Example sentences of "[vb -s] only the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be observed that the linear regression line in Fig. 1 represents only the general tendency of the association between women 's age at first marriage and at first birth . |
| 2 | This is embodied in the theory developed by Flory and Huggins , but still represents only the combinatorial contribution , whereas there are other ( non-combinatorial ) contributions to the entropy which come from the interaction of the polymer with the solvent and are much harder to quantify . |
| 3 | Thus in Lothian about 250 children — the vast majority not infected with HIV — are likely to suffer the death of one or both parents due to disease related to HIV in the near future ; this figure is probably an underestimate as it represents only the tested population . |
| 4 | The Royal Bank of Scotland plc [ a Member of IMRO and of SFA ] represents only The royal Bank of Scotland Marketing Group for life assurance , pensions and unit trust business . |
| 5 | Dennis Parsons was an accountant of the new ‘ creative ’ variety , for whom the firm 's actual turnover represents only the original idea on which the completed tax return is based . |
| 6 | Reiterating that ‘ there 's no such thing as ‘ race ’ ’ offers only the frail reassurance that there should n't be a problem . |
| 7 | In place of his spirituality and incandescence , Solti offers only the momentary frisson . |
| 8 | Figure 6.3b shows yet another type of homoclinic orbit ; this one involves only the stationary points and C " . |
| 9 | Despite the weight of the doors , access to the wardrobe interiors needs only the lightest push . |
| 10 | A century ago Norway had perhaps 20 cattle breeds but today it effectively has only the Norwegian Red . |
| 11 | Finally , the on/off switch , which thankfully has only the one task to perform . |
| 12 | Robyn has only the dimmest memories of the country of her birth , and has never had the opportunity to refresh or renew them , Professor Penrose 's characteristic response to any suggestion that the family should revisit Australia being a shudder . |
| 13 | The fact that Nadia has only the little finger on each hand has not produced one incident of teasing from the 90 pupils at the Borders preparatory school . |
| 14 | Peter Shaffer has only the fondest memories of a performer who appears to have been a playwright 's delight . |
| 15 | The final list ( over 20 years experience ) contains only the one record , that of G. Bloggs . |
| 16 | For a given BFS , if we choose the so that whenever is basic , then ( 8.2 ) contains only the non-basic variables and we can deduce that is the objective-row coefficient of . |
| 17 | Our version of occam thus contains only the essential core needed to write simple programs . |
| 18 | The walk 's last leg follows the embankment of the world 's first electric road-railway , which used to take Victorian tourists from Portrush to the Giant 's Causeway but now covers only the easy descent into Portballintrae . |
| 19 | Technically , Scandinavia covers only the four mainland countries of Norway , Sweden , Finland and Denmark , even though most people also add Viking Iceland to the list . |
| 20 | Today , as always , Kenco selects and blends only the finest coffee beans to give a superb coffee taste . |
| 21 | A possible choice for C , B now yields unc As in ( a ) , unc has two equal eigenvalues , 2 , but here possesses only the one eigenvector , { 1,2,4 } . |
| 22 | As for rent , the new lettings regime allows only the barest semblance of a rent fixing machinery … |
| 23 | Despite these drawbacks , and while this book describes only the English law and practice relating to expert determination , the procedure is found in other jurisdictions : there have been some important Australian judgments on disputed expert determinations , and there are cases on the subject in the New Zealand law reports . |
| 24 | Where a departure affects only the corresponding amounts , the disclosures required by this abstract should be given for those corresponding amounts . |
| 25 | The drawing shows only the enclosing boxes for the comprising assemblies and parts in the highest , " machine " , level of the hierarchical structure . |
| 26 | Moreover , because the matrix groups together all ‘ other financial institutions ’ in column 6 of Table 2.1 it shows only the net sale/acquisition of financial claims for the sector as a whole . |
| 27 | A beastie to carry the burden From cherub to abstract flying muse , Ruth Wishart reveals only the fifth logo to be attached to the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 28 | We therefore measured regional cerebral blood flow , an index of neuronal activity , in volunteers performing a task engaging both components of the articulatory loop ( short-term memory for letters ) and a task which engages only the subvocal rehearsal system ( rhyming judgement for letters ) . |
| 29 | The deletion detected by the 1,412-bp probe includes only the last exon of the P gene ( Fig. 3 a , and unpublished data ) . |
| 30 | This is why the distal ring noted by some authors is only a mucosal stricture , which marks only the mucosal junction and not the true muscular oesophagogastric junction as observed by Reinaldo and Gahagan. and Harris . |