Example sentences of "only a [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | The film as film , as ‘ text ’ , as visual artefact , takes up only a small place amidst this kaleidoscope of angles — and I have n't even touched on the economic aspects of production and reception , such as box office pressures , state subsidies , distribution and exhibition . |
| 2 | The Incas banished the two great causes of popular disaffection : poverty and idleness , and they left only a small place for ambition and greed . ’ |
| 3 | It was only a small place , not many deliveries . |
| 4 | Man falling off a bike it 's only a small place is n't it ? |
| 5 | We 've chosen Boppard as the base for our Rhine Fly-Drive holidays because it 's not only a great place to visit in its own right , but because its central location makes it an ideal spot from which to explore the mighty Rhine . |
| 6 | Oh she says , you would n't know where it was , she said , it 's only a little place she said , Skipton . |
| 7 | There are only a few places where he can be , but it is n't until 0500 hours that he is found walking along Unter den Linden , the most famous and beautiful of Berlin 's pre-war streets , having apparently lost contact with his friends . |
| 8 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 9 | It is found in only a few places in the world . |
| 10 | She has worked her way slowly up the rankings until now she is only a few places behind Durie in the high sixties . |
| 11 | Only a few places , like the Pool of Virkie at the south end of Shetland , attract waders for a time on migration , and most of them move on to richer pastures for the water . |
| 12 | It is surprisingly hard to find , only a few places sell it — I presume because of quality controls — and we were unsuccessful . |
| 13 | Only a few places , such as the Bay of Naples and Capri , already established thanks to the patronage of the Russian Empress , were regarded as tolerable in the hot season . |
| 14 | And with only a few places available each year , it 's like a bottleneck near the top , and the harder it becomes . |
| 15 | And here was only a human place . |