Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] only [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight owned only a morning Paper ( such as the Liverpool Daily Post ) and a ninth , Outram 's , owned two in the same town ( Glasgow ) . |
| 2 | Unfortunately this constitutes only the assessment of a candidate 's suitability for entry to an interpreters ' qualifying course . |
| 3 | Remember part of that time we were in div 2 getting only a fraction of the TV and Sponsorship money that Scum and Scouse were getting . |
| 4 | This changes only the interpretation of the discount rate . |
| 5 | This lasts only a second or two . |
| 6 | When cΔt exceeds Δr , the interval is positive and P 2 can be reached from P 1 by travelling at a velocity less than the speed of light ; the interval is called time-like because we can choose an inertial frame such that r 1 = r 2 leaving only a time separation between the two events . |
| 7 | Visitors to the villa arrive at the front , to be greeted by a huge work by Marino Marini , and if they are not careful see only the front . |
| 8 | Yet this provides only a part of the explanation . |
| 9 | The evident ascendancy of conservatives , who succeeded in getting one of their number elected as leader of the new party , appeared to bode ill for President Mikhail Gorbachev , the CPSU general secretary , at the crucial 28th CPSU congress , due to open only a fortnight later . |
| 10 | Without the information contained in the parish register , one might reasonably suppose that Joseph and Ann had three children , who were each to receive only a shilling unless Ann remarried , upon which occasion they would inherit the entire estate . |
| 11 | Figure 4.1 shows only a difference according to sex of speaker , but as this is quite consistent between generations , it has another quality : it is also a stable variable . |
| 12 | Figure 4.1 shows only the stock of existing assets . |
| 13 | These cover only the provision of a rounded rib in the camera film chamber to reduce friction as the film is wound on between shots ! |
| 14 | The reforms of 1833 affected only the structure of the courts , not the law which they administered . |
| 15 | If you can arrange for an automatic ballcock top-up into the filter chamber and pressure bungs on the inlet(s) to the pond , then it is possible to fill only the filter with water , suck it through the Eradicator , into the sand filter and so into the pool . |
| 16 | Address it to either Mrs Edward Black ( it is traditional to use only the wife 's name ) or to Mr and Mrs Edward Black . |
| 17 | The basic problem remained , as always , the cost of providing a service to a large number of individual freight terminals , many receiving only a handful of wagons each week . |
| 18 | Support staff , numerically increased in some areas , but threatened with further reductions in others , are able to reach only a minority of the estimated number of children in need of special attention . |
| 19 | Note here the contrast between closed- and open.loop control schemes ; with open-loop control the downcounter is able to record only the number of step commands sent to the motor and there is no guarantee that these steps have been executed . |
| 20 | Things which affect the person as a whole are of much greater importance than those affecting only a part . |
| 21 | I have been able to offer only a summary of the GR-1 's facilities , knowing that the curious amongst you will want to seek one out and demand a ‘ hands on ’ demo at your leisure . |
| 22 | With minor exceptions , landlords have been permitted since 5th November 1973 to collect only the rent applicable before 6th November 1972 , plus half the difference between that rent and any higher rent agreed between the parties at normal rent reviews , or settled by arbitration , or otherwise determined . |
| 23 | It has an apsidal termination but no complete ambulatory ; there are large flanking side chapels ending before the apse , and the ambulatory encircles only the end part . |
| 24 | That lasted only a minute though , so I tipped the wheelbarrow on its side and hauled the dead weight to the second track , which proved even worse than the first . |
| 25 | Yasmin 's brother brought her to London from their home in Bradford for the day , but meeting at the tube station proved nearly impossible , as we each had only a telephone description of the other and had unfortunately arranged to meet the same Saturday as a huge poll tax march . |
| 26 | Since it was possible to examine only a sample of such studies , what follows is aimed to reflect the fact of risk related fertility patterns rather than to give an accounting of the extent and paths of influence . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) If the case is reported in the Law Reports it may be thought sufficient to cite only the Law Reports ; but if it is not in the Law Reports the main ‘ collateral ’ reports should be cited in which the case appears . |
| 28 | Should the change in relationships bring about an unexpected clash with yet another component domain , then it may be sufficient to display only the excursion boxes . |