Example sentences of "[vb infin] only the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this image were displayed using the methods described earlier it would lack very dark values ( 0–24 ) as well as medium to bright values ( 91–255 ) and would cover only the dark to medium grey range . |
| 2 | Another testable restriction is that some variables will affect only the membership and wage equations directly . |
| 3 | At this point we shall consider only the alteration of one co-ordinate , the speaker co-ordinate . |
| 4 | One longs for more choice , for interpretations that are truly ‘ framed to the life of the words ’ ( to use Byrd 's phrase ) and not bland rehearsals of the notes , for performances that seek to move the listener rather than explore only the music 's sonorous surface . |
| 5 | Gassendi spoke of our not knowing the corpuscular nature of things , the ‘ inner shrines ’ of nature , but only their appearances ; similarly , the ‘ gazing countryman ’ , as Locke calls him , would know only the clock 's outer show , and not its internal mechanism . |
| 6 | otherwise , the camera should normally remain on the Member speaking until that Member has finished ; during Questions the director should show only the Member asking a Question and the Minister replying ; cut-away shots to show reactions would not normally be allowed , except shots of a member referred to by the Member speaking , and medium-angle shots are permitted to show both the Member who has the floor and another Member seeking to intervene ; |
| 7 | Sometimes the mirroring may comprise only the note-order , or ( conversely ) the rhythmic structure set to different notes , so that it is not strictly speaking a palindrome . |
| 8 | At first it was behind Claypole Ridge , and I could see only the top of it , the smallest smudge . |
| 9 | Two wooden fences , two wire fences , and all lit as day , all covered by the watch-towers standing in each corner of the compound , and over the highest of the wooden fences he could see only the roof of the prison . |
| 10 | We can see only the end-product , and have to infer the vanished scaffolding . |
| 11 | Under the kitchen floor they built a brick-lined store , so cleverly concealed that anyone lifting the floorboards in a random search would see only the earth beneath . |
| 12 | NOTE : The subject area should be covered by background material , and the reference area should contain only the reference card . |
| 13 | But he could quote only the case of the thirty books on agriculture by the Carthaginian Mago which were translated into Latin by order of the Roman Senate ( Pliny , N.H. 18.22 ) . |
| 14 | The difference between material relations and social relations is that knowledge can transform the nature of social relations but knowledge can transform only the specificity of material relations . |
| 15 | Their mean , human activity was discordant , and she moved on , until she could hear only the swish of the trees in the wind , and the patter of falling rain . |
| 16 | He could hear only the sound of Sam 's tongue lathering Tom 's face and a gentle breeze gliding through the trees . |
| 17 | Into this pure atmosphere of the mental world would enter only the mind 's intangible creations , the noumena ; elements of the brain like images undefiled by any dross or dust emotion . |
| 18 | ‘ An absolute king , ’ wrote Voltaire , ‘ unless he is a monster , can wish only the greatness and prosperity of his State , because it is his own greatness and prosperity , because every father wishes the good of his own household . |
| 19 | Immersion heaters are generally rated at 3kW and come in different lengths to suit different sizes of cylinder : do n't attempt to economise by fitting a shorter vertically mounted one than you need — it will heat only the water above it . |
| 20 | d ) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded ; and on a Motion so made for a new Clause or a new Schedule , the Chairman or Mr. Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill . |
| 21 | In other words , they can lose only the value of their shares in the company . |
| 22 | By way of correction I can offer only the thought that the word comprimat in the third line of Musae Jovis is a jussive subjunctive ( ‘ let … crush ’ ) , not an indicative ( ‘ crushes ’ ) . |
| 23 | The encouragement of a more enlightened attitude in would-be converters of barns is crucial to the welfare of the architectural heritage of the countryside because the number of old barns converted to date may represent only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 24 | Propagation — by seed , budding , or grafting — will concern only the minority of rose gardeners , but has to be included , even if rather briefly . |
| 25 | Trusts however depended on remedies in personam : the intended beneficiary could sue only the trustee , even if the trustee had long since ceased to be in possession of the object under trust . |
| 26 | A disinfectant introduced into a mixed flora may kill only the gram positive types leaving the others to flourish in the absence of competition . |
| 27 | When it reports , it will address only the administration of the scheme and not the real solution , which would be to scrap the low income scheme and replace it with one based on exemptions . |
| 28 | It can define only the quantity and quality of its journey . |