Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You may feel that only a major record company can offer your band the right level of investment and promotion .
2 Although in theory the organism could reproduce at any time during its growth phase , we can expect that eventually an optimum time for reproduction would emerge .
3 It does show that even a 26-week gestation baby has , at least within its spinal cord , a mechanism which is associated with tenderness in adults .
4 The pattern make little difference to the contraction of the knitting and your tension sample will show that only an occasional stitch increase across the whole width will be necessary to keep to the commonly used tension .
5 Avoid the fire and also the two question marks , as they make you dance and thus a perfect target for the dog .
6 The same is true of the altogether exceptional recording , which held my concentration so effortlessly that I could hardly believe that nearly a whole hour had passed when I emerged elated at the other end .
7 Although we have offered a fairly simplistic version of these theories we can still see that even a simplified version is very complex .
8 There are only about one hundred different kinds of atoms in the Universe , each kind known as an element ; and we know that this is the case because we know the fundamental laws of chemistry that determine the structure of atoms , and can see that only a certain number of structures are theoretically possible .
9 The site may only be viable if adjoining land is included and in fact the planning authority may insist that only a comprehensive planning application will be considered .
10 This may particularly apply where only a small number of items are involved , e.g. jewellery/carpets .
11 It 's a very eighteen-century view of the world , one which says : ‘ Yes , all these terrible things can happen and yet a just ruler can put things right ’ . ’
12 Nominated care judges have the same jurisdiction but do not have as wide an administrative role .
13 The need for government controls to prevent the marketing of dangerous medicines is obvious — the example of thalidomide indicates what can happen when inadvertently a dangerous drug gets through the net .
14 If so , the restoration of the OR seen in these circumstances need not necessarily imply a change in the specific ability of the target stimulus to evoke its UR ; rather it may mean that even a weak tendency to emit this UR can be amplified substantially by a high level of arousal .
15 This does not mean that only a slit-eyed cat is dangerous .
16 Lastly , we may notice that even a wrongful possession , if continued for a certain length of time , matures into what may be , for practical purposes , indistinguishable from ownership .
17 The hypothesis raises , however , one difficulty : if there was a shift towards the equator in both hemispheres , it would seem that either a climatic belt was squeezed out or one or more narrowed in latitudinal extent .
18 With different price levels it is possible to derive the level of output that will obtain and hence an aggregate supply curve is derived .
19 An increase of at least 10 per cent will be demanded by union representatives , who will argue that only a substantial rise will improve morale .
20 You may find that just a subtle difference but I think that in terms of the way erm make allocation in our local plan , that it does cause some confusion .
21 You will find that only a small quantity of milk is necessary and that a quarter of a pint is quite sufficient to accompany the full daily Fibre-Filler allowance an eighth of a pint with each portion .
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