Example sentences of "only a [adj] [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second factor that argues against the theory that only a low increase in inflation will result from devaluation is the attitude of the workforce , where wages account for 60% of unit costs . |
| 2 | But for those who tried to do so , there seemed to be only a progressive involvement in guilt . |
| 3 | It also had a cheap supply of raw materials from the slave-based American colonies and required only a radical increase in output for cotton to oust wool from its dominant role in clothing production . |
| 4 | If the rate of interest rises from r , to r 2 there is only a small fall in investment from I 1 to I 2 . |
| 5 | A study of the fans of Oxford United and Millwall found that actual physical violence played only a small part in life on the terraces ( Marsh , Rosser and Harre , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | Yet there was only a small increase in taxation . |
| 7 | Our results suggest that at most , current use of the pill is associated with only a small increase in risk of clinical gall bladder disease , which disappears after stopping the pill . |
| 8 | Faster materials price increases meant that this required only a small acceleration in product wage growth ( figure 11.5 ) . |
| 9 | It has only a small interest in furniture at present , having built up an enthusiastic stock market following with an unbroken record of sales and profit growth in bathroom and kitchen equipment since its was founded in 1979 . |
| 10 | Using a stricter definition of a case of depression produced only a small difference in depression prevalence between these two age groups ( 4.5 per cent and 5.5 per cent respectively ) . |
| 11 | INVESTORS , traders , bankers and managers often operate with only a partial model in mind about why they are doing whatever it is they are doing , and what principles lie behind it . |
| 12 | This predicted 91% of fetuses who became distressed in the first stage of labour , and combination with ultrasonographic estimation of the volume of amniotic fluid improved prediction to 100% with only a slight fall in specificity . |
| 13 | Radiotherapy was , at most , only a limited option in view of the dose applied to the mediastinal area in 1973 . |
| 14 | But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty . |
| 15 | BSL therefore stores story information and re-tells it in a way which would occur for all languages , but spoken language surface structure ( reflecting only a specific point in time and context ) would tend to hide this in its effort for reconstruction of meaning . |
| 16 | She assumed it was only a temporary lapse in character while he nursed his head but she still determined to keep the conversation going for as long as possible . |
| 17 | Arlington Mill is well worth exploring , even for those with only a passing interest in milling history , its other exhibits and displays both interesting and informative . |
| 18 | He knew he ought not to mark the books really , but it was only a tiny mark in pencil and no-one could accuse him of defacing library property , not really , it would n't do for an ex-library committee member to be caught defacing library property now would it . |
| 19 | This operation usually requires only a short stay in hospital of 3 or 4 days . |
| 20 | There is only a marginal improvement in fuel consumption with an overdrive , but the vehicle is much less stressed at cruising speeds . |
| 21 | Only a marked increase in erosion rates , coupled with evidence of changes in agricultural practice and/or extent of agriculture , might in these cases provide sufficient evidence of accelerated erosion . |
| 22 | Of all the doctor related factors examined , including personality , knowledge , and consultation style , only a special interest in diabetes was shown to be significantly associated with better control . |
| 23 | Reasonably complete and reliable economic statistics of any kind became available only slowly even in many of the more developed European states ; and in any case economic issues usually played only a subordinate role in policy-making . |
| 24 | He , however , rightly concluded that the Convention does not give rise to any enforceable rights under English law , but only a direct right in relation to the procedures established by the Convention . |