Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] up only [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The English peasantry threw up only one John Clare , and he was born too late to experience this ancient world to the full .
2 The probable penalty in packing density for a large file is of the order of 0.5 to 1 per cent , while for small files it can be very much more — 50 per cent in the most extreme case , when the file takes up only one data cylinder .
3 The salmon swam up only those streams which had been chemically scented .
4 Thus Ziegler-Natta catalysts take up only two pages and block and graft copolymers half a page .
5 Some reports from quite small departments were rather lengthy whilst one report took up only one page .
6 Lessons took up only two hours a day and the farm work was badly organised .
7 It was released in 1990 , and is written in C. Secretary of the British APL Association , Anthony Camacho , claims that J is less complicated as it uses fewer symbols than APL — its syntax analyser takes up only one page of C , while other versions take up enormous amounts .
8 It is unlikely that many had progressive chronic renal failure , as at two year follow up only one patient had subsequently deteriorated and needed long term dialysis .
9 However , some of my medical and scientific friends now suspect that some women burn up only 1,500 calories daily — so obviously , on this intake , they would maintain weight rather than reduce surplus fat .
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