Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] only a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BBC 's Children 's Department , Newman felt , was still catering for only a small proportion of the nation 's youngsters : the ordered few for whom parents bought Look & Learn , The Eagle or maybe even Hotspur . |
| 2 | However , the particles in even the most opaque Cytherean clouds account for only a tiny fraction of the atmospheric volume occupied by the cloud , and therefore the cloud particles , as on the Earth , are minor atmospheric components . |
| 3 | Joint ventures account for only a small part of Hungary 's company start-up boom . |
| 4 | While this represents an important development in Parliament 's powers of scrutiny , non-departmental bodies account for only a small part of the work of these committees which are quite unable to exercise anything like detailed oversight . |
| 5 | A major difficulty is that the inert gases account for only a small fraction of the volatiles known at the surfaces and in the atmospheres of the three planets , where the volatiles almost entirely consist of CO 2 , H 2 O , N 2 and O 2 , or of compounds derived from them such as carbonates , hydroxy-silicates and nitrates . |
| 6 | As yet , these schools account for only a small amount of annual expenditure — 3 million in 1989–90 — but the government 's expenditure plans provide for this sum to increase ( to 20 million by 1991–2 ) as more schools choose to ‘ opt out ’ of LEA control and financing ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 11.1 ) . |
| 7 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
| 8 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
| 9 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 10 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
| 11 | But he meant this to come for only a few days , not for an indefinite stay . |
| 12 | If towing is permitted with only a wing-tip man , it is vital that the pilots all recognise that this is only safe if the ground is more or less level and the wind is very light . |
| 13 | Females associate with only a single male during times when they are most likely to conceive . |
| 14 | In the autumn of 1986 , when Saxton and Bampfylde abandoned their previous employers , they had already prepared their future strategy : to work with only a selected and comparatively small number of clients in certain market sectors only , with an emphasis on finding the people needed to satisfy a client 's strategic needs rather than on the level of appointment . |
| 15 | AROUND 7000 PLANT-DERIVED MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS USED IN WESTERN MEDICINE COME FROM ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PLANT SPECIES … |
| 16 | Relationship matters , formerly considered in only a limited way as ‘ discipline ’ , Discussing the relationships of the librarian with the users is one way of discussing the role of the librarian , a way that keeps the reader in the forefront of the issue . |
| 17 | A second limitation is that the duration of the effect with standard doses is confined to only a few minutes before the drug diffuses around the circle of Willis and into the opposite hemisphere . |
| 18 | Prior to the 1960s , Soviet economic relations with Latin America were highly sporadic , unstable and confined to only a few countries , principally Argentina and Uruguay . |
| 19 | The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice . |
| 20 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
| 21 | She had come through her sternest test , she had proven the singing budgie brigade was woefully wrong and that she was now ready to take her career into the even more rarefied atmosphere occupied by only a tiny handful of superstars . |
| 22 | The easiest and cheapest way of doing this was to excavate an 800 metres long by one metre square trench within a section of the ELR 's former double-track roadbed , now occupied by only a single track . |
| 23 | Knowledge of the law relating to control of water pollution , beyond a broad conception of the pollution offences , however , is regarded as unimportant and is claimed by only a small minority of field men , because the job is done ‘ by experience ’ and the application of rules-of-thumb — not ‘ by the book ’ . |
| 24 | Perhaps efficiency has turned into dumping and state-aided advantages enjoyed by only a few industries here , but both sides should still be on the record . |
| 25 | Entrances should be preceded by only a few frames of ‘ dead ’ action , and exits should be equally neat . |
| 26 | This debate , still pursued by only a few specialists , has profound philosophical and theological implications . |
| 27 | I know that the Consolidated Fund Bill allows for only a short debate , but there will be other opportunities for raising the matter , including tomorrow . |
| 28 | Some may bloom for only a few weeks , but their display is beautiful . |
| 29 | A limitation of our study is that we had baseline data on smoking for only a few of the subjects and could not completely control for the potentially confounding effects of cigarette smoking . |
| 30 | The images lingered for only a brief time before changing , the Retreat demolished in the storm of stones and a new structure raised in the whirl : the Tower of the Tabula Rasa . |