Example sentences of "[v-ing] only [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be that your ambitions are seriously flawed and you are preaching only to the converted . |
| 2 | Thus , if : attribute Al , = single boundary touching only with a second domain , and attribute A2 = solid in domain space . |
| 3 | I would argue , however , that love-making ought not to be treated as drawing only on the irrational side of a person 's nature . |
| 4 | But it , as I have suggested , the structures of identity formation at work here are fundamental to our existing cultural forms , they can not be considered as stemming only from the psychoanalytic tradition . |
| 5 | The ‘ shelter ’ was a ridiculously inadequate affair , consisting only of a tubular metal frame with a narrow roof , thus allowing one to be squashed by the crowd packed into its small area , and soaked by the rain that swept in through its open sides . |
| 6 | However , single-person households with , for example , an income consisting only of a single person 's state pension are much more likely to be found in the older age groups than in the younger ones . |
| 7 | And Anders , showing off his strength by tearing only at the thick material of Nina 's suit . |
| 8 | The difference , says a senior commission official , is that ‘ binding procedures ’ means interfering only with the real basket-cases ( a euphemism for Greece , Italy and Belgium , which respectively run budget deficits of 19% , 10% , and 6% of their GDPs ) . |
| 9 | I do not know whether the pattern which we see in this country — of significant differences between girls and boys appearing only at the higher levels of achievement — would also apply to the SIMS data . |
| 10 | have also interpreted an increased reactivity at position -46 to singlet oxygen occurring only in a ternary active complex , as an increase in bending allowing better contacts between the two proteins [ 32 ] . |
| 11 | In fact , the ‘ language ’ is not of use per se to public sector accountants anywhere else in the world , excepting only as a necessary precondition to understanding the intricacies of US practice . |
| 12 | In this latter regard , a distinction must be drawn between , on the one hand , Bills of general application — Public Bills , and Bills applying only to a particular area or person — Private Bills . |
| 13 | The profession is fast becoming only for the wealthy , a doctor warned . |
| 14 | Pausing only for a brief tongue-twister — she did that very well , Karen , where your tongues circle each other tantalizingly , barely touching — we gave chase along the footpath which runs through the meadows bordering the river . |
| 15 | Mozart , in contrast , is held up as a kind of plaster saint , a spiritual being who lived through his music , pausing only for the occasional game of billiards . |
| 16 | One Victorian scheme was for a tunnel lit by candles , where horses would draw passengers across in special vehicles , pausing only at an artificial island in the middle of the Channel for everyone to come up for air and water . |
| 17 | But the celebrated Mayfair fashion house is operating only on a week-to-week basis to complete orders and little hope exists of securing its future by finding a buyer . |
| 18 | However , the real-balance effect is a pure wealth effect , operating only on the real value of the stock of outside money , whereas the ‘ money ’ referred to in the Cambridge or Fisher equations is almost entirely inside money which does not constitute part of the net worth of the private sector . |
| 19 | The important point to note as a summary here , is that the algorithms suggested for solving 30 out of 36 errors , would find the correct ( i.e. intended ) word by looking only at the top ranked candidate string , which neatly solves the problem described earlier of what to choose as a starting point for possible error correction , and avoids the potentially explosive situations . |
| 20 | The conservative teacher who is looking only for a reasonable salary and a peaceful life . |
| 21 | She knew perfectly well that he was not very interested in paintings and that he was looking only for a secluded place where he could kiss her . |
| 22 | The seminary itself is difficult to see , the approach from the road leading only to an imposing wall with faceless windows and a usually , barred door It was built by San Carlo Borromeo in 1564 and is square , the four walls enclosing a courtyard that measures 56 metres on one side and is surrounded by a double tier gallery , each floor of which is supported by double Doric columns . |
| 23 | This , like the argument about human progress , suggests that the universe can have been going only for a finite time . |
| 24 | I have been persuaded by the publishers to adopt the spellings on the latest maps of the Ordnance Survey and where these differ from those previously accepted have done so with reluctance , rebelling only in a few cases of change in long-familiar names . |
| 25 | I certainly do not share the view of Charles Plummer nearly a century ago ( when the fate of Napoleon III was still fresh enough to point an implicit moral ) , that Charles the Bald was " a typical Frenchman in many respects , intellectually clever but caring only for the outward pomp and circumstance of empire without the strength of character to grasp and hold the reality of power " . |
| 26 | The Ministry is accused of caring only about the historical artefacts themselves , and neglecting their significance in context . |
| 27 | The effect of the maxim is to add to most utterances a pragmatic inference to the effect that the statement presented is the strongest , or most informative , that can be made in the situation ; in many cases the implicatures can be glossed by adding only to the propositional content of the sentence , e.g. " Nigel has only fourteen children " , " the flag is only white " , " Harry only got a fine " . |
| 28 | The chemistry had been between them from the start , waiting only for a wayward spark to ignite it . |
| 29 | The E flat , which uses clarinets instead of oboes , one flute , and pairs of bassoons , horns , trumpets and drums , is a spacious and serene work of grace and charm ; the G minor , which restricts its wind to one flute and pairs of oboes , bassoons and horns ( to which Mozart later added clarinets ) , has a driving , almost tragic urgency , relaxing only in the exquisite slow movement ; while the majestic ‘ Jupiter ’ , the summit of Mozart 's symphonic achievement , has an expansive grandeur crowned by a magnificent contrapuntal finale . |
| 30 | Now dwelling only amongst the remotest regions of Third World nations , they represent the final fraying link in a hitherto unbroken chain of memory which stretches to the roots of the whole human tribe . |