Example sentences of "[conj] only a [noun sg] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 She gave that only a moment 's thought .
2 Queen 's Bench Masters ' Practice Direction of 25 March , 1988 requires that where an order is made transferring an action from the Queen 's Bench Division to a county court , the party having carriage of the order by himself or his solicitor shall forthwith produce at the Filing Department of the Central Office the order transferring the action and shall file : ( 1 ) a copy of the order transferring the action ; ( 2 ) a statement of the names and addresses of the parties and of their solicitors ; ( 3 ) copies of any pleadings served ; ( 4 ) if he is the plaintiff and has not served a statement of claim , particulars of his claim together with a copy for each defendant ; ( 5 ) if he is the defendant and only a counterclaim is transferred and no counterclaim has been served , particulars of the counterclaim together with a copy for the plaintiff ; ( 6 ) where money has been paid into court , a copy of the notice of payment into court ; ( 7 ) a statement of the index numbers of any affidavits filed .
3 Indeed , in the first series of patients only 72% were bleeding from varices , haemostatic treatment was not uniform and only a minority were treated with sclerotherapy .
4 A useful review of some of this work is given in Anon. ( 1982a ) and only a summary is presented here .
5 He bargained in his soul with fate , promising to dedicate his life to Imperial service without scruple — if only a life was left to him to dedicate .
6 If all modules in the LIFESPAN system are to be listed the user should enter ‘ A ’ ; if only a subset is required the user should enter ‘ P ’ .
7 If only a bruise is caused , s.47 is an overcharge .
8 ‘ The system is unfair at the moment , because only a handful are charged . ’
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