Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] only the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will call this backwards pruning because , at the point where more than one path has the same successor , the algorithm can look back the way it has come , and mark or retain only the highest scoring path . |
| 2 | I was struck by the fact that the majority of people visiting our stalls at summer shows had either not heard of us , or had only the vaguest idea about what we do . |
| 3 | However , the Government 's approach , conditioned by the sole objective of reducing expenditure , was far too narrow and attacked only the soft underbelly without reaching the heart of the problem . |
| 4 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
| 5 | Today , as always , Kenco selects and blends only the finest coffee beans to give a superb coffee taste . |
| 6 | The British Government should withdraw its objection to the provisions of Article 20 of the proposed Regulation — provision for a discretionary aid to encourage farm afforestation and the improvement of existing farm woodland — and implement only the second provision in the UK . |
| 7 | His arm reached out for Jane — and touched only the still-warm sheets . |
| 8 | So we should not hesitate to edit a text , cutting out what is superfluous , avoiding the padding , and retaining only the poetic essentials . |
| 9 | By keeping the pride of achievement entirely to yourself and letting only the foul consequences of your activities out on the community ! |
| 10 | Take a clean sheet of paper and use only the left hand side . |
| 11 | As you will see , I am attempting to explain Greek tragedy in a completely novel way , in that for the time being I disregard all philological approaches to the question and keep only the aesthetic problem in view . |
| 12 | But 27-year-old Clinton is banking on the traditional deafening din to help him wrest the WBO flyweight title from Mexican Isidro Perez and become only the sixth Scot to hold a world crown . |
| 13 | Without speaking they walked through the gap of the east window and on to the edge of the cliff and saw only the moon-bleached beach stretching north and south , the thin fringe of white foam . |
| 14 | Dot looked down and saw only the tussocky grass and a flat square stone . |
| 15 | The solution suggested above allows the very low synonym levels of a multi-record bucket — in this case a track — to be combined with the CKD format of individually stored records , which makes it possible to search the whole track and retrieve only the desired record . |
| 16 | The problem always is to identify myths that support a mature life from those which distort the quality of living and mobilise only the less than adult , managerial capacities and capabilities of individuals in their work roles . |
| 17 | Since Natasha had not specified which room they were to meet in , there was nothing for it but to progress through each , ignoring the paintings and studying only the other visitors . |
| 18 | The problem of how to produce a red wine was as acute in Dom Pérignon 's time as it is today , but according to Frère Pierre he found a solution to the problem by using old vines and selecting only the ripest grapes ; he was thus able to achieve three or four successful vintages of decently coloured wines for about every ten , when the vines might enjoy exceptional warmth during the summer . |
| 19 | A test showed that the frequencies of the three possible types of transition did not differ significantly from the values expected if the identity of a cone were independent of the identity of its neighbours and reflected only the absolute probability of that cone type ( ) . |
| 20 | The best approach would have been to do the more straightforward bits first and to spend only the allocated time — 36 minutes — and no longer . |
| 21 | He had previously drink hardly any tea , one or two cups of coffee without sugar per day , had the occasional alcoholic drink , and smoked only the occasional cigar . |
| 22 | While many workers continued to enjoy full pay , at least in the initial stages of illness , others were less fortunate , and gained only the statutory minimum . |
| 23 | Massive bikers hung around the door arguing like crazy with their denim-clad babes , intimidating newcomers and ensuring only the bravest got in . |
| 24 | It can lead to a perpetual and escalating attempt by women to please , trying to retain their outward beauty at all costs , and to show only the lovely , pleasing side of their nature for fear that they will otherwise be dethroned . |
| 25 | Couples not only finished top of the US rankings but became only the eighth player in history to win the Vardon Trophy , awarded for the lowest stroke average , and the PGA Player of the Year . |
| 26 | ( This correlation is somewhat inflated by the number of topics which hardly anybody in either group dreamed about- but using only the 15 topics dreamed about by at least half of one of the groups still gives a fairly high correlation of + .63 between the groups . ) |
| 27 | They listened but heard only the steady rain . |
| 28 | But to consider only the final selection examination , is to see only half the picture . |
| 29 | He glanced to see how Maxim had taken the word ‘ killer ’ but saw only the usual polite smile . |
| 30 | Joseph peered in the directions indicated by the mandarin but saw only the scented shrubs and trees of the formal gardens . |