Example sentences of "[that] [verb] only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To achieve this they may have to adopt conservative technology — that is , technology that has only a fraction of the communications power of optical fibres — and to pander to the needs of a mass audience . |
| 2 | HP envisages an on-site upgrade path that requires only a processor swap going , for example , from a 40 to a 50 and a chassis upgrade going from , an F to a G. The F class which HP has poised against Sun reportedly starts at 36 tpsA ; the next performance point is 61 tpcA , available as an F or H , then 88 TPS , followed by 110 tpsA topping out at 184 tpsA . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In particular , most of the early Verkehrsberuhigung work had involved schemes that covered only a street or two with low traffic flows , so little was known about the benefits or drawbacks to the wider urban area . |
| 5 | It was an act familiar to anyone , that is almost everyone , who has suffered from those self-inflicted illnesses that inspire only a feeling of wanting to curl up in a ball and be alone . |
| 6 | It no longer occurred to Folly to doubt that Luke was telling the truth — and she knew that she was concentrating on his explanation simply as a shield against the other questions that hovered only a breath away . |
| 7 | In good English that had only a speck of accent , just a faint edge that you would wonder every time you heard him if it really was some kind of accent . |
| 8 | They can distinguish between two sounds which are only 18 inches apart at a distance of 60 feet ; they can separate with ease two sounds that are coming from the same direction , but at different distances ; and they can differentiate two sounds that have only a half-tone of difference between them . |