Example sentences of "they [vb base] only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is another way of saying he wants his team to win , because they remain only a point clear , although after tonight they will still have a match in hand . |
| 2 | Rhodes ( 1981 , p. 17 ) observes that ‘ although central government has an impressive list of controls at its disposal they constitute only a potential for control ’ . |
| 3 | This is despite the fact that they carry only a minority of the 13 stigmata of weediness . |
| 4 | Anyway , they represent only a fraction of the long distance paths Britain has to offer . |
| 5 | The designs are not static ; they represent only a beginning . |