Example sentences of "[vb -s] for only [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he lives for only two things — the Royal Navy and the Ariadne . ’ |
| 2 | John Talbot lives for only two things — his daughter and his son . |
| 3 | There is a tedious pounding at the heart of this music , a sincerity that allows for only one angle of delivery , a passion that has created a pop atmosphere in which it 's impossible to be clever , cool or cynical , a soul whose impulse is NOT to embrace the avant-garde , like Faustus , and be cut into a thousand pieces by a sampling machine . |
| 4 | The SFA requirements relating to notifications , consents or instructions to or from indirect customers who are treated as the firm 's customers ( see page 25 above ) , and customer agreements with them , can be discharged by reference to the intermediary ; this , however , does not apply where the intermediary acts for only one indirect customer . |
| 5 | Resale price maintenance now exists for only two commodities in the UK : over-the-counter medicines — and books . |
| 6 | It does not need a PRS licence as copyright exists for only 50 years . |
| 7 | The reverse gradient applies for only one cause of death , malignant melanoma of the skin . |
| 8 | The first act accounts for only one third of the two-and-a-quarter-hour running time , and details the series of intrigues whereby Diocletian ( John Straiton ) , a common legionary , ascends to the position of Caesar following the murder of his predecessor , Aurelius . |
| 9 | Pentland Crown accounts for only two per cent of the commercial market , but is still popular with gardeners because of its hardiness and resistance to disease . |
| 10 | The best fitting second order polynomial accounts for only 0.056 percent of the variance in this case , no improvement on the fit given by a straight line ( r(46)=0.24 ) . |
| 11 | At present local taxation accounts for only 14 per cent . |
| 12 | It now accounts for only 20 to 25 per cent . |
| 13 | Even when the results of Studies 2 and 3 are combined the best fitting quadratic function accounts for only 0.096 percent of the total variance across these 60 points , scarcely an improvement on the 0.043 percent obtained from the simple linear correlation coefficient . |
| 14 | This , however , caters for only one layer of the multilayered process of meaning construction , and , if a fuller account of such meaning is to be obtained , then some discussion of textual " coherence " is required . |
| 15 | The combined solution lasts for only one staining session . |
| 16 | A VGA or compatible graphics card is required but , as VGA provides for only 16 colours , the image on screen will appear stippled . |