Example sentences of "[verb] for 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | Some may bloom for only a few weeks , but their display is beautiful . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The mines at Sar-i-Sang were situated at over 8,500 feet and could be operated for only a few months in the year . |
| 17 | Nor did they make any serious efforts to derive income from a huge fixed asset , which was used for only a few hours a week . |
| 18 | It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night . |
| 19 | Ford is budgeting for only a slight improvement on last year 's 1.6m market and has abandoned hopes of sales reaching 1.74m , while Peugeot Talbot is projecting a standstill . |
| 20 | The Yasa allowed for only a limited selection of penalties under the law . |
| 21 | Lonsdale 's history of women poets through the century allows them to be understood against developments in the poetry written by men whose dominance of fashion was challenged for only a short time toward the end of the period . |
| 22 | These played for only a few minutes at a time . |
| 23 | In the first months , when hostilities were expected to last for only a few months , party activity was hardly affected at all . |
| 24 | In the shared community of sacrifice the party had undoubtedly widened its community of interest with the British people , and was able to speak for all of the people in 1917–18 as it had spoken for only an embattled half in 1913 . |
| 25 | But though their name lives on in the region of Tuscany , the Etruscans actually survived for only a short period ; they were expelled from Rome by the Latins and then defeated at the battle of Aricia in 506BC . |
| 26 | Apollinaris survived for only a few months , and on his death Theuderic had Quintianus installed as bishop , apparently on the grounds that the saint had been driven from Rodez because of his loyalty to the Frankish king . |
| 27 | It is early days yet and the first division contains only nine teams ( next season the number will be upped to 11 ) which accounts for only a small percentage of Ireland 's playing strength . |
| 28 | Firm mobility usually accounts for only a small proportion of employment growth in any area , with most coming from existing or new indigenous firms ( Cross 1981 ; Watts 1981 ) . |
| 29 | Although cardboard accounts for only a small fraction of waste produced by the company , it has the advantage of being easily recycled . |
| 30 | We had run for only a few hundred yards . |