Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where only a proportion of the damage has occurred since we have been on cover , we should pay the cost of the underpinning , subject to the adequacy of the sum insured and the policy excess . |
| 2 | Thirdly , there is a group of institutions where only a minority of students are on advanced courses . |
| 3 | Mixed arable and dairy farms and vegetable farms are the easiest to convert to organic : the huge arable farms of East Anglia are more difficult because of intense production systems , as are chicken and pig farms where only a minimum of land is owned and would not be large enough to accommodate free range farming . |
| 4 | The underlying idea is that citizens are expected to keep control over their behaviour , but that in circumstances where even a person of normal self-control might be provoked , the offence may be reduced from murder to manslaughter . |
| 5 | Art prices have now spiralled to the point , it was suggested , where even a collector of Charles Saatchi 's great wealth can no longer afford to buy without selling . |
| 6 | Although predominantly a disease of older men and rare in people under 30 , he said heart disease was by no means unknown in people of Mr Souness 's age . |
| 7 | Where verbs of perception and know , as we saw above , evoke a characteristic expressive effect in this context , it is more difficult to see any nuance characterizing make here , other than perhaps a suggestion of result . |
| 8 | ISF officials are selecting researchers on the basis of the quality and quantity of their published output ( see Nature 362 , 95 ; 1993 ) , although only a portion of the 35,000 who are eligible are applying for money to keep their laboratories going . |
| 9 | Infection of the fallopian tubes must remain the most important cause of infertility today , although only a minority of cases will be due to gonorrhoea . |
| 10 | So , although only a minority of people deciding about credit reckon that its cost is of primary importance , insofar as they do consider the cost of credit they are very much more likely to be swayed by the amount of each instalment and the length of the repayment period than by other cost factors . |
| 11 | Although only a minority of parties were favourable to the Left , it was that minority which was most active at Party conferences and in political propaganda in the country . |
| 12 | Relations with Austen Chamberlain were never quite the same and although only a handful of MPs refused to sign the memorial they included personal friends of Law like Amery and Aitken . |
| 13 | Although only a handful of species in this large genus ( the biggest in the family with perhaps 110 species ) were examined , and only a single sample from each , while other nutrients such as minerals and vitamins were not assessed , the results are rather indicative of a pair of chemomorphological dispersal ‘ syndromes ’ within the genus . |
| 14 | The monarch is , furthermore , more than merely a part of Parliament under the constitution of the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | Underlying the principle of geographical distribution is more than merely a notion of fairness or equity , for it seems that to exclude any administrative area might be to risk offending the divisional authorities in a way which would be unhelpful to the project as a whole . |
| 16 | This applies for example to the demand side , where the choice of functional forms is more than merely a matter of algebraic convenience ( see Dixit and Stiglitz , 1977 ) . |
| 17 | As a result of Nicaea , Rome became the official centre of Christian orthodoxy , and any deviation from that orthodoxy became a heresy , rather than merely a difference of opinion or interpretation . |
| 18 | Section 2 to read : The Coordinator as part of his/her responsibility is part Area Secretary for a geographical area with no more than approximately a quarter of a million population . |
| 19 | Finally , although not a criticism of our method — indeed , if anything , quite the contrary — it should be noted that for several of our chosen authors it was possible to arrive at more than one ‘ diagnosis ’ that fell within the general category of psychosis . |
| 20 | Although not a feature of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 , a major justification for the introduction of literary forfeiture legislation in the United States of America and Australia was that it would facilitate compensation for victims of crime . |
| 21 | So it would actually be very straightforward to do this , although not a couple of problems in this model that we ought to just say something about alright , the specification of four does present a couple of problems right . |
| 22 | The right of rescission may also extend to the occurrence of certain events which , although not a breach of warranty , may lead to the acquirer being unwilling to proceed ( for example , a major fire ) . |
| 23 | Boyfriends are encouraged to visit , although not a lot of them do . |
| 24 | Stanley William Hayter is broadly acknowledged as one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century printmaking , on three counts : his technical innovations , especially in intaglio colour printing ; the encouragement of artists from Miró to Pollock and beyond to treat printmaking as a means of original expression ( rather than just a way of reproducing images ) ; and a remarkable body of prints produced over six decades , which attest to his broad interests in mythology , the workings of the unconscious , and the new mathematics . |
| 25 | And Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown 's popularity actually increased after the revelation that he 'd dipped more than just a toe into the typing pool . |
| 26 | Is it because all the people who have lived here have left little bits of themselves behind , so that it has become more than just a shelter against the wind and the rain ? |
| 27 | This is more than just a case of increased differentiation in local voting behaviour . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's more than just a nightclub to you . |
| 29 | There was far more behind this than just a deterioration in the weather . |
| 30 | America , where there appear to be more grossly obese people than in Britain ( by which I mean those around double their desirable body weight , rather than just a couple of stones overweight ) , is an excellent place to observe this eating-speed phenomenon . |