Example sentences of "[vb -s] only [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a pipe organ of quality each pipe is a carefully-designed and individually-voiced musical instrument which produces only one frequency of sound . |
| 2 | Surprisingly , Sir Alec has only five words of dialogue in the entire 90-minute film , though he appears in almost every scene . |
| 3 | By definition the PROFITBOSS has only one area of expertise . |
| 4 | Thus a diatomic molecule ( N = 2 ) , which must of course be linear , has only one mode of vibration , the bond-stretching motion . |
| 5 | The individual has only one span of time , one life , but the mother can give birth to multiple lives . |
| 6 | This publication has only 30 pages of text , including 12 pages of appendices . |
| 7 | BRITAIN 'S driest spot is Lee Wick Farm , Clacton which has only 2½ inches of rainfall each year . |
| 8 | Among these lines one , the geodesic , has only this component of curvature . |
| 9 | It is always much more difficult to produce a lovely picture that contains only one type of flower , such as a bunch of freesias , as you can only use one flower shape , although you will be able to press the flowers in various ways — for example , side views , full views , with buds and without . |
| 10 | They chose to work on diamond because it contains only one species of atom , and because highly perfect crystals were easily available . |
| 11 | As the temperature drops towards T 2 the number of available configurational states in the system decreases until at the temperature T 2 the system possesses only one degree of freedom . |
| 12 | Pure notation uses only one kind of symbol ; for example , letters or numbers . |
| 13 | The most economical wash uses only 16 ltr of water and 0.45 kWh of energy . |
| 14 | The machine takes 12 place settings and uses only 20 ltr of water and 1.6 kWh of energy for a normal 65°C including two quick-wash , two economy wash and an extra-intensive wash at 70°C . |
| 15 | This machine uses only 12 ltr of water , 10 g each of salt and detergent and 0.8 kWh of electricity for a normal 65°C wash . |
| 16 | The 2D has the same colour quality and light output as an ordinary 100 W light bulb but it uses only 21 W of electricity ( 16 W for the lamp and 5 W for the control gear ) . |
| 17 | The criminal law sees only some types of property deprivation as robbery or theft ; it excludes , for example , the separation of consumers and part of their money that follows manufacturers ' malpractices or advertisers ' misrepresentations ; it excludes shareholders losing their money because managers behaved in ways which they thought would be to the advantage of shareholders even though the only tangible benefits accrued to the managers ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; it excludes the extra tax citizens , in this or other countries , have to pay because : ( i ) corporations and the very wealthy are able to employ financial experts at discovering legal loopholes through which money can be safely transported to tax havens ; ( ii ) Defence Department officials have been bribed to order more expensive weaponry systems or missiles in ‘ excess ’ of those ‘ needed ’ ; ( iii ) multinational drug companies charge our National Health Services prices which are estimated to be at least , £50 millions in excess of alternative supplies . |
| 18 | Of the three gradation schemes under discussion , the Canadian is the simplest in so far as it creates only three degrees of offence . |
| 19 | Philips reckons that panels just 5 cm thick can support a 30cm screen which consumes only 5 watts of power . |
| 20 | The criminal law defines only some types of violence as criminal assault ; it excludes verbal assaults that can , and sometimes do , break a person 's spirit ; it excludes forms of assault whose injuries become apparent years later , such as those resulting from working in a polluted factory environment where the health risk was known to the employer but concealed from the employee ( Swartz 1975 ) ; it excludes ‘ compulsory ’ drug-therapy or electric-shock treatment given to ‘ mentally disturbed ’ patients or prisoners who are denied the civilized rights to refuse such beneficial medical help ( Mitford 1977 ; Szasz 1970,1977a , 1977b ) ; it excludes chemotherapy prescribed to control ‘ naughty ’ schoolboys , but includes physically hitting teachers ( Box 1981b ; Schrag and Divoky 1981 ) . |
| 21 | Under the established system for electing members to the House of Commons , each elector has only one vote in a general election ; each constituency returns only one Member of Parliament ; and Members of the House of Commons are elected on a first-past-the-post ( winner takes all ) system whereby the candidate with the most votes wins the seat whether or not he or she has an overall majority of all the votes cast in the constituency . |