Example sentences of "[conj] only a [adj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appeared from the poor showing of the pro-CPSU communists in the elections that a surprisingly large number of Russians had voted for Sajudis-backed candidates , or had boycotted the voting in overwhelmingly Russian-populated constituencies where only a pro-CPSU communist was standing . |
| 2 | That party knows that only a higher court is likely to push forward the boundaries of some legal rule . |
| 3 | And doubts were expressed as to its value given the conceded fact that only a small dent was likely to be made in the pigeon population . |
| 4 | She worked with a tenderness that only a caring woman is capable of . |
| 5 | This does not mean that only a slit-eyed cat is dangerous . |
| 6 | The kinematics approach recognizes that the mechanism is constrained in such a way that only a prescribed motion is possible ; a mechanism that is randomly assembled and disassembled with no known input conditions is hardly a mechanism and is impossible to analyse by any method . |
| 7 | Decision : it was clear to the Court that a sentence of detention in a young offender institution could be justified under Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s.1(4A) ( b ) , on the ground that only a custodial sentence was adequate to protect the public from serious harm from him . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | On the other hand , in the upper one third portion of the crypts , shown in the top half of each pair , there is only a diploid peak : there was no S , G 2 or M fraction , and only a non-diploid cell was seen between diploid and tetraploid fractions in the second case . |
| 10 | CHEMICALS companies have made further cuts in capital spending this year and only a modest improvement is in prospect next year before a further fall in 1994 , according to an industry survey published yesterday . |
| 11 | We already had a fairly impressive snake hunt on film from Likangloe , even if only a small specimen was caught , and the really big ones would definitely have to wait . |
| 12 | If only a single character is suggested then word knowledge is used to detect and correct errors in the hypothesis . |
| 13 | If only a single product is tested , how are we ever going to know ? |
| 14 | If only a single copy is needed then it is logical to produce it on the page printer . |
| 15 | The second involves the settling of cells onto a slide surface through a sucrose , saline or other solution , and has been used principally for oocytes , but may be useful for spermatocytes if only a thin suspension is available . |
| 16 | With this the two of them wall up the entrance until only a tiny slot is left open . |
| 17 | Day-trippers and weekend visitors have filled the streets and riverside paths every summer for more than sixty years but only a tiny percentage are aware of the village 's remarkable gastronomic distinction , about which most communities would continually drum up a publicity fanfare . |