Example sentences of "only [vb base] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public-sector contracts anyway only account for a small proportion of Olivetti 's sales , says Mr De Benedetti . |
| 2 | ‘ The French , on the other hand , not only insist on a wide variety of fresh produce but demand that their chestnuts come from the Auvergne , their snails from Clermont , their frogs from Aurillac , capons from the Bresse , mutton from the Berry , asparagus from Lavris … . ’ |
| 3 | As the blades only meet at a single point when cutting , they retain their sharpness for a lifetime of use . |
| 4 | It is important to note that such courses only last for a MAXIMUM DURATION OF 12 MONTHS . |
| 5 | These traces not only witness to a sad history , but also hint of glorious possibilities . |
| 6 | The general public might have been disappointed but they needed only refer to a contemporary poem then available : |
| 7 | Some efforts at literacy work have been made by church groups and by the government , but they only deal with a tiny fraction of the problem . |
| 8 | They note that for a deviation Δ of 10 -11 the accumulated effect over a year would only amount to a relative velocity of 1 µm s -1 towards the Sun ! |
| 9 | The answer is probably yes , provided there were concessionary tax rates for the retired and proper facilities for their leisure and recreation ; for surely these people only go to a foreign land for these reasons ? |
| 10 | But he added : ‘ Islamic laws only apply in a just society — not one where society itself is the culprit . |
| 11 | Many extremely interesting publications on art currently only exist as a one-off draft . |
| 12 | only agree of a single claim item subject to a satisfactory overall settlement : a skilled negotiator can pick off the strong points in a claim and attempt to buy them cheaply |
| 13 | But the treatment has to be repeated because the Americans transplanted the gene into cells that only live for a few months . |
| 14 | You see some of them only live in a small cottage with no garden and that 's an extension to their home , you can go down there with the children |
| 15 | The Commission considered that there was not only one beverage packaging market comprising glass , plastic and cans , but that packaging products may belong to separate markets which only compete to a limited extent . |
| 16 | Martin Cruz Smith has an intriguing hero to play with ; if he could only Strive For a Decisive Upswing in Plot Design , his mastery of the chilly thriller would be complete . |
| 17 | Seeds may be collected but be quick as they only float for a short time . |
| 18 | Even if you only work for a few hours a week , take out professional indemnity insurance . |
| 19 | Thus it could be argued that children only psychologize as a last resort when they do not have ready access to information about plausible causal mechanisms . |
| 20 | For such activity can , as a matter of logic , only occur in a real country with a real postal system allowing epistolary communication between businesses , friends , relatives , parent and child , husband and wife , MP and constituent , etc , etc . |