Example sentences of "[noun sg] only [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision — or , as we have seen , more commonly non-decision — to use a particular type of credit is of course only part of the process . |
| 2 | In this case only part of the tax paid in total ( distance 34 ) is paid by the workers ( W O W E ) : the remainder of the tax ( W O W M ) finds its incidence on consumers in the form of higher labour input costs . |
| 3 | The statute only vests in the agency ( with some exceptions ) the state-owned assets of such former state enterprises which have already been converted into companies ; further , such part of the equity of other companies which was vested in the state before coming into force of the statute of conversion and which are still in state ownership ; finally , assets remaining in state ownership after the liquidation of state enterprises and any other assets which are from time to time vested in the agency by separate legislation or a resolution of parliament . |
| 4 | The emergency services were stretched to their limits , the factory fire crew , ambulance and medical team being first on the scene only moments after the explosion , with the county services arriving soon afterwards . |
| 5 | The court heard Hayton had drunk five pints of lager only hours before the accident . |
| 6 | The prize will include return flights and seven nights on a room only basis at The Cotton Bay Club . |
| 7 | Despite all the sound and fury , the balls either fell short or were so feeble at long range as to strike only dust from the town walling . |
| 8 | The ship had come into service only weeks before the rescue mission . |
| 9 | Well she wo n't eat no veg only corn on the cob |
| 10 | IBM Corp shares saluted the imminent departure of John Akers with a jump of $3.25 at $52.125 at the opening the day after the company accompanied news that it was cutting its quarterly dividend only 55% with the announcement that within 90 days it would have a new chief executive . |
| 11 | The US has just 6% of the world 's population but consumes 30% of the world 's energy — compared with India where 20% of the global population use only 2% of the energy . |
| 12 | Common grazings played an important part in most farm enterprises : on average only 6% of the farm was owned by the farmer/crofter . |
| 13 | Since either method only results in the drug changing place from one paragraph in Part I of Schedule 2 to another paragraph it has been argued that nothing has been ‘ produced ’ within the meaning of section 4 and the definition in section 37 of the Act . |
| 14 | The relationship risked serious derailment over German unification , when Bonn failed to consult Paris before announcing its ten-point plan for unification only days after the dinner party summit at the Elysée Palace at which German unification had not been mentioned . |
| 15 | The new regiment was formed through the merger of the Queen 's and the Royal Hampshires in September last year only months after the publication of an alleged telephone conversation between the princess and her friend James Gilbey in which the nickname Squidgy was used . |
| 16 | The new regiment was formed through the merger of the Queen 's and the Royal Hampshires in September last year only months after the publication of an alleged telephone conversation between the princess and her friend , James Gilbey . |
| 17 | In HWIM the correct phoneme was included in the top two scores of the vector only 65% of the time . |
| 18 | Shamir reached the coalition agreement only hours before the deadline set by President Chaim Herzog for the formation of a new government . |
| 19 | The driver was mystified , his mind on other things — specifically on the gun only inches from the base of his spine . |
| 20 | The stolen Vauxhall Cavalier had been spotted by police on the Hardwick Estate only moments before the crash . |
| 21 | Yet after a few weeks , during which time only parts of the north of England and the borders had risen on the Pretender 's behalf , the rebellion was put down . |