Example sentences of "only a [noun sg] [prep] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the £1,000 million would , in reality , cost only a fraction of that sum and yet create greater national stability and harmony . |
| 2 | Since the Constitution of a country is only a part of that country 's whole system of government , does it make any difference whether a country has a Constitution or not ? |
| 3 | Here I can sketch only a part of that answer — although , as might be expected after seven years , I can also now take it a little further . |
| 4 | ‘ Steady on mate , ’ he shouted , ‘ that 's got to last all day , and there 's only a gallon in that jar . ’ |
| 5 | Nor did I know that our intestinal tracts are those of a herbivore , 32 feet long and that if we were meant in enjoy Contre-filet braisé à l'ancienne they would be only a quarter of that length . |
| 6 | In striking contrast the Westerner passes only a quarter of that weight in much firmer , harder stool daily … and often not daily … and often only with difficulty . |
| 7 | Yesterday the administrators of Maxwell 's private estate , estimated to be worth £8 million , revealed they had recovered only a quarter of that amount . |
| 8 | But on the other hand this hostility to the new God was not an original reaction either ; it had its prototype in a hostile impulse against his father , which had come into existence under the influence of the anxiety-dream [ concerning wolves and mentioned earlier in the analysis ] , and it was at bottom only a revival of that impulse . |
| 9 | This year we are only a point behind that pace . |