Example sentences of "only [verb] a [adj] number " 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 | We shall only consider a small number of the world 's religions . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | The ferry can only carry a limited number of cars per hours . |
| 5 | Some applications companies may also be enamoured by the possibility of using the NetWare Loadable Module to support demo licensing , which replaces ‘ cripple-ware ’ by a full copy of the application that will only run a limited number of times or for a limited length of time . |
| 6 | In this regard , we will only contact a limited number of potential purchasers and it will be critical to act quickly so that [ ABC ] and [ DEF ] do not go ‘ off the boil ’ . |
| 7 | You only get a limited number of chances . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Craigievar Castle too has special problems in that it is a tower house and can only take a limited number of visitors at any time . |
| 10 | Other reasons given for not doing courses were varied and were only cited a small number of times . |
| 11 | Not more than a thousand and you only reach a limited number of people . |
| 12 | And would it make much difference if the pact only covered a limited number of seats ? |
| 13 | ‘ The initial screening is nearly completed and we now only have a small number of children left to trace . |
| 14 | We only have a limited number of fighter aircraft available . |
| 15 | Maybe three lads to the drawings and maybe two lads to do the calculations , whereas it would be slightly in the bridge office or the works office because of the present resource availability , it tends to be that you only have a smaller number of people doing , doing those tasks . |