Example sentences of "[prep] only [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remains a major shareholder , but his shares are worth only a fraction of their '84 value . |
| 2 | It should be explained at this point that each university is funded at the full rate for only a core number of ‘ Fully Funded ’ students in each of 25 ‘ narrow ’ subject groups . |
| 3 | It is a surprising answer , and we have known and understood it for only a century or so . |
| 4 | Only one Japanese factory ship remains in operation , and one Japanese whaling company is left , accounting for only a fraction of the income that once was earned from whale products . |
| 5 | American and European paintings , prints and sculptures , account for only a fraction of the museum 's 100,000 objects which range from American Indian material , African art , and musical instruments , to Nabataen sculpture from Jordan , Egyptian and classical antiquities , Asian art , costumes , and 300 American , English and Continental portrait miniatures . |
| 6 | Balleny 's voyage was a commercial failure , the sealskins he unloaded paying for only a fraction of the expedition . |
| 7 | Some stances may be held for only a fraction of a second , just long enough to provide the correct arrangement of balance , position and technique availability . |
| 8 | This situation only arises when the motor is stationary ; if the motor is moving the phases are excited in sequence and any one winding is excited for only a fraction of the cycle . |
| 9 | After all , ’ she added as he looked back at her impassively , ‘ it accounts for only a fraction of your business interests . |
| 10 | Even then it tends to be an option used for only a selection of shots depending on hazards , the pin position and preference for a particular shape of shot . |
| 11 | Thus the Baileys ' garden was L-shaped , and the remaining portion of Tullivers ' land , a mere quarter of an acre , allowed room for only a lawn , a few mature lilac and may trees and the flower border which had been the Admiral 's particular pride . |
| 12 | She hesitated for only a second or two , then without looking around , she ripped the ties from the front flaps and stepped outside . |
| 13 | For only a second , a terrified look crossed Celia 's plain face , then she laughed . |
| 14 | In all of the forested areas sampled by Eyre , commercial lumber production was responsible for only a proportion of the deforestation . |
| 15 | Thus the interior contained only a single row of nave arcade columns ( Plate 21 ) and the comparative narrowness of the plan meant that there was space for only a range of shallow ancillary rooms — stores , bathrooms and laundry ( Fig 44 ) — on the north side of the ground-floor flats access corridor once dwellings of suitable size , restricted to the spans of the nave arcade bays , had been accommodated . |
| 16 | Even if you think you 're only h leaving it for only a minute . |
| 17 | Near its edge the dark , wet sand was a sheen on which footsteps kept their shape for only a minute or two . |
| 18 | You could then include a breeding pond ( occupied for only a fortnight or so each year ) . |
| 19 | New York 's mayor , David Dinkins , has been in office for only a year , so is obviously not responsible for these decades of neglect . |
| 20 | His widow , Betty , told Esquire that MacDonald worked on the team for only a year before he was fired by Hill . |
| 21 | ‘ He was Rainer Schickert for only a year and a few months — and mostly in hiding . |
| 22 | It had 300 residential places ( and had had those for only a year ) . |
| 23 | Although 20 per cent go out into the country once a week , the study showed that less than half of the population are monthly visitors and 80 per cent of visits are for only a day or less . |
| 24 | He himself was here for only a day or two . |
| 25 | So , as with choice among different types of credit arrangement , choice between credit and cash is a matter of practical reality for only a minority of consumers . |
| 26 | But of course the very same argument could have been used in favour of broadcasting in any of over a and of childhood for only a minority of Tanzanians . |
| 27 | Although there are many agencies operating in the domiciliary sector we have detailed utilization data for only a minority of these : home helps and the mobile meals services ( meals on wheels ) . |
| 28 | As this was a population study the results on lung function and respiratory illness depended on the majority of children who were term babies and had normal birth weight , with low birth weight or premature infants accounting for only a minority . |
| 29 | Residential homes and hospitals cater for only a minority of dementia sufferers and this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future . |
| 30 | Given the fullness of most fields by the end of the first main phase of the PCAS cycle , the continuing applications procedure and late applications are relevant for only a minority of subjects , sometimes including new fields which suffer from uncertainty as their approval is pending . |