Example sentences of "[verb] by only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again this attitude to the natural environment was essentially pragmatic ; farming involves replacing complex , natural biological communities with simplified , artificial systems dominated by only a handful of species . |
| 2 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
| 3 | She had come through her sternest test , she had proven the singing budgie brigade was woefully wrong and that she was now ready to take her career into the even more rarefied atmosphere occupied by only a tiny handful of superstars . |
| 4 | The easiest and cheapest way of doing this was to excavate an 800 metres long by one metre square trench within a section of the ELR 's former double-track roadbed , now occupied by only a single track . |
| 5 | Knowledge of the law relating to control of water pollution , beyond a broad conception of the pollution offences , however , is regarded as unimportant and is claimed by only a small minority of field men , because the job is done ‘ by experience ’ and the application of rules-of-thumb — not ‘ by the book ’ . |
| 6 | Perhaps efficiency has turned into dumping and state-aided advantages enjoyed by only a few industries here , but both sides should still be on the record . |
| 7 | Entrances should be preceded by only a few frames of ‘ dead ’ action , and exits should be equally neat . |
| 8 | But the test was sat by only a handful of pupils because of a boycott by teaching unions . |
| 9 | This debate , still pursued by only a few specialists , has profound philosophical and theological implications . |
| 10 | Within a few months many assurances were broken ; there were wistful , unfulfilled hopes of James Edward Stuart landing and asserting himself as King James VII ; and in the House of Lords an attempt by Scottish members to repeal the Act was defeated by only a small majority . |
| 11 | The real thinking and activity is being done by only a proportion of the children . |
| 12 | Another company holds an annual senior managers ' conference attended by only a few select top executives at which fundamental issues are discussed . |
| 13 | Each unit , once landed , had therefore to make its own decisions undirected by the higher command , with the result that one company , though separated by only a short distance from the next , could be unaware of what their comrades were attempting . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Last time out , all three were separated by only a couple of thousand votes . |
| 16 | By 1900 Darwin was acknowledged as the founder of evolutionism , but his theory of natural selection was accepted by only a minority of biologists . |
| 17 | Each cubicle was a treacherous no man 's land , now braved by only a few passengers seeking out the dozing heat of the restaurant car which , nearing the end of its journey , had little to offer . |
| 18 | The OECD says that the American economy will grow by only a shade less than 1% in 1991 , while Japan will manage nearly 4% and Germany ( despite the difficulties of unification ) 3% . |
| 19 | Television 's failure to publicize the unemployment issue was matched by only a small decline in public concern about the issue while enormous public interest in health , education and social services preceded television 's switch towards those issues . |
| 20 | The ability to treat others by means of hypnosis is an acquired skill and not a special gift possessed by only a few . |
| 21 | The specimen should be supported so that the etched face is almost horizontal , tilting by only a few degrees . |
| 22 | General de Gaulle , who had re-emerged unto the political scene , opposed the constitution and it was approved by only a minority of the electorate : 36 per cent voted ‘ for ’ , over 31 per cent ‘ against ’ , and 31 per cent abstained . |
| 23 | He was recognised by only a few , including columnist Sheilah Graham . |
| 24 | The big Victorian offices and panelled boardrooms once occupied by executives from British Shipbuilders , the state-owned company , are now mostly empty , populated by only a few tough and profit-driven executives from the Norwegian owners . |
| 25 | It is true that the text departs from the normal format of Scaevola 's digesta , in which his favourite expression secundum ea quae proponerentur is regularly followed by only a couple of words . |
| 26 | This in turn had important consequences in the current historical view of the period , in perpetuating the proposition laid down by Wheeler in his Verulamium Report , that the decline of urban life in Britain in the third century was so catastrophic , that it was followed by only a partial and short-lived revival under Constantius Chlorus , and then by a steady decline into the Dark Ages . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There were still a great many people about in the outer ward , but once they had passed through the archway to the inner ward the night world about them was quiet , troubled by only a few echoing footsteps . |
| 29 | With the naked eye , or with binoculars , it is possible to distinguish between two stars which differ by only a tenth of a magnitude . |
| 30 | 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 . |