Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] with only [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The bride 's mother takes her seat last of all with only a few minutes to spare . |
2 | She would not have told him where she was going , but for the life of her she would not have been able to invent a pressing enough reason for leaving the house , least of all with only the shelter of her flimsy summer hat , since an umbrella had not been top of her list of things to pack when she had hurriedly boarded the plane at Heathrow . |
3 | Arlington Mill is well worth exploring , even for those with only a passing interest in milling history , its other exhibits and displays both interesting and informative . |
4 | In the motorway cruise mode , for instance , the Fiesta is quiet and relaxed at 70mph in fifth with only the smallest traces of road and engine noise and no wind noise at all — even when crossing the Forth Road Bridge under a storm-induced speed limit . |
5 | Attempts to " cool " the economy were made partly for fear of rising inflation ; in October 1989 the Finance Minister , Daim Zainuddin , acknowledged that rapid economic expansion had fuelled inflation from 2.5 per cent in 1988 to 4 per cent in 1989 with only a marginal change expected in 1990 . |
6 | There are no genital slits but the genital plate has two branches : a long one lying adjacent to the arm and a slightly shorter one lying adjacent to that with only a small slit between them . |
7 | But there was more to it than that as Swansea soared from Fourth Division to First with only a season 's rest . |
8 | Compulsory membership of a trade union , in force since 1936 with only a brief interlude , was to be abolished , and employers were to be released from their obligation to recognize or negotiate with unions or to be bound by pay awards negotiated at a national level . |
9 | ‘ Well , ’ she said at last with only a faint betraying tremor in her voice , ‘ if you really are dead set on staying to help , there is something you could do . ’ |