Example sentences of "[noun] only [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ratio fell substantially after that , and by 1986 direct taxes only provided some 10% more revenue than taxes on expenditure . |
| 2 | Some local authorities only support elderly residents in their own homes , whereas two authorities have no directly provided provision . |
| 3 | We already know that the building of new roads only generates more traffic , and that congestion rapidly returns to its former levels . |
| 4 | It is already evident that new roads only generate new traffic , and the environmental impact is an absolute disaster . |
| 5 | The UFC research money only represents one leg of the dual support system . |
| 6 | The emissions only contained one part per million of hydrochloric acid . ’ |
| 7 | Despite such " official " backing and aspirations , the DTB 's Bund contract only averaged 2,500 contracts per day , about one-tenth of LIFFE 's turnover , in its first few weeks of trading . |
| 8 | for a variety of reasons only work certain days . |
| 9 | Th there , there is a , there is a problem erm in that the invitation from Aida in this case to er issue a statement in general conformity erm confers on , on this committee the opportunity only to withhold that statement if there are elements of plan which significantly fall outside for one reason or other the , the terms of the structure plan and the points that have been mentioned in the er in paragraphs two point four to two point nine in , in er your officer 's views er are not such that the er plan is er unable to be afforded that statement of general conformity . |
| 10 | Therefore the wave only has non-zero components along the x(l) and y(2) directions and is transverse to the direction of motion z(3) . |
| 11 | What is more , no special preparation had to be made , no time had to be set aside , programmes only lasted fifteen minutes , and one could enter and leave as one pleased . |
| 12 | From its first operation in the 1920s , the computer only reached commercial feasibility and success in 1964 . |
| 13 | How can you find out which is best for you and your guitar , when your guitar only carries one set at a time ? |
| 14 | This sentence only has one interpretation given a fine-class transcription . |
| 15 | Colchester only scored six points in the first set but held off the Nomads for more than 27 minutes thanks to solid defence . |
| 16 | There is an index to the schedules , but this has been criticized in connection with the inadequate size of its entry vocabulary , the number of entries in the index only exceeding those subjects listed in the schedules by about 25 per cent . |
| 17 | Aristotle only produces spurious suggestions about a woman 's incapacity to think or to stick to principles when he is obliged to say something about why their judgements lack authority . |
| 18 | As the Renfrew field only had one runway the forecast predicted a change in wind direction which would make landing difficult , if not impossible . |
| 19 | Although Moss won four rounds , he lost out to fellow Briton Mike Hawthorn only winning one championship race . |
| 20 | In his comprehensive Apples Of England , Dr Taylor states that ‘ In England this variety only reaches full maturity in years of hot summers , ’ and goes on to say that ‘ Indeed , November- December-picked Sturmers are the best , ’ and , with a basket-full of fine specimens picked for the first time ever in the latter month , I agree . |
| 21 | Certain types of groups only have one way of viewing problems as the right way to look at problems you don if any of you have been in the R C P , Revolutionary Communist Party , you might find that 's a fairly similar sort of thing there 's a party line and dimensions of what constitutes it . |
| 22 | In this sense , the search at the higher level only takes small steps . |
| 23 | ‘ The thing is … well , this apartment only has two bedrooms … ’ |
| 24 | In an earlier example it was shown that a large proportion of requests only require some attributes to be present or absent . |
| 25 | Arthur Andersen only audited 31 companies and earned less fee income than firms like Stoy Hayward , Kidsons Impey and Pannell Kerr Forster . |
| 26 | State-owned British Leyland , for example , had ( barely ) managed to get by with each employee only making six cars in 1979 . |
| 27 | But Dawn Run was back alongside by the next fence only to suffer another reverse when clouting the fifth from home . |
| 28 | No there 's only boat one boat only needs one pair of paddles . |
| 29 | In fact Linton only stayed one night with us . |
| 30 | I associated it with bald , saffron-robed monks sitting cross-legged , mesmerized by yak candles , stretching their legs only to beat dreary gongs . |