Example sentences of "[adj] with only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when morning came , bright and clear with only a slight breeze , it arrived alone . |
| 2 | As with all water fowl the female is less flamboyant than its partner and the duck is sooty brown with only a hint of a crest . |
| 3 | After 1967 , when it was no longer a separate organisation , it had to be content with only a provisional annual budget . |
| 4 | Not this one ; it rides easy with only a trace of load-carrying compromise . |
| 5 | The arm spines of A. palmeri are very different from Mortensen 's specimen ; they are thick with a very distinct hook , the arm spines of A. otteri are slender with only a small hook , like those of the Ingolf specimens . |
| 6 | She can not hear that much of his business life is tedious , worrying , tiring and not all that exciting ; he can not hear and see her boredom and exhaustion in his fantasy that she is the one who has everything — not having to earn , not having to stir out each morning and so comfortable with only a baby to look after . |
| 7 | Of course we should n't have expected anything , but Mary and I would have felt rich with only a thousand pounds each , and St John would have been able to help so many more poor people ! ’ |
| 8 | It was possible with only a small selection of gouges to find the appropriate one to fit the circumference of the eyeball , using the gouge on both sides . |
| 9 | However , in 1971 Gerard 't Hooft showed that a unified model of the electromagnetic and weak interactions that had been proposed earlier by Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg was indeed renormalizable with only a finite number of infinite subtractions . |
| 10 | There are no genital slits but the genital plate has two branches : a long one lying adjacent to the arm and a slightly shorter one lying adjacent to that with only a small slit between them . |
| 11 | The bride 's mother takes her seat last of all with only a few minutes to spare . |
| 12 | The third vulnerable group of the population are the very elderly with only a state pension . |
| 13 | Sound-insulating quilt is laid above the new ceiling , and though a good space between the new and old ceiling is ideal , in houses with low ceilings , the method can be quite effective with only a gap of an inch or two . |
| 14 | Lochryan shore sport poor with only a few dogfish from Old House Point and Lefnol . |
| 15 | An analysis by the sex of children showed no significant differences between those with a son or sons only and those with only a daughter or daughters . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The backlash is awaited with interest by everyone , even those with only a passing interest in the music scene . |
| 18 | The ATP Tour , Year Two : 1991 , is a book for the enthusiast although it is also a book that you would have no hesitation in showing off to your friends , even those with only a passing interest in the game . |
| 19 | As ever , we must balance the temptation to introduce such rights willy-nilly against the unreasonable cost burden that might rest increasingly on employers , especially those with only a few employees . |
| 20 | Those with higher levels of education are more likely than those with only a primary education to attach significance to the action of government , to believe that they can have some influence on government , to pay attention to politics and election campaigns , to take the view ( though not necessarily to practice it ) that citizens should be active in their local community , to hold opinions on a wide range of political subjects , and to be actively involved in politics . |
| 21 | But there was more to it than that as Swansea soared from Fourth Division to First with only a season 's rest . |
| 22 | This meant having to walk through the room on your own with only a torch for comfort . |
| 23 | Compulsory membership of a trade union , in force since 1936 with only a brief interlude , was to be abolished , and employers were to be released from their obligation to recognize or negotiate with unions or to be bound by pay awards negotiated at a national level . |
| 24 | The oral shield may be rhombic or rounded triangular with only a slight distal projection . |
| 25 | Attempts to " cool " the economy were made partly for fear of rising inflation ; in October 1989 the Finance Minister , Daim Zainuddin , acknowledged that rapid economic expansion had fuelled inflation from 2.5 per cent in 1988 to 4 per cent in 1989 with only a marginal change expected in 1990 . |
| 26 | The village was quiet with only a couple of old men sitting on a bench outside the church as we drove through the gates of the big house and along the road through the village , passing the Chateau where the Commando dead had been placed on the front lawn shortly after we had entered the village , and during the bitter fighting of the first ten days . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ she said at last with only a faint betraying tremor in her voice , ‘ if you really are dead set on staying to help , there is something you could do . ’ |