Example sentences of "[verb] only [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But colour terms frequently qualify only part of the object their head noun denotes ; furthermore , different colour terms may typically apply to different parts , so that , for instance , Mary 's eyes are blue and Mary 's eyes are red are not contraries ( N.B. there is no lexical ambiguity in these sentences ) . |
| 2 | A year later , having received only part of the sum owed to him , Edward III demanded and got more : all that he had been ceded in 1358 , to which were added Normandy , Maine , Anjou , and Touraine , also in full sovereignty . |
| 3 | The knights engaged in close combat but the jousting was cancelled after the first few contests as the horses were unsure of their footing in the mud and consequently the inept efforts of the knights produced only laughter from the spectators . |
| 4 | Voters are given only part of the story when making their decisions . |
| 5 | All the corporation has suggested so far is a vague road and landscaping scheme that would affect only part of the pub garden and car park . |
| 6 | Between Ulthuan and Naggaroth there can exist only war unto the death . |
| 7 | To the extent that we isolate and concentrate on phonic rules we seem to encourage only awareness of the surface features of written language . |
| 8 | The needle rod is constrained to provide only motion in the vertical direction . |
| 9 | Clearly to have the combination of an off bore sight capability for a a missile such as A S R A A M , the er advance short range air to air missile , the combination of the agility of the weapon and the flat platform together has been shown to be really needed , you ca n't have one without the other and that somebody who has only agility in the aircraft or agility in the in the weapon , will lose against somebody who has it in both . |
| 10 | Otherwise , the DC must be aborted and replaced by a number of other DCs , each of which covers only part of the original work required . |
| 11 | Otherwise , the DC must be aborted ( using option 2.7.0 ) and replaced by a number of other DCs , each of which covers only part of the original work required . |
| 12 | Otherwise , the DC must be aborted and replaced by a number of other DCs , each of which covers only part of the original work required . |
| 13 | If the practice had not done the efficient thing and had installed only part of the structure , to a value of £8,000 , it would have received 50 per cent . |
| 14 | and Imperial , it does so with the clear intention of keeping only part of the business for its own portfolio and selling the rest to the highest bidder . |
| 15 | According to Camra , Czech Budweiser uses only malt in the 12-week brewing process , meeting the requirements of Germany 's ‘ Pure Beer ’ law . |
| 16 | The ‘ glass shot ’ was originally painted on glass — and often still is — so that it fills only part of the frame , the rest of which is occupied by a built set and/or action . |
| 17 | Does the analogy still hold when the magnetic material fills only part of the space ? |
| 18 | On the face of it , Louis VI 's claim to be lord of all bishops not already under effective protection looks a modest attempt to regain only part of the Carolingian inheritance . |
| 19 | They could see only darkness from the invisible bars of their prison . |
| 20 | The spot price reveals only part of the information possessed by informed traders because the spot price is also influenced by random disturbances . |
| 21 | ‘ The Prime Minister is guilty of releasing only part of the information , ’ he said . |
| 22 | For example , you may want to cover only part of the loan , in order to keep down premiums . |
| 23 | Since a mental model forms only part of the context for interpreting the current sentence , a representation of surface form might well comprise another part of the context . |
| 24 | The figures for percentage sedentary people at the beginning of this chapter tell only part of the story . |
| 25 | However , these rules and formally laid down procedures tell only part of the story . |
| 26 | But the figures tell only part of the story . |
| 27 | They tell only part of the story , and leave out any elements which do not fit into their chosen line of argument . |
| 28 | The ability to incorporate only part of the practice will be important to those firms having or wishing to set up separate executor , trustee or nominee companies . |
| 29 | As it T's off the main flow , it takes only part of the flow from the pump , and using three Wurlys from one pump you lose only 30 GPH from the main flow rate . |
| 30 | In this way , part of the projected image can fill the whole frame of the camera film , or conversely the image can be reduced to fill only part of the raw film stock 's rectangle . |