Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] only the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in Lothian about 250 children — the vast majority not infected with HIV — are likely to suffer the death of one or both parents due to disease related to HIV in the near future ; this figure is probably an underestimate as it represents only the tested population . |
| 2 | Moreover , because the matrix groups together all ‘ other financial institutions ’ in column 6 of Table 2.1 it shows only the net sale/acquisition of financial claims for the sector as a whole . |
| 3 | First , it is the only style that was invented by a woman ; and second , it requires only the minimum exertion of force to do the maximum amount of work . |
| 4 | Very little glass is wholly untouched from the time it is drawn or blown from the melt , and it takes only the lightest contact to create an elaborate crack pattern . |
| 5 | It demonstrates only the Labour party 's vindictive desire to extract the maximum revenue from high-value properties regardless of the circumstances of their occupants , or any relationship between the tax burden and the services that are provided . |