Example sentences of "only [vb pp] to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all metric measures and their direct phi-based equivalents only the 25th , 50th and 75th percentiles are used , so that attention is only given to the central half of the grain population present . |
| 2 | The pressure only added to the fiery torture . |
| 3 | But , with the exception of image processing systems ( see p 62 ) , computers and the documents they generate have only added to the printed matter which covers most desks : even today 95% of business information is paper-based , and every year millions of working hours are wasted just searching for information . |
| 4 | Unfortunately the letter to Sarah Catt arrived first and it was she who was the first to break the news — by phone — to Charman , a circumstance that only added to the unpleasant situation . |
| 5 | A node is only added to the OPEN list if it has never been created before . |
| 6 | She and her husband had only moved to a government-sponsored caravan park south of Miami after Hurricane Andrew destroyed their home last August . |
| 7 | However , events have only moved to the present position as a result of the intransigence of the school 's management , and the reluctance to listen and respond to the concerns of a large number of parents . |
| 8 | French biologists ignored Darwin and only turned to a Lamarckian version of evolutionism in the 1880s . |
| 9 | First , that early prognosis after the first variceal haemorrhage is not only related to the residual liver function but also to the requirement in transfusions within the 72 hours after the admission . |
| 10 | The left 's blunted criticisms of the eastern-bloc dictatorships only contributed to the tarnished reputation of socialism that exists today in eastern and central Europe . |
| 11 | The company 's hotels are run as autonomous units , and their operations are only co-ordinated to a limited extent . |