Example sentences of "[conj] it only [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yakovlev devotes loving attention to the single , insignificant sovkhoz ( state farm ) in the whole area , although it only employed eleven people . |
| 2 | ‘ Greece strongly supports a stronger role for the European Parliament , although it only has 24 seats . |
| 3 | This proposal , based upon a Council resolution of May 1985 , was innovative in that it only defines basic requirements , leaving detailed specifications to the individual standardisation bodies . |
| 4 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
| 5 | Bearing in mind that it only takes 20 milligrams of this poi-son to kill a dog , and that a cat is equally susceptible , it is clear that here we have a serious threat to an incautious feline . |
| 6 | The drawback of multi-threading is that it only allows whole processes to run on individual CPUs and is unsuited for particularly large applications . |
| 7 | THE MOST remarkable thing about Graham Watkins 's Macbeth is that it only has two women . |
| 8 | The Dounreay nuclear plant , the largest nearby industrial commercial operation , has said that it only discharged 1.8 kilograms of cadmium over 10 months last year . |
| 9 | And it only courses one year 's duration maximum one year . |
| 10 | It was when I was about twelve I broke the front of my tooth so I I had a temporary cap put on , and it only lasted six months and came off ! |
| 11 | She puts it in , and you ask her all questions about , she tells you it about it , and it has to be , and it only drinks orange squash , cos that 's wh what only Marie only drinks . |
| 12 | The seat can be used in both forward and rear-facing positions and it only needs one hand to fold it down . |
| 13 | I used to find myself walking the landing bladed up and it only needed one word out of place and I 'd turn them into a Tetley Tea Bag and I 'd never get out . |
| 14 | And it only affects certain things . |
| 15 | if it only lasts twelve months |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe in the short term it is an advantage to a few people working in the car industry but it only encourages more people to generate more pollution . ’ |
| 17 | Well yes , but it only represents two percent of G D P in this country it 's , it 's insignificant . |
| 18 | ‘ But it only has 4 grams of fat , ’ came the smart reply . |
| 19 | They sent up a thick screen of flak between the Goshawk planes and the second balloon , damning anyone who tried to break through The usual haphazard spray of machine-gun fire sprinkled the air , inaccurate and half-spent at that height , but it only needed one bulletin the head to destroy a whole aircraft . |
| 20 | On the evidence of its showing , SAS/EIS is certainly the kind of tool that will empower decision makers with the ability to study their companies and markets in new ways , with only minimum recall to the services of in-house software engineers — ‘ even a CEO can use this because it only takes one finger , ’ claims Jim Goodnight , SAS chief executive officer . |
| 21 | She is especially renowned for creating a long silk jersey halter-neck evening dress , which can be worn five different ways and is easy to make because it only has one seam . |
| 22 | She is especially renowned for creating a long silk jersey halter-neck evening dress which can be worn five different ways and is easy to make because it only has one seam . |
| 23 | Firstly , of course , because it only affects high earners , i.e. those earning more than £75,000 a year . |