Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [conj] only a " in BNC.

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1 It is possible that only a very marked and rapid reduction in interest rates , which might cause a substantial shift in confidence , would be effective .
2 It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods .
3 Moreover , the volume of literature in these other areas is such that only an outline can be presented here .
4 The second method is appropriate when only a small number of arithmetic operations are to be performed on each of a large number of initial items of data .
5 It is false that only a person in authority is an authority .
6 First-hand experience is invaluable but only a limited amount of it can be arranged and you certainly ca n't have large numbers of trainees sitting at the back of the same class .
7 Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil .
8 ‘ It is scandalous that only a tiny fraction of cars in the UK have catalysts fitted .
9 When the temperature of crystallization is close to the melting temperature , nucleation is sporadic and only a few large spherulites will grow .
10 It is plain that only a small community closely knit by ties of kinship , common sentiment , and belief , and placed in a stable environment , could live successfully by such a regime of unofficial rules .
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