Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] only a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | As with all water fowl the female is less flamboyant than its partner and the duck is sooty brown with only a hint of a crest . |
2 | One , which includes mosaics of the more specific trend , features many neatly executed arrangements from each of only a handful of sites . |
3 | Not this one ; it rides easy with only a trace of load-carrying compromise . |
4 | We have been using these for only a number of weeks now , but the response has been very encouraging . |
5 | Steve Richardson also moved up with a 70 in the company of Jack Nicklaus , who beat him by a shot , the difference being at the 18th , which Richardson three-putted despite only a wedge for his second shot . |
6 | Sound-insulating quilt is laid above the new ceiling , and though a good space between the new and old ceiling is ideal , in houses with low ceilings , the method can be quite effective with only a gap of an inch or two . |
7 | In all of the forested areas sampled by Eyre , commercial lumber production was responsible for only a proportion of the deforestation . |
8 | And all that on only a couple of acres . |
9 | Now , my students find themselves coping with the intricacies of the Negotiator/ Interpreter oral assessments of an examination syllabus with which they are not familiar after only a fortnight into the course . |
10 | He made the comment in remarks to a visiting official from North Korea , one of only a handful of foreign countries to send special delegations for national day . |
11 | Anderson had employed Jean Southwark QC , one of only a handful of leading women barristers . |
12 | One of only a handful of mixed freights which survived until closure of Woodhead was a late afternoon Tinsley-Dewsnap working , seen at the north end of Wadsley hauled by 76016/10 in May 1981 . |
13 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
14 | Exquisitely inlaid all over in Chinoiserie decoration in stained horn , mother-of-pearl , tortoiseshell and brass with silvered bronze mounts , it is one of only a handful of similar pieces known ( the most recent example sold by Sotheby 's in December 1991 made $875,000 ) . |
15 | For those who still feel that we are lagging , let me say that Britain is one of only a handful of countries to have set a target for reductions in carbon dioxide . |
16 | LE Restaurant Sante is one of only a handful of Ulster inclusions in the just published 1993 Guide to ‘ The 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland ’ . |
17 | ‘ This made us the second most successful regional morning in the UK and one of only a handful of papers to increase annual sales . |
18 | Archway is one of only a handful of schools in the country to have taken such a strong stand against the Government . |
19 | To be one of only a handful of boys among hundreds of girls at a feis ( a competition ) was the surest way of pulling girls I ever saw . |
20 | Twenty-year-old Peake not only scored the goal which put Pool on their way to a desperately needed win , he was also one of only a handful of players on either side who looked capable of coming to terms with the gale-force wind and bumpy pitch . |
21 | The centre is one of only a handful in the country that caters exclusively for sick and injured wildlife . |
22 | He is believed to be the first Karate expert in the region to receive such an award and one of only a handful in the country . |
23 | This situation only arises when the motor is stationary ; if the motor is moving the phases are excited in sequence and any one winding is excited for only a fraction of the cycle . |
24 | This meant having to walk through the room on your own with only a torch for comfort . |
25 | Given the fullness of most fields by the end of the first main phase of the PCAS cycle , the continuing applications procedure and late applications are relevant for only a minority of subjects , sometimes including new fields which suffer from uncertainty as their approval is pending . |
26 | They were two of only a handful of his employees allowed to enter this most private of havens . |
27 | The village was quiet with only a couple of old men sitting on a bench outside the church as we drove through the gates of the big house and along the road through the village , passing the Chateau where the Commando dead had been placed on the front lawn shortly after we had entered the village , and during the bitter fighting of the first ten days . |
28 | Our ears are sensitive to only a fraction of these sounds . |