Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] only a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | American and European paintings , prints and sculptures , account for only a fraction of the museum 's 100,000 objects which range from American Indian material , African art , and musical instruments , to Nabataen sculpture from Jordan , Egyptian and classical antiquities , Asian art , costumes , and 300 American , English and Continental portrait miniatures . |
| 2 | The concept of entities that appear for only an instant and then disappear was used by Buddhists to prove that all is merely appearance and that absolute reality does not fall within the domain of the intellect . |
| 3 | Marinate for only an hour or so in the same marinade as before or use just olive oil , lemon juice salt and freshly ground black pepper . |
| 4 | Residential homes and hospitals cater for only a minority of dementia sufferers and this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future . |
| 5 | 100 students , cater for only a quarter . |
| 6 | Instead they refer to only a sub-section of these behaviours , a sub-section which is more likely to be committed by young , poorly-educated males who are often unemployed , live in working-class impoverished neighbourhoods , and frequently belong to an ethnic minority . |
| 7 | Marschalek ( 1983 ) has noted that children generally attend to only a portion of the information contained within a stimulus whereas adults include more dimensions as well as a consideration of structural aspects . |
| 8 | The Protestants are scarcely measurable and the Catholics ( 3pc ) amount to only a quarter of the proportion who went 20 years ago . |
| 9 | Go with only a note ? |
| 10 | One approach — more like traders in financial services — is where they work almost independently , having their own cluster of clients and work with only a secretary . |