Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] only [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
| 2 | Apparently many members are voted in only the second or third time round and he too could have waited quietly to be elected next time . |
| 3 | That is , we are provided with only a partial picture of the cultural position that the NVALA are defending . |
| 4 | In the War , distribution expenditure had been running at only a fifth of the prewar level , and the plans prepared by the undertakings for the Electricity Commissioners show they expected to continue to spend more than half of all their capital on developing distribution , as they had in the 1930s . |
| 5 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
| 6 | Entrances should be preceded by only a few frames of ‘ dead ’ action , and exits should be equally neat . |
| 7 | The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice . |
| 8 | The words ‘ reasonably satisfied ’ and ‘ substantially fewer ’ are selected deliberately ; for the alternative is so grave that the choice ought not to be made on only a narrow margin of evidence or probability . |
| 9 | In order to communicate , it break itself down into small groups and appoints an in-house trusty to translate the speeches , allowed to be made in only a limited number of major languages ( tip — Portuguese is not one them ) . |
| 10 | Possibly for that reason , and certainly for others , minimum recommendations came to be made in only a small proportion of cases . |
| 11 | The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year . |
| 12 | In the medieval monastic library , knowledge fell into such simple categories that broad grouping on shelves could be accompanied by only the simplest of catalogue descriptions . |
| 13 | This process , which can take several decades in open country , may be contrived in only a few years in a garden by reversing the natural scheme of things . |
| 14 | This allows rules with a wide variety of realisations to be specified with only a small number of explicit statements . |
| 15 | The future socialist society , he explained , would be one in which state planning would be retained in only a few essential sectors , but which would otherwise rely upon market forces . |
| 16 | In this respect the cinematic sign differs radically from the language of literature , where images are less likely to be taken at only the literal level . |
| 17 | Romanian nationalist parties had attempted through the courts to force elections to be held with only the participating candidates from the first elections , which would have excluded the HDUR , whose candidate had then been ruled ineligible by a local court [ see p. 38778 ] . |
| 18 | The larger rodents in both regions are represented by only a single individual in the ant assemblage probably because their bones are too heavy for the ants to carry . |
| 19 | Then , many had the bad luck to be infected whereas here we are talking about only a few people . |
| 20 | Whether anything has changed in the issues which divide the US and its European partners is no clearer after this encounter , and we are left with only the haziest idea of whether the mutual admiration is any more than skin deep . |
| 21 | Further analysis showed no differences in results between schools in which the projects were taught for only the minimum time compared with those that taught it for longer . |
| 22 | Of somewhat similar type are those bays , which have spits springing from the headlands on either side and growing towards each other , the distal ends being separated by only a narrow channel . |
| 23 | But although the educational services were supplied to only a few inmates , several of these were undertaking advanced work : three had completed BAs over the past few years , another an MA , and nine were embarking upon university degrees by correspondence . |
| 24 | The Adventurers were also to ensure that all levels were driven with only a slight gradient … " just sufficient to drain out the water " . |
| 25 | Clerical and administrative backup were provided at only a modest level . |
| 26 | Orwell felt that the bulk of British public opinion was behind Chamberlain 's foreign policy of ‘ non-intervention ’ , dissension being voiced by only a few thousand left-wingers , some of whom went on to fight in Spain . |
| 27 | Besides , the subsidies implicit in the incentives were insufficient to offset the anti-export bias created by the NEP ‘ padding ’ and protectionism and were aimed at only the largest enterprises . |
| 28 | However , not only had these been implemented by only a few firms , but the majority were also oriented towards encouraging youth employment rather than positive action to assist older workers . |
| 29 | In this way , Axis governments anticipated a Pacific war that had been studied by only a few individuals in the Allies ' interest . |
| 30 | So volcanic rocks are composed of only a few mineral groups , each group having its own characteristic atomic structure . |