Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] a single [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bonds also have more intricate cash flow patterns than money market securities , which typically involve just a single payment at maturity . |
| 2 | In addition , they receive just a single rupee for collecting a kilogramme of papers and rags , while their efforts are turned into substantial profits by the recycling industries . |
| 3 | We consider initially a single decision , which we take to be the level of government spending , G. This is financed by a pre-specified tax system , assumed to be a uniform poll tax , T. If the utility of individual i depends only on G and disposable income , then the preferences of i can be depicted as in Fig. 10–2 . |
| 4 | Later we take up the case of natural or pure monopoly where huge economies of scale allow only a single producer to survive in an industry . |
| 5 | The Laboulbeniales demonstrate a high degree of host specificity , and by this criterion are highly advanced ; most infect only a single species of arthropod , or at most a small group of closely related host species , and only a few are known to occur on a variety of distantly related hosts . |
| 6 | Some Parvoviruses ( which can cause abnormal fetal development and defects of growing tissues in rodents ) , for example , contain only a single gene . |
| 7 | In other words , while there may be in some sense ( possibly a historical one ) a relatively simple form of language in which clauses contain only a single occurrence of assignment , there is also a more elaborate form in which complexes containing assignment can themselves be used as elements in the construction of other clauses ; acceptance of this conclusion is not particularly demanding , given the observable facts of language use . |
| 8 | The best questions to ask in a survey are those which require only a single word/phrase or a ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ answer . |
| 9 | In fact , in contrast to those countries in which trade unions form virtually a single channel of representation for workers ( as in Britain ) , in West Germany a dual system exists . |
| 10 | Beaked whales generally have only a single pair of teeth protruding from their lower jaw , and instead of teeth they use a ribbed palate to get a firm grasp on their prey . |
| 11 | The Committee on Safety of Medicines ( personal communication ) has received only a single report of visual disorder associated with chlorambucil — namely , corneal opacity — and the manufacturers ( Wellcome ) have only a single report of optic neuritis , occurring on day 1 of chlorambucil treatment and not resolving on withdrawal . |
| 12 | The most critical one in some ways is a change in the structure of our lower jaw , so instead of having a lot of bones in our lower jaw we have just a single bone in our lower jaw , the dentory , which articulates with a bone called the scremosal , whereas in reptiles the quadrate and articular for the articulation and those bones have now got stuck into our inner ear and do some stuff about conducting sound impulses . |
| 13 | Most mixer taps simply use the hot and cold knobs to control flow and temperature , but some modern one-hole mixers have just a single lever which does both . |
| 14 | ‘ Unfortunately , Mr Stevens , I am extremely busy now and I am finding I have barely a single moment to spare . |