Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] only a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the preface , the editor of the catalogue makes it clear that only a representative selection of coins is listed . |
| 2 | Schools are given the same written guidelines as in the Major Project , but it is made clear that only a short proposal document is required to accompany the school 's spending plan . |
| 3 | The cost of freehold land is so high that only a wealthy man who farms intensively can hope to make a living on his own small farm . |
| 4 | A sheltered housing project in Thornaby has proved so popular that only a few flats are left . |
| 5 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 6 | By 1896 La Chapelle was receiving more than a million tonnes , but by now the bulk of it was French and only a small proportion Belgian , testimony to the industrialization that had taken place in the wake of the railways . |
| 7 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 8 | Of the two types of bend tests the four-point is the more reliable since only a pure bending moment is applied to the centre section of the beam and the relation becomes exact , for small curvature , since the deformation is truly into a circular arc . |
| 9 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 10 | But the judge said : ‘ This offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified . |
| 11 | Many were convinced that only a proletarian revolution could remove discrimination . |
| 12 | The men who led the Cracow revolutionary movement ( the Polish insurrection of 1830 ) were deeply convinced that only a democratic Poland could be independent , and a democratic Poland was impossible without the abolition of feudal rights , without the agrarian movement which would transform the tied peasants into free proprietors . |
| 13 | He then asks " how should one recognise authority ? " and answers that " degrees only prove knowledge ; look among those who really love art and literature " , and he goes on to conclude : " The artist , if he really is an artist , possesses absolute value which he can not lose : the man of science , once refuted or superseded , retains no absolute but only an historical importance . " |
| 14 | The second method is appropriate when only a small number of arithmetic operations are to be performed on each of a large number of initial items of data . |
| 15 | It was as simple as only a barefaced lie could be . |
| 16 | Each on its own seemed admirable and only a small addition to the government 's total expenditure . |
| 17 | He chose a way of loving which was so outrageous and costly that only a few friends could follow him into his dark night of the soul . |
| 18 | Currency markets , however , take the view that the deficit is so large that only a lower exchange rate will help to speed up the adjustment . |
| 19 | Such criticism of American policy would be counter-productive ; the claims on the United States for economic and military assistance were so great that only a limited amount could be given to Korea . |
| 20 | Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil . |
| 21 | The reasons why the lower socio-economic groups make less use of the education and health services are complex and only a brief comment can be presented here . |
| 22 | To yank someone entirely out of their time and smack them around for not being of our time is perhaps a salutary but only a limited exercise . |
| 23 | First-hand experience is invaluable but only a limited amount of it can be arranged and you certainly ca n't have large numbers of trainees sitting at the back of the same class . |
| 24 | As long as only a few predators hunt in the same area , each aposematic family is likely to produce several survivors . |
| 25 | It is plain that only a small community closely knit by ties of kinship , common sentiment , and belief , and placed in a stable environment , could live successfully by such a regime of unofficial rules . |
| 26 | ‘ It is scandalous that only a tiny fraction of cars in the UK have catalysts fitted . |
| 27 | Mr Al-Haroun , when confronted , was as gently apologetic as only a well-bred Arab can be when confronted by an angry occidental . |
| 28 | Fagan was a bleak and determined little man , tidy and forbidding as only an ex-steeplechase jockey can be . |
| 29 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
| 30 | Given that £1 million was spent in 1990 under the WOAD Farm and Conservation Scheme for the provision , replacement or improvement of hedges ( 80% of this on hedge-laying ) , we are disappointed that only a further £0.2 million is to be made available during 1992 under CCW 's new scheme . |