Example sentences of "[noun] have only a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In polygamous monkeys each male has only a few females , but with species such as fur seals , the harems can be huge — up to one hundred females . |
| 2 | A hundred watt light bulb has only a hundred gallons a minute going through , okay ? |
| 3 | Already reeling from the loss of skipper Jonathan Davies , Griffiths was rocked by the news that Kevin Ellis has only a 50–50 chance of being fit . |
| 4 | The PC has only a limited amount of memory in which to store all the possible patterns , and , in fact , can never ‘ remember ’ the wide variety of shapes that even a young child will have seen . |
| 5 | Howe still needs a goalkeeper on loan because David Seaman has only a slender chance of returning on Saturday and his two deputies are injured . |
| 6 | Most of them are concerned with admissibility of evidence , which is not in issue here ; and none , aside from those already mentioned , arose where in the face of clear and general language it was contended that Parliament must nevertheless have intended the words of the statute to have only a limited effect . |
| 7 | A Commission survey has shown that walkers have only a one-in-3 chance of being able to complete any 2 mile walk . |
| 8 | But they can not be too remote if a school — primary or secondary — is working to a curriculum blueprint which has been sought by successive governments and if we now accept that schools have only a limited choice in any broader expectations which society imposes upon them . |
| 9 | Real travellers will have discovered that most taxi drivers have only a cursory grasp of English so it may come as a surprise to learn that foreign cabbies ‘ drive at breakneck speed ’ while talking eloquently of ‘ local proverbs and giving handy hints about what to buy in the local market . ’ |
| 10 | Although Serb lines are within range of Bosnian artillery on nearby Igman mountain , the Bosnians have only a few tanks and not much ammunition . |
| 11 | The first-time fighter arriving on the competition scene has only a limited number of techniques . |
| 12 | ‘ Anker stout has only a small percentage of the market so though bar owners will agree to stock it they will usually insist on selling Guinness as well , ’ explains . |
| 13 | Their strategy is based upon the idea that the boss has only a limited amount of sympathy and benefits to go round , and that their herd 's problems should have priority . |
| 14 | Currency movements had only a limited impact on the results for the half year . |
| 15 | Currency movements had only a limited impact on the results . |
| 16 | Currency movements had only a limited impact on the results . |
| 17 | Currency movements had only a marginal impact on the results . |
| 18 | Currency movements had only a marginal impact on the results . |
| 19 | Occasionally some specimens do not have such a dense covering of spinelets and the interradial areas have only a few scattered spinelets with a greater number on the radial shields . |
| 20 | Central defender Vince Overson has only a 5050 chance of being fit . |
| 21 | ‘ The USSR has only a small number of private cars , ’ says Bashmekov . |
| 22 | Each eye has only a narrow field of view , but it can be swivelled independently to scan over a hemisphere . |
| 23 | The scheme covers only some pollutants , and the AQMD has only a limited monitoring capacity . |
| 24 | In general , each neuron has only a single transmitter , such as acetylcholine , noradrenaline or dopamine . |
| 25 | The USA held to its position of open airways , with an international body having only a consultative role ; but it withheld the right for airlines to operate from any American point . |
| 26 | Fish have only a two-chambered heart , consisting of an atrium and a ventricle through which the blood passes on its way to the gills and back to the heart . |
| 27 | It can not be sold ( in the absence of slavery ) and individuals have only a limited ability to transfer non-human wealth into human wealth ( though an individual can , of course , invest in himself through education or by undertaking training courses ) . |
| 28 | Deletion of POU S has only a limited effect on binding to this motif . |
| 29 | The herring gull has only a small chance of grabbing a nestling in the face of such opposition , and no chance whatever of sneaking up on an unguarded chick unnoticed by adults . |
| 30 | Often what happens in the context of a church service has only a limited effect as well . |