Example sentences of "[to-vb] only a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially , most contracts are likely to include only a broad specification of the service being purchased . |
| 2 | As the HLA-A2.1 molecules on T2 cells appear to carry only a limited variety of peptides derived from signal sequences , our data suggest that the anti-HLA-A2.1 CTL clone recognizes such a signal sequence-derived peptide . |
| 3 | Preferring to carry only a light rifle , such as a .22 , and ammunition , but unburdened by other supplies , even water , they chase goats from about 7 am until noon , when they have to quit for the day Sometimes they will put down their guns and stalk a goat , leaping on it to deliver the final coup de grace with a knife . |
| 4 | In this leaflet we have been able to detail only a small part of our activities . |
| 5 | There can be no exclusion of the implied title undertaking , but this is somewhat misleading since it is possible under s12 of the SGA to sell only a limited interest in the goods ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 6 | In any real experiment one will be able to detect only a limited number of stages . |
| 7 | Literally speaking , ephemera are things that last only a day ; in the more accepted sense , things destined to endure only a short time ; but , by a curious paradox , in the most modern sense , things which have , in fact , long survived their predestined span . |
| 8 | Their impact , both direct and indirect , on the level and growth rate of Soviet production is significant , but appears to constitute only a modest source of Soviet economic growth . |
| 9 | The WCG mounted spirited campaigns on the issues of maternity and easier divorce — the latter in opposition to the Cooperative movement as a whole — but women continued to play only a minor role in the central decision-making bodies of the Cooperative Society and the Labour Party . |
| 10 | For example , it is necessary to hear only a brief phrase of some Grand Waltz by Tchaikovsky , Glinka or Strauss to know that steps of grande élévation are the object of the exercise ; to hear some slow pavane , minuet or saraband is to realise that an adage is being practised . |
| 11 | At the outset we must state that the picture is still very unclear and that those forms of depressions which can be linked to an abnormal body clock are likely to form only a small proportion of all cases . |
| 12 | Any expenditure by the Regional Council would be from an identified Industrial Development Budget heading , and would be likely to form only a small proportion of the total project cost . |
| 13 | The tender emotions of the night had evaporated , to leave only a bitter sediment of anxiety as to whether he had fathered a bastard on Doreen . |
| 14 | Each was also equipped with a Very pistol and two flares , one green one red , a torch with the glass masked by sticky tape to leave only a pencil-thin beam , and a radio transmitter tuned to a master receiver in Springfield 's car . |
| 15 | The map is intended to give only a generalised indication of where exploration might best be directed . |
| 16 | In the key province of Ontario — which contained one-third of the country 's population — the majority in favour was so tiny as to give only a Pyrrhic victory to the supporters of the accord . |
| 17 | One of the newest , Sun E45 is the only sun protection range to use only a non-chemical sunscreen in its formulation . |
| 18 | In a sweeping review of the various domains by which proteins bind to DNA , Aaron Klug ( MRC , Cambridge ) revealed the diversity of structures that have evolved to meet the requirements of physical stability and evolutionary flexibility imposed by the need to recognize only a tiny fraction of the binding sites available in an entire genome . |
| 19 | Under our agreement with Waterloo University , where the accessing software , PAT , was developed , we are able to distribute only a limited number of copies of the tape for research purposes and we have nearly reached our ceiling . |
| 20 | The individual gets to keep only a constant fraction of each pound of pre-tax income above OA . |
| 21 | At move 40 , Karpov seemed to have only a small advantage . |
| 22 | Most of them are concerned with admissibility of evidence , which is not in issue here ; and none , aside from those already mentioned , arose where in the face of clear and general language it was contended that Parliament must nevertheless have intended the words of the statute to have only a limited effect . |
| 23 | The second reason for regarding the section as likely to have only a limited impact is that the relevant duty , like the duty to act bona fide for the benefit of the company , is a subjective one . |
| 24 | Houghton is a management analyst and appears to have only a hazy idea of how librarians organize book selection , and of the sources that they use . |
| 25 | These forms of art , however , can generally be believed to have only a friendly connection with their inspiration , which , indeed , is normally only the starting point for the exercise of the talent of the musician or the poet . |
| 26 | Poulantzas ' own position was to argue for the development of a Marxist , structuralist account which provides for the state to have only a relative autonomy and never a true autonomy . |
| 27 | Application developers however , need to maintain only a single version of their source code for all systems . |
| 28 | Will they think that he is getting a massive discount , as he will have to pay only a small amount ? |
| 29 | In a report such as this it is possible to attempt only a limited review , and the concern of the present chapter is chiefly with communities in the Anglican tradition . |
| 30 | If it were to continue throughout the decade the structure of the game could change significantly , by forcing counties to employ only a small force of top-class full-time professionals supplemented with part timers and the many amateur cricketers thrown up in the recreational game . |