manage only 71 because of his mistakes from the tee . |