Example sentences of "only [verb] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICI claimed this was not harmful to residents in the area and they had only received a small number of complaints from people who had inhaled the gas . |
| 2 | If a bird pecks at these it will probably only make a small tear in the edge of the wing and the butterfly may then escape . |
| 3 | The mention of Seville had only aroused a small murmur of protest in her left ventricle , and that was an improvement on a few months back when open heart surgery had seemed the only cure for her suffering . |
| 4 | One coach only needs a small amount of work to restore it to its original condition , but the other requires extensive work . |
| 5 | I see from today 's papers that DOL will only need a small operation to remove a blood clout on his achellies . |
| 6 | Mm , so you only want a small amount then really do n't you ? |
| 7 | The water treatment polymers will open up new markets for FMC , which at present only has a small business in this field based on commodity chemicals . |
| 8 | We can only consider a small fraction of this work here ; little consideration is given to occupational environments , for instance . |
| 9 | We shall only consider a small number of the world 's religions . |
| 10 | Although it only contains a small number of members , we have here a distinct and interesting adjective type , which among other things strikingly illustrates the unconscious linguistic skill of ordinary speakers ( see also Appendix B Section 5 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've only seen a small part of the hospital wing , ’ Fairham observed . |
| 12 | They are small and can only carry a small amount of human DNA ( which substitutes for some of the viral genome , providing additional safety as well as more space ) , and only infect dividing cells . |
| 13 | Then , it only commanded a small proportion of the UK biscuit market . |
| 14 | And what happens is that females , females have pouches that produce eggs but they only hold a small , they only hold a small volume . |
| 15 | The wardens originally received twenty shillings for their work plus expenses ; now they only receive a small allowance towards their expenses , which is paid after they have served their two year term . |
| 16 | In addition , we can only bring a small area of the view into sharp focus , whereas the compound eye sees equally clearly over its whole field of vision . |
| 17 | Traditionally archives such as the PRO have only selected a small proportion of the records produced in departments for permanent preservation . |
| 18 | May 1758 brought a brief letter from Miller : he had been preoccupied with business in the country and could only send a small parcel of seeds . |
| 19 | It is clear to me that as this only affects a small proportion of the membership and there are good strategic reasons for the larger firms to back the proposal ( eg the demise of the smaller practice ) , unless general practitioners take action now they will only have themselves to blame when their incomes fall and the value of their practices diminishes . |
| 20 | On the other hand , on a computer screen you can only see a small amount of information at any given time , whereas with index cards you can lay them out across a table or on the floor for an overview . |
| 21 | But we 've only got a small supply remember . |
| 22 | The possession charge had been dropped because her daughter had only had a small amount on her . |
| 23 | The analysis still only concerns a small region contained within thin tubes around the homoclinic orbit . |
| 24 | The problem is that the inspector only inspects a small sample at intervals and this can be misleading . |
| 25 | The problem is that the inspector only inspects a small sample at intervals and this can be misleading . |
| 26 | Of the three informants ( 10% ) who marked it , at this late stage , as an SF element , two indicated that they only read a small amount of SF , and the other said that she never read anything of the genre . |
| 27 | As the moisture content of the wood in an unheated structure may be around 15 per cent , it only requires a small amount of damp in an unventilated corner to get the rot going . |
| 28 | My impression was that I was only getting a small part of his attention , that he was profoundly preoccupied and that the one thing he wanted was to be left alone . ’ |
| 29 | Similarly , the picture we have of the civil service drawn from such programmes as Yes Minister ! only depicts a small number of Mandarins at the top of the civil service . |
| 30 | Matrix sampling is also used , such that each student only takes a small part of the total battery of tests . |