Example sentences of "of [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fees are payable , on the basis of Sched 1 , scale A , on the value of the land less charges secured thereon if there is a transfer of the whole and in the case of a disposition of only a share in the land on the equivalent proportion of the value of the land which is the subject of the dealing , after deducting therefrom an equivalent proportion of the amount secured on the land ( by way of mortgage ) . |
| 2 | If this were to happen , the activation of only a proportion of suspended terms would amount to a heavy extra burden on the prisons . |
| 3 | An additional and severe problem is that the volumes of data which are already collected are huge by the standards of only a decade ago . |
| 4 | It was a considerable achievement for a society to pour so much milk , so much orange juice , so many vitamins down the throats of its children , for the height and weight of those children to outstrip so fast the measurements of only a decade before . |
| 5 | Despite its title , the work took account of only a selection of English vocabulary , including ‘ Difficult Words and Technical Terms in all Faculties and Professions ’ . |
| 6 | He won the support of only a quarter of the delegates to the Rennes congress . |
| 7 | There can be little doubt that at the time Constantine took control of the Western empire , Christianity can have been the religion of only a minority , though perhaps not so tiny a minority as has sometimes been thought . |
| 8 | But even in the era of " free " child labour it can have mollified the condition of only a minority . |
| 9 | It also meant that in 1213 , and again in 1215–17 , the French king was able to take the war to England , a thing unheard of only a generation earlier . |
| 10 | A method which you may prefer is to pre-record your commentary section-by-section onto a sound tape ; this tape is not cued , and the sections follow each other with gaps of only a second or so between them . |
| 11 | It may stress the past as different and difficult to know , an important corrective to those who claim to discover the past ‘ speaking ’ on the basis of only a couple of selected voices . |
| 12 | Not particularly tough , I ventured , when last year in court cases arising from pollution at ICI sites on the Tees and Mersey , guilty verdicts led to fines of only a couple of thousand pounds in each case : ICI could find that from petty cash . |
| 13 | He made the comment in remarks to a visiting official from North Korea , one of only a handful of foreign countries to send special delegations for national day . |
| 14 | Anderson had employed Jean Southwark QC , one of only a handful of leading women barristers . |
| 15 | One of only a handful of mixed freights which survived until closure of Woodhead was a late afternoon Tinsley-Dewsnap working , seen at the north end of Wadsley hauled by 76016/10 in May 1981 . |
| 16 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 17 | This in effect meant the delivery of only a handful of other lectures : circumstances ensured that no teacher at the College could expect to become knowledgeable on the diseases of farm animals , which practically never came into the College infirmary for attention . |
| 18 | At present , long-term lending is the preserve of only a handful of merchant banks , such as Mediobanca and Istituto Mobiliare Italiano , which have built strong ties with Italy 's leading industrial groups . |
| 19 | Exquisitely inlaid all over in Chinoiserie decoration in stained horn , mother-of-pearl , tortoiseshell and brass with silvered bronze mounts , it is one of only a handful of similar pieces known ( the most recent example sold by Sotheby 's in December 1991 made $875,000 ) . |
| 20 | Ted Cox is almost unique among Athletico supporters as he is one of only a handful who voluntarily attend away games . |
| 21 | They were two of only a handful of his employees allowed to enter this most private of havens . |
| 22 | Dexter explained how he was wavering about the list of suspects : one moment thinking it consisted of only a handful of people and then believing almost anyone in the building could have done it . |
| 23 | For those who still feel that we are lagging , let me say that Britain is one of only a handful of countries to have set a target for reductions in carbon dioxide . |
| 24 | LE Restaurant Sante is one of only a handful of Ulster inclusions in the just published 1993 Guide to ‘ The 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ This made us the second most successful regional morning in the UK and one of only a handful of papers to increase annual sales . |
| 26 | One , which includes mosaics of the more specific trend , features many neatly executed arrangements from each of only a handful of sites . |
| 27 | The centre is one of only a handful in the country that caters exclusively for sick and injured wildlife . |
| 28 | Archway is one of only a handful of schools in the country to have taken such a strong stand against the Government . |
| 29 | It 's a red panda cub , one of only a handful to have been born in captivity . |
| 30 | To be one of only a handful of boys among hundreds of girls at a feis ( a competition ) was the surest way of pulling girls I ever saw . |