Example sentences of "just a single [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the USA , where there is a wide choice of local markets , it is much easier , and experience there has shown that much more reliable results , for all forms of market testing , can be obtained by using a number of markets simultaneously , rather than just a single test . |
| 2 | Bonds also have more intricate cash flow patterns than money market securities , which typically involve just a single payment at maturity . |
| 3 | The research " team " is usually just a single individual , or perhaps a married couple , with maybe a local assistant . |
| 4 | What you get is Bob returning to his roots with songs from the American folk and blues archives performed with just a single guitar and voice . |
| 5 | Most mixer taps simply use the hot and cold knobs to control flow and temperature , but some modern one-hole mixers have just a single lever which does both . |
| 6 | The proposal may be to replace just a single building or a row of shops , or there may be plans for a comprehensive redevelopment involving a whole block or more . |
| 7 | RUC have to thank their custodian Kenny Cairns for keeping the scoreline to just a single goal . |
| 8 | If just a single layer is used it will be stitched through to the outer shell of the bag at intervals and sometimes stitched right through to the lining on cheaper bags . |
| 9 | What on earth was it about him that he could make her come unglued with just a single look ? |
| 10 | This is the idea that there is not just a single history for the universe . |
| 11 | In this view , an object has not just a single history but all possible histories . |
| 12 | The idea was that a system did n't have just a single history in space-time , as one would normally assume it did in a classical nonquantum theory . |
| 13 | The answer seems to be that the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics means that there is not just a single history for the universe but a whole family of possible histories . |
| 14 | In this approach , a particle does not have just a single history , as it would in a classical theory . |
| 15 | Even that respected organ The Practitioner , in a recent special issue ( 1983 , col 227 , No 1375 ) devoted to psychiatry and matters of the mind , had just a single word concerning this most widespread , of all medical phenomena . |
| 16 | New Zealand have suffered heavily at the hands of their co-hosts , winning just two from 15 matches , both of those by just a single run . |
| 17 | It is important to note that the criteria range must not have any blank rows so reset it to be just a single row before giving the new Extract command . |
| 18 | It was said that he could estimate the structure of the whole creature from just a single bone . |
| 19 | The most critical one in some ways is a change in the structure of our lower jaw , so instead of having a lot of bones in our lower jaw we have just a single bone in our lower jaw , the dentory , which articulates with a bone called the scremosal , whereas in reptiles the quadrate and articular for the articulation and those bones have now got stuck into our inner ear and do some stuff about conducting sound impulses . |
| 20 | The smaller bridges offered just a single plank of wood , too narrow to cycle across and too narrow to push the bike from the side . |
| 21 | The variations are so wide that it would contravene both the principle of fair labelling ( see Chapter 3.3 ( 1 ) ) and the principle of maximum certainty ( see Chapter 3.3 ( i ) ) if there were just a single offence of non-fatal harm and a single offence of sexual assault : this would often leave little to be decided at the trial and would transfer the effective decision to the sentencing stage . |
| 22 | ‘ Think of all that happiness , ’ she said , ‘ and understand that a single hit of cocaine , just a single hit , will produce a hundred times as much pleasure-making dopamine as that one happy day . |
| 23 | All living things on Earth are composed of cells sometimes just a single cell , but sometimes ( as in dogs , humans , or oak trees ) containing billions of cells . |
| 24 | The park is part of a large complex which has just a single access onto the busy main road . |
| 25 | A colour can be replaced for just a single stitch , across a complete row or throughout the whole design . |
| 26 | All I did is I look at what I 've got and if it 's just a single term like that |
| 27 | Silicon-based life would have to be very different from ‘ life as we know it ’ ; to take just a single example , whereas we exhale carbon dioxide , an oxygen-oriented silicon lifeform would perforce have to exhale silicon dioxide ( silica ) — a painful experience ! |
| 28 | The difference between the two types is their chemical make-up and whilst I do n't want to go into lengthy explanations about the proportions of carbon and hydrogen atoms that determine the types of fatty acid it is important to realize that fat is n't just a single compound but comes in many forms . |
| 29 | A patient with a language disorder caused by brain damage will normally exhibit various different symptoms of the disorder , not just a single symptom . |
| 30 | The idealists , committed to European federalism , have always aimed at a United States of Europe , with not just a single market and monetary union but a common defence and foreign policy as well . |