Example sentences of "at only a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the War , distribution expenditure had been running at only a fifth of the prewar level , and the plans prepared by the undertakings for the Electricity Commissioners show they expected to continue to spend more than half of all their capital on developing distribution , as they had in the 1930s . |
| 2 | At source , a basalt lava may be moving at twenty or more kilometres an hour ; at the far end it may be oozing forward like treacle at only a few metres per hour ; so the temperature of a magma will obviously affect the style of an eruption considerably . |
| 3 | In its full-page and horrendously expensive advertisements in the national press , and now ( the latest manifestation ) in a booklet with a cover that at only a few metres distance looks like gold-tooled morocco , it comes perilously close to transgressing those rules of the Advertising Standards Authority that ensure that all ads are honest , fair , accurate , unimpeachable and altogether above reproach . |
| 4 | Liza had written some weeks ago to say that John had been sent , at only a few hours ' notice , on a course . |
| 5 | Jack the tiny Shetland pony weighs in at only a few stones and is just over two-feet tall . |
| 6 | These types of problem extend even to the more commonplace types of metalwork in which the lack of replication might lead to the suggestion that everyday items were produced locally as required ; but were such technical skills possessed by someone on every farm or hamlet , at only a few locations , or was the craftsman a mobile specialist ? |
| 7 | Weighing in at only a few ounces , you hardly notice that you 're wearing this jacket . |
| 8 | The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice . |
| 9 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
| 10 | The shares are currently at only a third of the 120p high they once reached . |
| 11 | It is true that our goods sell abroad , but with our currency at only a third of its post-war value , so they should ! |
| 12 | Without submarine work , Rosyth would run at only a third of capacity for its MoD work . ’ |
| 13 | Clerical and administrative backup were provided at only a modest level . |