Example sentences of "consist [prep] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | They belong to the Lobotidae family , consisting of only two genera , the Lobotes ( one species of which is entirely marine ) and the Datnoides found in both brackish and freshwaters . |
| 2 | This interpretation was supported by the fact that a committee which might consist of only a few members could not , however honest and conscientious , assess impartially the value of its work or that of its individual members . |
| 3 | The user will be able to obtain an Abbreviated Report which will consist of only the structured listing . |
| 4 | For the purposes of analysing intonation , a unit generally greater in size than the syllable is needed , and this unit is called the tone-unit ; in its smallest form the tone-unit may consist of only one syllable , so it would in fact be wrong to say that it is always composed of more than one syllable . |
| 5 | For example , some newly established services consist of only one peripatetic teacher responsible for the support of the entire age and ability range of visually handicapped pupils throughout the authority . |
| 6 | The village of Poulton consisted of only seven cottages at the time of the Domesday survey . |
| 7 | Many medieval farms in Wales consisted of only one main building , the so called ‘ longhouse ’ : farm animals were kept at one end of the house and the people lived at the other . |
| 8 | The entry submitted by Thomas Newenham Deane and his partner Benjamin Woodward consisted of only five sheets showing the two offices , but they ‘ were covered with architectural sculpture commonly attributed to Mr Ruskin , but really the work of Mr J. H. Pollen ’ , according to the Saturday . |
| 9 | The breeding population was always small , and from 1949 onward consisted of only one or two pairs . |
| 10 | It consisted of only 44 articles and seven appendices . |
| 11 | It was a fairly civilised school , so Dudley 's gang consisted of only two : himself and ‘ Feet ’ Schofield . |
| 12 | The ‘ great tradition ’ consisted of only five writers : Austen , Eliot , James , Conrad and Lawrence . |
| 13 | However , a LVF advantage ( for same " responses ) was observed when the auditorily presented memory set consisted of only a single letter . |
| 14 | Instead of a plot of intertwined complication , which would do nicely for a book in which its unravelling was the whole of the matter , you might well find that a plot which consisted of only one major twist or deception would suit you best . |
| 15 | Dexter explained how he was wavering about the list of suspects : one moment thinking it consisted of only a handful of people and then believing almost anyone in the building could have done it . |
| 16 | Home now consisted of only two rooms and a kitchen , but fortunately we were allowed half of the attractive garden as well . |
| 17 | Even with the inclusion of additional primary and secondary schools and of the middle schools , the total sample eventually consisted of only 716 teachers , instead of the intended 800 . |
| 18 | Her publications list appears to consist of only two papers , but she may have had a greater influence than this suggests ( J. White , personal communication ) . |
| 19 | A plasmid is even smaller than a virus , and it normally consists of only a few genes . |
| 20 | The adult worm is about 1 millimetre long and consists of only about 1000 body cells and thousands of germ cells . |
| 21 | It consists of only one small white room which doubles as shop , library , and exhibition space on Schaperstraße 11 . |
| 22 | Suppose the money stock consists of only eight £1 notes , then what will be the velocity of circulation of the money stock during the week under consideration ? |
| 23 | Introduced by the government for the first time in the Local Government Bill , the county consists of only two districts and is dominated by Cardiff which at the time contained ‘ just about the only pocket of Conservative Party strength in south Wales ’ ( Wond 1976 : 127 ) . |
| 24 | The grading curriculum consists of only the basic techniques that have been learned so far . |
| 25 | If the mail message consists of only one page , you will be taken straight to the Print/Retain/Delete prompt . |
| 26 | The safest way to do this is to write a program which consists of only the machine code routines and enough BBCBASIC(Z80) to assemble them . |
| 27 | Before 1781 it had consisted of only eight houses , but in that year the Strutts — who had gone into partnership for a time with the then-needy Arkwright — built the large cotton mill that still stands there . |