Example sentences of "only on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You ran a brothel in Dublin , and you 've continued your foul trade here — but only on a grander level . |
| 2 | For there are other plates surrounding the Pacific Plate and they jostle and crash against each other , like ice floes at break-up time ; and as they jostle so they tide up against each other , pushing each other deeper , cracking and bending as they do so — only on a global scale , and with extraordinary consequences . |
| 3 | For , like the Falklands war ( only on a bigger scale ) , this can only be a one-off operation . |
| 4 | Only on a bigger scale , they had them made on a bigger scale you see . |
| 5 | Alison Clifford is back in the saddle , but only on a borrowed horse . |
| 6 | If you do medical negligence work the employment of a nurse , perhaps only on a part-time basis , can save hours of wasted time and be very cost effective . |
| 7 | By doing so , we can see how women carers can , and do , experience disproportionate reductions in their incomes and living standards ; absorb extra care-related expenses through restricting their own personal expenditure ; and experience increased financial dependency , not only on a male partner but also on the person they are caring for . |
| 8 | Industrial location depends not only on a good water supply or plentiful , cheap , raw materials , but also on capital , surplus wealth , and , perhaps above all , someone to start the activity — entrepreneurial spirit . |
| 9 | However , there are many other radio stations around the country that can influence the success of your record , albeit only on a regional basis . |
| 10 | Unemployment rose from 272,000 in July ( 3.1 per cent of the workforce ) to 350,000 at the end of August ( 4.17 per cent of the workforce ) , with an additional 10 per cent of the workforce employed only on a short-time basis . |
| 11 | Chain had overcome the problems which had defeated every previous experimenter with penicillin , but only on a small scale . |
| 12 | However , the threat of importation of the disease has returned , not only on a small scale relating to violation of quarantine regulations by dog owners but because the rabies virus has been spread throughout Europe into France ( UK 's nearest continental neighbour ) by the red fox and concern is rising too about rabies-infected bats in Europe . |
| 13 | In the US , some observers point out that single-mode fibre has been produced only on a small scale and the technology is not proven . |
| 14 | The end of the 17th Century therefore , found activity on both manors , but like any work in the preceding years , it was clearly only on a small scale . |
| 15 | To reach such a target audience we probably need , at the minimum , ( a ) about two pages of description by the authors of each unit , telling the user how to load the program , how to drive it , and its limitations both educationally and technically this information could be included on the disc or tape that loads the program ( b ) some incentive to the programmer to document the program to this level , perhaps through its resulting acceptance into a ‘ library ’ ( c ) assurance from those receiving the program that they will be prepared to deal with the problems that such draft programs impose — this implies that they must be fairly competent users of their computer system : they could not expect to get software support from the author , who is likely to be another teacher whose time is fully occupied ( d ) some financial and organizational support for the distribution of programs , even if only on a cooperative basis ( e ) that users of such programs should undertake to report to the authors ( and to the library ? ) on the usefulness of each program received , and if they wish , to make recommendations for improvement . |
| 16 | For example , Latitude was developed by violating , or inducing others to violate , a number of licensing and confidentiality agreements by making use of information provided to developers only on a restricted basis and subject to a number of conditions . ’ |
| 17 | He was basing it only on a recent knowledge of Trueman and the belief that his committee colleagues are capable of doing whatever it takes to preserve their ill-gotten privileges . ’ |
| 18 | Gardeners and herders were mostly immune from controls on marketing since they marketed relatively little , often only on a casual basis . |
| 19 | Various groups act as social as well as literal gatekeepers to the rewards which rural England has to offer , and visitors are allowed through only on a selective basis . |
| 20 | As a result of both of these considerations , it is most unusual for MAS to act for a buyer on a contingent fee basis ( other than an MBO or MBI team , and then only on a selected basis with a suitable risk reward ratio . ) |
| 21 | What would have happened if penicillin had not been discovered , or if years of patient research had failed to explain why sulphonamides acted only on a limited selection of microbes ? |
| 22 | For example , in Caquezo and Rio Negro in Colombia corn and potato yields have improved 200 and 90 per cent respectively on hillside farms which were able to adopt the improved technology ( Sepuldeva 1980 ) , although this example was only on a limited scale . |
| 23 | In England , women in general did not acquire access to relatively safe abortions until 1967 and then only on a limited basis . |
| 24 | Schemes of this kind enjoyed success only on a limited front . |
| 25 | Obviously , such a reading experience is at the lower left node of the co-operation network only on a first reading . |
| 26 | By the end of the project , evaluation of each new step was beginning to become second nature and exchange was deeper than pleasantries or focusing only on a specific child . |
| 27 | But the celebrated Mayfair fashion house is operating only on a week-to-week basis to complete orders and little hope exists of securing its future by finding a buyer . |
| 28 | The staff are working as normal but only on a week-to-week basis . |
| 29 | But the Irish and Welsh issues remained ; the National Union agreed to approve the truce only on a strict understanding that both issues would be satisfactorily settled . |
| 30 | Deceit may be practised only on a human mind . |