Example sentences of "only [vb base] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only hope the same regulation is as strictly enforced in the rest of Europe . |
| 2 | However , I only put a few dozen sheets of paper through the machine , and two of them caught on the wire loop , which creased the paper and caused ink smudges where the machine was still printing . |
| 3 | we know , from research even amongst very young girls who only smoke a few cigarettes a week , that when they try to give up they get withdrawal symptoms , and so having a cigarette erm helps them |
| 4 | The total size of the claims resulting from such an incident might well be enormous , even though the computer program itself may have only cost a few hundred pounds . |
| 5 | To investigate this pattern , the researchers transferred fry in the study stream to 25 pairs and , sure enough , only fry the same size or smaller than the pairs ' own offspring were accepted into the fold , while larger fry were eaten or driven away . |
| 6 | Such enterprises not only add a few more precious tonnes to the output of Cornwall 's tin industry . |
| 7 | I only add a few words of my own out of deference to the contrary view expressed by my noble and learned friend , Lord Lowry , and to consider the cases on thefts from companies to which we were referred in the course of argument . |
| 8 | These are superimposed on the main curve , and only last a few decades , but can have deviations on the radiocarbon axis of a century or so ( fig. 7.5 ) . |
| 9 | Very large numbers of blood cells are required — human red blood cells only last a few months — and there are few stem cells , so an enormous amplification is required . |
| 10 | The 34-year-old star of Bonfire Of The Vanities has had the implants — which only last a few months — twice before . |
| 11 | Some only last a few minutes . |
| 12 | In the court were twelve tiny cottages and I only remember a few of the families who were unfortunate enough to live there — the Pragnells , Goodfellows , Wheadons , Dears , Rattues and Dawkins . |
| 13 | If you only get a few ideas , you 've only got a few things to look at . |
| 14 | It is just about ready to roll , we 've only get a few minor drafting amendments to complete . ’ |
| 15 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 16 | In the same way , self-evaluation can mirror those things which require reappraisal , those which only require a little attention , and those which need a complete overhaul . |
| 17 | Erm and there are loads of other ones some only come every few hundred years . |
| 18 | Usually , if the speed is low , you only have a few seconds either to lower the nose or to reduce the amount of airbrake to avoid a bad landing . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I only have a few thousand invested , but it is very worrying when you can not get your money back , and there is no way of knowing how long it might be or how much I will get back . ’ |
| 20 | These wonderful , exotic recipes can be prepared ahead and then frozen — so you only have a few finishing touches to add |
| 21 | £50000 does not go very far in TV , except on one or two small regional stations ; it is quite difficult , as the cigarette companies find , to spend £1 million plus on a brand without using TV at all : if you only have a few hundred pounds to spend there are few press media in which you can consider full pages or even moderately large sizes . |
| 22 | Having two types of procedure , command and processing , that only have a few functions in common , is annoying . |
| 23 | Work carried out in the area of ergonomics takes account of the fact that most drivers only have a few tenths of a second to give an order or read information . |
| 24 | Edwina Currie and Simon Hughes not only have the same face , voice and mannerisms — they are in fact the same person : creations of a con- and drag-artist who dreamed up the idea to draw two salaries , and now wishes he had n't . |
| 25 | It will take me six to eight matches to get fit — I 've played four so far so , hopefully , I only need a few more . |
| 26 | So , I , I think those sheets are fabulous , but you only need a few of them . |