Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] only [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Meacher and Frank Field have stressed that only a limited circle of people were actively involved in formulating the industrial policy proposals , and that beyond this circle , understanding of the proposals was rather minimal . |
| 2 | The hon. Member for Ogmore said that the opinion polls demonstrated that only a limited number of people would be interested in total deregulation . |
| 3 | If the function of the leave requirement is to weed out unarguable or vexatious cases it might be expected that only a small proportion of cases would fail at this stage . |
| 4 | While their opponents in 1830 believed that a considerable measure of parliamentary reform would lead to national catastrophe , the Whigs maintained that only a considerable measure could prevent a catastrophe … |
| 5 | The Canadians , more experienced than most in these matters , say that only a modest amount of special training is needed to turn a good soldier into a good peacekeeper . |
| 6 | Now , imply that there is no stretch , as would be expected because only a pure rotation of axes has been involved . |
| 7 | But people are much more likely — and we should stress that only the lunatic fringe is involved — to believe it necessary that those they perceive as only minimally inferior to themselves should be annihilated . |
| 8 | The more he thought about it , the more he realized that only a slight change would need to be made to his own plans . |
| 9 | But Greenpeace insist that only a small percentage of the fish caught by the seals are of interest to the fishermen , and that over-fishing remains the main threat to North Sea fish stocks . |
| 10 | Was it a household so permeated by dislike and distrust that only the bald fact of dependence constrained them to preserve an uneasy peace ? |
| 11 | It was simply a question , Fred declared , of having ‘ a nose for news ’ and added that only a competent reporter could make a good story out of unlikely ingredients . |
| 12 | This was ginger brown in colour and so badly fitting that only a blind man would not realise that it was a hairpiece . |
| 13 | Although studies have revealed that only a small subgroup of such diabetics have reduced plasma renin , in those with nephropathy both plasma renin activity and plasma aldosterone tend to be decreased ( Christlieb , 1978 ) . |
| 14 | You may feel that only a major record company can offer your band the right level of investment and promotion . |
| 15 | He noted that only a small part of the ancient Sicàn capital , covering an area 1.5 x 1 km , had been excavated so far . |
| 16 | But it seemed that only the one sentence had impinged on the queen-dowager 's consciousness . |
| 17 | It may have been that on his original appearance this condition would not have been satisfied , as it could not have been said that only a custodial sentence was adequate to protect the public from serious harm from him , if the alternative of a probation order requiring residence at a hostel specialising in sexual offenders was available . |
| 18 | Mr Rifkind , who was in Darlington last night for a meeting of the Conservative Association , has said that only the Conservative party has a proper strategy for improvements to Britain 's roads . |
| 19 | These boxes stood above ground and were , therefore , visible and obvious targets , but they were so solidly made that only a direct hit by a heavy shell could destroy them . |
| 20 | The procedure followed ensured that only a certain response would disambiguate the message . |
| 21 | The pattern make little difference to the contraction of the knitting and your tension sample will show that only an occasional stitch increase across the whole width will be necessary to keep to the commonly used tension . |
| 22 | Density slicing is normally applied when only a single-band image of an area is available . |
| 23 | Admittedly war with the USSR was seen as only a distant possibility . |
| 24 | One might have thought that only a particular unit of the type could be ‘ tried on ’ , but that seems not to be the case . |
| 25 | There are only about one hundred different kinds of atoms in the Universe , each kind known as an element ; and we know that this is the case because we know the fundamental laws of chemistry that determine the structure of atoms , and can see that only a certain number of structures are theoretically possible . |
| 26 | Public Health Nursing is still to a large extent task-oriented and the findings in a survey of the work load of the Public Health Nurse in Ireland in 1986 showed that only a small percentage of time ( 0.2% ) was spent directly on health education , although it is acknowledged that health promotion is a component of tasks and policy in all aspects of their role . |
| 27 | The vegetation of the field was analysed by ordination and correlation techniques which showed that only a minor part of the variation in species distribution could be accounted for by underlying edaphic factors , though in the peripheral areas of the pasture the presence of hedges and trees accounted for significant changes in the vegetation — e.g. Dadtylis glomerata occurred mainly in or close to the shade of the trees . |
| 28 | The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species , examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail . |
| 29 | The site may only be viable if adjoining land is included and in fact the planning authority may insist that only a comprehensive planning application will be considered . |
| 30 | Then , recalling that only a short while ago he 'd guessed mockingly — and correctly — at a conventional upbringing , she added , ‘ Though you wo n't find it very exciting . ’ |