Example sentences of "[det] only [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Weber admits that a common market situation may provide a basis for collective class action but he sees this only as a possibility .
2 I state this only as a general and not as an invariable premise because of the possibility of cases in which the court would not authorise treatment of a distressing nature which offered only a small hope of preserving life .
3 As it had never been proposed in the first place , her children could read this only as a piece of unadmitted defensiveness about having ignored them in the past .
4 Ecologists studied the natural environment , but often saw this only as a means of helping the human race to manage its interference more effectively .
5 Hyde mentions a program that can automatically provide precis of news stories , but does not point out that it can attempt to do this only for a restricted range of stories .
6 He appeared to recognize Stephen as quickly as Stephen recognized him , but the dark wedge face registered this only in a tightening of the mouth and a jerk of the chin .
7 Three or four years ago we were involved in this only in a very minor way .
8 However commonsense has prevailed and in Re Transatlantic Life Assurance Slade J. felt able to hold that ‘ the wording … is wide enough in its terms to empower the court to order the deletion of some only of a registered shareholder 's shares . ’
9 Use these only as a last resort , since it is better to stop moisture getting into the walls in the first place .
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