Example sentences of "only [verb] [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chancellor may decide to encourage greater use of diesel : however , he has only limited scope for any price differentiation between DERV and petrol , for since December diesel has actually been 10 pence per gallon more expensive than unleaded petrol . |
| 2 | The extent to which the desire for the products of industry , beyond necessities , results from the processes of want-creation as distinct from pre-existing materialistic tendencies is obscure , but there is some plausibility in Galbraith 's picture of a corporate system whose power includes an ability not only to stimulate demand for particular goods but also to shape prevailing social values . |
| 3 | But Wembley Stadium says it only has room for twenty fans in wheelchairs . |
| 4 | The difficulty from the outset was that the Treasury would only give approval for mandatory awards for DipHE students if it had a two ‘ A ’ level entry . |
| 5 | But if naval patronage did prove to be of considerable value to the Elphinstone family interest , reinforcing the impact of the Indian patronage distributed by Keith 's brother , William Elphinstone , the fleet could only provide patronage for those officers fortunate enough to be employed in a command in a suitable station far from Great Britain . |
| 6 | The payroll , needless to say however , only calculates pay for current staff and pensioners , which tends to increase the accuracy of input , particularly of leavers ( to ensure non payment ) which in many non-integrated systems is a particular problem area . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , against this background , family relationships were very strained and Gary was so unpopular that on the rare occasions when he did behave appropriately it went unnoticed and unattended to , which meant he was only getting attention for antisocial behaviour . |
| 8 | Obviously this memory overhead can be greatly reduced by only allocating space for those routes which are used ( i.e. an n-ary tree where n is variable between 0 and 26 ) , for example typical routes from ‘ z ’ would be ‘ e ’ , ‘ i ’ and ‘ o ’ . |
| 9 | The iconography necessarily shows rather small numbers of dancers ; generally the seals and rings only allow space for three or four figures , but we should assume that we are being shown only the nucleus of a larger religious ceremony . |
| 10 | Some have developed leukaemia , others feel so tired that they can only attend school for three hours a day . |
| 11 | In the event , however , the Commission could only obtain agreement for 5 per cent of the ERDF budget to be non-quota , and very little interest was expressed in these funds by member states . |
| 12 | I only had time for fast food . |
| 13 | The schedule , by asking for the residence to have ‘ the requirements of a Nobleman 's Town House ’ with twelve to fourteen bedrooms , a dining room to seat fifty , and a reception suite to accommodate 1,500 guests , was not only ensuring accommodation for official functions , but also attempting to perpetuate the traditional view of the Secretary of State as the embodiment of the Foreign Office ; a view which Hammond was systematically demolishing . |
| 14 | We only have evidence for one species , but most ethologists who study sex do not hesitate to extend the theory to all bizarre sexual characters . |
| 15 | However it only makes provision for criminal penalties , and not civil remedies . |