Example sentences of "only [vb -s] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now clearly it makes no sense you might be up to producing the Toyota Corollas in a three hundred acre plant , erm , near Derby right but we ca n't employ the same techniques in production er when we 're making agricultural why not well essentially we 're using land , we 're using land intensively alright and there comes a point when , erm you reach dis-economies of scale and start er accruing dis-economies of scale in agricultural production and that scale of plant is very , very small but after about well it depends what type of production er what type of product you 're making but , you know , there are n't many farms over five thousand hectares , now five thousand hectares is a huge farm , it 's massive alright but it still only produces a fraction of , say U K output cos there 's several million hectares of erm but the reason why you do n't see these very large farms is that you just do n't reap the economies of scale alright , because essentially we need land erm and you 're farm gets so big that it would take you half the day to drive your combine harvester over to the , the other side of th your farm just to erm , to harvest the , the wheat right . |
| 2 | However , this only represents a proportion of the total wintering population , as other localities are known to attract substantial flocks ; for example , up to 250 have been recorded recently at Warnham Mill Pond and the Adur Levels , up to 300 at Pevensey Levels , up to 450 at Swanbourne Lake , and 500 in Lewes Brooks . |
| 3 | However , this is not unusual for this industry due to the long lead times involved and in fact only represents a recovery to 1988 levels . |
| 4 | Because you can tape like music , beginning music and then he can tape it , he only wants a couple of minutes beginning . |
| 5 | ‘ The weir will last a lifetime , ’ Nigel said , ‘ and the millpond only needs a bit of clearing out . ’ |
| 6 | He has said that one only needs a dispensation from the mines inspectorate . |
| 7 | Barbel Bohley , a founder of the New Forum reform group , said on West German television that ‘ one has the feeling that it only needs a spark for everything to blow up here ’ . |
| 8 | It only needs a spark from here to land in the stable hay and we 'll lose them all . ’ |
| 9 | Not only has a trend towards the internalisation of negotiating activity been apparent in Britain but also in those countries such as the United States and Japan where enterprise level bargaining has predominated labour relations issues have long been handled by the managements of individual undertakings themselves . |
| 10 | The Christian faith is a view of history ; a process which not only has a beginning in creation but an end signalled by the personal return of Jesus Christ and the establishment of ‘ a new heavens and a new earth ’ . |
| 11 | In a year or two he should have a decent sized flock — of course he 's not normally down here this early , he only has a bit of a stable down here that he rents for the summer along with his few acres of grass and his bit of land for cultivation . |
| 12 | This means that each of these filters only has a capacity of 80% of the size stated , in imperial gallon terms . |
| 13 | The local council says he only has a licence for the fruit , and he needs another one to sell greens . |
| 14 | Prior to that it only has a potential for value . |
| 15 | Indeed she only has a place in the religion in relation to him . |
| 16 | This small selection of articles only covers a fraction of what is now a large field , but it does point the way towards more effective reconstruction of tissues and organs . |
| 17 | The advantage they have over individuals is that , although each practice only contains a part of the complex phenomenon which is society , each one is a ‘ whole ’ in the sense that it consists of a variety of different kinds of parts , all of which are interrelated . |
| 18 | That is , the depth of particular religions not only contains a clue to the meaning of ultimate reality , as Tillich maintains , but is the only means open to man to understand what is meant by ultimate reality , for the concept itself acquires its meaning from its use in a particular mode of discourse . |
| 19 | And for £9.95 you can purchase a Baby Pack — colour co-ordinated in pink or blue to the sex of the recipient — which not only includes a set of brilliant uncirculated 1989 coins but space to record baby 's important details . |
| 20 | And for £9.95 you can purchase a Baby Pack — colour co-ordinated in pink or blue to the sex of the recipient — which not only includes a set of brilliant uncirculated 1989 coins but space to record baby 's important details . |
| 21 | And for £9.95 you can purchase a Baby Pack — colour co-ordinated in pink or blue to the sex of the recipient — which not only includes a set of brilliant uncirculated 1989 coins but space to record baby 's important details . |
| 22 | The volume and speed of traffic not only creates a sense of danger but makes a significant contribution to noise and air pollution . |
| 23 | He says : ‘ We are making more and more DCDs — Driver Controlled Deliveries — where the driver not only delivers a tanker of petrol to a filling station , but is trained to unload it into the underground storage tanks ’ This has become a necessity , as more and more petrol stations are operated by one person locked behind security windows . |
| 24 | I should replace it , but usually it only takes a bit of tinkering to get it going again . |
| 25 | Below that , it sounds more like a traditional diesel , and it does lack response at times , but it only takes a bit of getting used to . |
| 26 | It only takes a couple of minutes before the flysheet is in place . |
| 27 | The whole package only takes a couple of days to master , claims the company , and it will set you back £449 . |
| 28 | It only takes a couple of players to have mediocre starts for them and they will be down there and lose confidence . |
| 29 | However , with BBC BASIC you can turn to a particular character in a file an the tedium only takes a couple of seconds , so it 's well worth doing . |
| 30 | So when , and I would agree with you again , so when are the teachers going to be accountable , when is somebody who is a bad teacher and heck there are quite a few of them , you know it only takes a couple in every school to make it difficult for the rest , going to be got rid of you know you are not up to the mark out . |