Example sentences of "only provide a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A wide range of views on the question also emerged in the responses from private practitioners , from those ( including some sole practitioners ) who felt reports should be required every three months , to those who questioned the general value of the accountant 's report on the grounds that it only provided a snap shot of a solicitor 's accounts at one particular moment , and was therefore of little value in detecting fraud .
2 Loans were felt only to provide a short-term solution while grants were inadequate or not available to those in need .
3 The inability to convey accurate figures limits the use of pictograms except where we wish only to provide a general impression of a set of figures and where detail is not important .
4 The provision of BITE and ATE facilities can only provide a partial solution to failure analysis and problem rectification .
5 At its best such a book will not only provide a satisfying solution to the murder puzzle which it still must have , but also at the same time the solution of the mystery should reveal finally what it was the novel had to say .
6 In this section , we can only provide a brief glimpse of the user patient 's perception of the role of the doctor ( remembering that by 1987 GPs were becoming very reluctant to treat heroin use at all ) .
7 Although DNase I footprints can only provide a crude estimate of ligand site size , the footprints with sequences such as ( TAA ) 4 CG(TTA) 4 give some clues as to the orientation of the drug molecule .
8 Bosch should be congratulated for not only providing a clear LED charge light , but also for giving precise instructions on the disposal of these potentially harmful batteries ( Now recycled by Bosch ) .
9 The sawdust and bran mixture not only provided a soft base on which to rest the corpse but also acted as a sponge for exuded matter ; the side lining masked the bare wood ; the side-sheets assisted in the presentation of the corpse ; and the frill along the visible top edge formed a seal when the lid was screwed down and helped to keep it all airtight .
10 For example , the private sector at present only provides a limited range of services and therefore no one would be able to opt out entirely from the NHS .
11 However , it has been pointed out by Dr. B. Leadbeater , that great care must be taken before these formulae are used to determine the efficiency of dilution for abatement of odour nuisance , for in order to achieve concentrations below the threshold detection levels some odorants would need diluting by a factor in order of 6,000 , so unless very high chimneys are contemplated this method only provides a limited answer .
12 A study conducted by Drs Anita Malhotra and Roger Thorpe , of the University of Aberdeen , not only provides a first-class example of natural selection at work , but also shows that it can occur very much faster than most people obviously imagined ( Nature , vol. 353 , pp 347–8 ) .
13 This not only provides a dazzling display which might confuse the predator , but also gives each antelope the advantage of safety in numbers within the fleeing herd .
14 Of course , this analysis only provides a potential role for monetary policy .
15 However , when each subject only provides a single value for the estimate of signal detection variables ( as in this case where data is aggregated across subjects ) , Locksley , Stangor , Hepburn , Grosovsky & Hockstrasser ( 1984 ) recommend that nonparametric measures are used .
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