Example sentences of "only a [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Formerly a private hotel , it has needed only a little work to convert it to its new use . |
2 | One , found almost exclusively in Bangkok and its suburbs , is the product of rapid industrialisation ; its inhabitants enjoy incomes only a little below those of the Portuguese . |
3 | Only a little of it , mind . ’ |
4 | But that was not all : Mr Browning said Mr Landor 's rooms were all to be painted , carpeted and furnished and that he thought her own quarters might at least be painted if she contributed only a little to the cost . |
5 | Only a little over one third of the area farmed was owned by the farmers . |
6 | The same chapter in Chronic Diseases highlights this thus ‘ In taking one and the same medicine repeatedly ( which is indispensable to secure the cure of a serious chronic disease ) , if the dose is in every case varied and modified only a little in its degree of dynamization , then the vital force of the patient will calmly , and as it were willingly receive the same medicine even at brief intervals very many times in succession with the best results , every time increasing the well-being of the patient . ’ |
7 | You need only a little of your anti cellulite massage oil — about a teaspoonful for each leg . |
8 | It had been built earlier in the century , and by 1794 was the home of Henry Poole 's uncle , Thomas Poole the elder , an ‘ irritable , arbitrary old man ’ whose bad temper owed only a little to his sufferings from the gout . |
9 | English spelling was standardised in its present form only a little more than 200 years ago . |
10 | Perhaps God in his wisdom has told us only a little about the nature and personhood of Satan so that we are not tempted to dwell on him with morbid fascination . |
11 | She could give him a room with a bed , and her asking price for it was only a little above that of Mrs McIntosh , and much less than the inn . |
12 | ‘ But you can help me , Katie ; I 'd like you to spread the word around and tell people what my business is , and that if they need me I 'll be able to help and charge only a little interest . ’ |
13 | I saw only a little of the country areas outside WA — I hope this might be rectified in the future . |
14 | A long way behind everyone else came France , with an increase of only a little more than 5 per cent . |
15 | All these stars are concentrated in a field only a little over a degree in diameter . |
16 | In the mid-1920s only a little over 1 per cent were receiving a formal education . |
17 | If Mill 's argument succeeds in showing that there is even only a little evidence in its favour , there will be more evidence in favour than against ; and we should therefore accept the hypothesis . |
18 | When they got to St-Jean it was only a little past midnight and the cafes were still open . |
19 | ‘ I understand only a little of what you say . |
20 | As far as companies are concerned , in 1990 there were over one million on the register in Great Britain , but of these only a little more than one per cent were public companies . |
21 | It requires only a little training and someone to lead it . |
22 | In any case , it was only a little after twelve . |
23 | We know only a little about how , in this more secular society , we should try to minimize the damage for people going through the grieving process . |
24 | Yet language is too important to be left either to amateurs who know British education but know only a little about language , or to professionals who know much about language but have little close contact with British education . |
25 | It was only a little after that , and before the damming had got very much further , that Ligulf said , ‘ Siward ? ’ |
26 | Thus the fact that , for Rayleigh numbers only a little above critical , there is only a limited range of unstable wavenumber κ might be thought adequate information for a knowledge of the flow . |
27 | That in turn is important in understanding why motion occurs at all , but , as noted earlier , relates directly to observations only when the Rayleigh number is only a little above its critical value . |
28 | She looked at the clock , frustrated to find it was only a little after eleven . |
29 | ‘ Only a little after eight . ’ |
30 | Tourism — Three decades ago maybe only a several dozen foreigners visited Everest and the Himalayas . |