Example sentences of "only on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You ran a brothel in Dublin , and you 've continued your foul trade here — but only on a grander level . |
| 2 | For there are other plates surrounding the Pacific Plate and they jostle and crash against each other , like ice floes at break-up time ; and as they jostle so they tide up against each other , pushing each other deeper , cracking and bending as they do so — only on a global scale , and with extraordinary consequences . |
| 3 | A spokeswoman for SGS-Thomson said the company discusses investment only on a global , company-wide basis , and has said nothing specific about investing in Malaysia . |
| 4 | For , like the Falklands war ( only on a bigger scale ) , this can only be a one-off operation . |
| 5 | Only on a bigger scale , they had them made on a bigger scale you see . |
| 6 | TENANTS living in council owned sheltered accommodation could be allowed to keep their pets without having to apply for permission on an annual basis.Uttlesford District Council has allowed tenants to keep a pet dog or cat , but until now only on a temporary basis.For the past two years , tenants have had to apply annually for permission to keep a pet under the council 's rules . |
| 7 | Alison Clifford is back in the saddle , but only on a borrowed horse . |
| 8 | If you do medical negligence work the employment of a nurse , perhaps only on a part-time basis , can save hours of wasted time and be very cost effective . |
| 9 | By doing so , we can see how women carers can , and do , experience disproportionate reductions in their incomes and living standards ; absorb extra care-related expenses through restricting their own personal expenditure ; and experience increased financial dependency , not only on a male partner but also on the person they are caring for . |
| 10 | Instead of facing the music at Wembley on September 9 , Taylor 's team will play for expenses only on a Spanish Second Division ground that holds only 25,000 spectators and has never before staged a full international match . |
| 11 | Industrial location depends not only on a good water supply or plentiful , cheap , raw materials , but also on capital , surplus wealth , and , perhaps above all , someone to start the activity — entrepreneurial spirit . |
| 12 | However , there are many other radio stations around the country that can influence the success of your record , albeit only on a regional basis . |
| 13 | Unemployment rose from 272,000 in July ( 3.1 per cent of the workforce ) to 350,000 at the end of August ( 4.17 per cent of the workforce ) , with an additional 10 per cent of the workforce employed only on a short-time basis . |
| 14 | Only on a long , fast bend can the tail be persuaded to step out , and then only under strong provocation and with little drama , as the drivetrain begins to feed the power rearwards . |
| 15 | Chain had overcome the problems which had defeated every previous experimenter with penicillin , but only on a small scale . |
| 16 | However , the threat of importation of the disease has returned , not only on a small scale relating to violation of quarantine regulations by dog owners but because the rabies virus has been spread throughout Europe into France ( UK 's nearest continental neighbour ) by the red fox and concern is rising too about rabies-infected bats in Europe . |
| 17 | In the US , some observers point out that single-mode fibre has been produced only on a small scale and the technology is not proven . |
| 18 | The end of the 17th Century therefore , found activity on both manors , but like any work in the preceding years , it was clearly only on a small scale . |
| 19 | To reach such a target audience we probably need , at the minimum , ( a ) about two pages of description by the authors of each unit , telling the user how to load the program , how to drive it , and its limitations both educationally and technically this information could be included on the disc or tape that loads the program ( b ) some incentive to the programmer to document the program to this level , perhaps through its resulting acceptance into a ‘ library ’ ( c ) assurance from those receiving the program that they will be prepared to deal with the problems that such draft programs impose — this implies that they must be fairly competent users of their computer system : they could not expect to get software support from the author , who is likely to be another teacher whose time is fully occupied ( d ) some financial and organizational support for the distribution of programs , even if only on a cooperative basis ( e ) that users of such programs should undertake to report to the authors ( and to the library ? ) on the usefulness of each program received , and if they wish , to make recommendations for improvement . |
| 20 | For example , Latitude was developed by violating , or inducing others to violate , a number of licensing and confidentiality agreements by making use of information provided to developers only on a restricted basis and subject to a number of conditions . ’ |
| 21 | He was basing it only on a recent knowledge of Trueman and the belief that his committee colleagues are capable of doing whatever it takes to preserve their ill-gotten privileges . ’ |
| 22 | Gardeners and herders were mostly immune from controls on marketing since they marketed relatively little , often only on a casual basis . |
| 23 | Various groups act as social as well as literal gatekeepers to the rewards which rural England has to offer , and visitors are allowed through only on a selective basis . |
| 24 | As a result of both of these considerations , it is most unusual for MAS to act for a buyer on a contingent fee basis ( other than an MBO or MBI team , and then only on a selected basis with a suitable risk reward ratio . ) |
| 25 | Schemes of this kind enjoyed success only on a limited front . |
| 26 | For example , in Caquezo and Rio Negro in Colombia corn and potato yields have improved 200 and 90 per cent respectively on hillside farms which were able to adopt the improved technology ( Sepuldeva 1980 ) , although this example was only on a limited scale . |
| 27 | What would have happened if penicillin had not been discovered , or if years of patient research had failed to explain why sulphonamides acted only on a limited selection of microbes ? |
| 28 | In England , women in general did not acquire access to relatively safe abortions until 1967 and then only on a limited basis . |
| 29 | Obviously , such a reading experience is at the lower left node of the co-operation network only on a first reading . |
| 30 | By the end of the project , evaluation of each new step was beginning to become second nature and exchange was deeper than pleasantries or focusing only on a specific child . |