Example sentences of "only a [adj] number " in BNC.
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1 | In contrast to figure 12.1 , the map resulting from this construal revealed not only a higher number of judgments but also a more effective structuring of their relationships . |
2 | However , the limitation of the sound guide is equally evident : only a small number of works can be given such exceptional treatment . |
3 | In fact only about thirty or so states in the world today regularly hold competitive elections and of these only a small number provide an outcome in which one party forms the government . |
4 | The existence of these different anatomical plans , without intermediates , again raises the question of whether there are only a small number of possible body plans , represented by the existing phyla , or whether we are looking at the end results of a series of historical accidents . |
5 | However , only a small number of overseas visitors and speakers attend each year , and the festival hardly merits its ‘ International ’ billing . |
6 | At first , only a small number of companies were involved in the DTI Link programme , but participation has now improved . |
7 | Another route has led to the formation of bands of close relatives in which only a small number of adults breed and these are assisted by helpers that live communally with them in a group territory . |
8 | Cattle-ranching requires only a small number of cowboys and large tracts of land , which could alternatively be intensively cultivated , with the result that there is underemployment of labour and a low physical and economic return per unit of surface area . |
9 | ‘ The USSR has only a small number of private cars , ’ says Bashmekov . |
10 | AROUND 7000 PLANT-DERIVED MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS USED IN WESTERN MEDICINE COME FROM ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PLANT SPECIES … |
11 | Among the very many antimetabolites which have been investigated , only a small number have shown the combination of properties necessary to be therapeutically useful . |
12 | Only a small number of men accompanied him into the forest . |
13 | He suggested that in early spatial searches for sites ‘ only a small number were ever identified in the first place because rigorous searches could not be performed by manual means with poor quality data ’ ( Openshaw 1980 : 289 ) . |
14 | In the case of the incubator thesis , there is evidence ( certainly from London — Nicholson , Brinkley and Evans , 1981 ) that few sections of industry seek out inner-urban locations , and that only a small number of companies migrate outwards in the classical fashion . |
15 | Most of the university and polytechnic libraries replied to the survey but only a small number of colleges did so . |
16 | Experiments using lasers give very accurate results ; they are also extremely sensitive , so only a small number of atoms are required . |
17 | Only a small number of PAT dogs work on units for the mentally ill , and such work can be most rewarding for dog and patient alike . |
18 | So far only a small number of women have made it to the top . |
19 | Since the whole edition was of only one thousand copies and only a small number had been circulated when the suppression was ordered , this is obviously a rare book and one that is likely to be costly unless the seller is ignorant of its history . |
20 | Only a small number of the company can have Jaguar cars , for instance . |
21 | ‘ Only a small number ’ , says a spokesman . |
22 | Even if you work only a small number of hours , you still need to review and assess your progress on a regular basis . |
23 | It accepts only a small number of students onto its course ( nine last year ) which was established in 1985 as a joint venture with the Getty Conservation Institute . |
24 | They believed the existing system worked to the enrichment of only a small number ; national benefit could be derived from legitimate commerce with a fertile Africa only if the slave trade did not create misleadingly attractive alternatives . |
25 | Organizations can absorb only a small number of people with these work goals . |
26 | With very few exceptions , almost all the routes are on rough , near-virgin limestone , for only a small number of the easier classics have become polished — sadly , but perhaps inevitably , including the superb slabby pillar of Marie ( HVS5b ) . |
27 | At this stage , however , only a small number of men were so closely identified with the Woodvilles that they were perceived as a threat by Richard . |
28 | Illegitimate births formed only a small number of the total registered births before 1750 , but by the end of the eighteenth century an illegitimacy ratio of 5 per cent was common and by the middle of the nineteenth century 20 per cent was often the norm . |
29 | They would however presumably agree that since the great majority of manufacturing firms are small businesses and employ only a small number of people , there would still be scope in manufacture for a considerable extension of the industrial co-operative sector . |
30 | The second method is appropriate when only a small number of arithmetic operations are to be performed on each of a large number of initial items of data . |