Example sentences of "only [verb] at the " in BNC.

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1 But without proper government action , they only scratch at the problem .
2 The two smaller ‘ outlier ’ setts would have been completely destroyed by the planned construction work , and so were completely excavated , while the third was only excavated at the end to be affected by the construction .
3 Therefore , high concentrations of soluble calcium can only exist at the relatively low pH of the proximal small intestine , or when no phosphate is present , as can be derived from the observed negative correlation between the logarithm of the solubility product of calcium phosphate and the pH of faecal water .
4 Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment .
5 However , because ‘ newly-born ’ micelles can only arise at the expense of the preexisting ones ( there is a finite amount of water in the system that must be shared between all the micelles ) , the average radius of the micelles decreases .
6 Thus the cost of a path can not increase , it can only stay at the same level or decrease , and the algorithm is admissible .
7 I only eat at the Vetch-Retch these days when someone else is paying , which is much the same as saying when England wins at cricket .
8 He did not seem to like it very much either , but he was perfectly good-natured and only jibbed at the dressing up .
9 The first line only starts at the left-hand margin .
10 However , for all the splendours of the Monument Valley scenery and Fonda 's tight-lipped moral integrity , there is a downside to his crusade , which is only won at the cost of the lives of two of his brothers and involves the death of Doc Holliday ( Victor Mature ) , a noble outlaw who gets washed away by bullets and consumption along with the bad elements .
11 However , a few managers , probably because of the pressure of work , had only looked at the business plan the night before . ’
12 Now , being left-handed I 'm well used to the pitfalls : reading reviews of great-looking and top quality guitars only to find at the end of the review , ‘ No left-handers available ’ or , more niggling , ‘ 10% extra ’ .
13 On each of her periods at Hillmarden he had still clung to the faint hope that she was improving , only to find at the end of a week or a fortnight she had made no progress at all and that when Harry — good baby that he was — occasionally cried , this was enough to make Celia so distraught that Brian was forced to accept that it was better for all concerned if mother and baby remained parted .
14 I 'm sorry Mr , I think we have to press you on this , can I can I take it from what you have said We have to press you because for the reasons we explained on Friday morning , we have to go through the sector sites , if only to find at the end it can not be done .
15 At very least this habit will get us out of a rigid frame of mind which only looks at the problem in away determined by experience .
16 It is only on these rare occasions that I see zander fighting deep down in the water for most are only seen at the netting stage due to the colour of the water that they are generally caught in .
17 In some cases gastric metaplasia was only seen at the tips of ( stunted ) villi ( Fig 1 ) .
18 Cost accounts are only prepared at the discretion of the directors of the company and are not a legal requirement .
19 The company is not required by law or accountants and auditors to provide management accounts and they are only prepared at the discretion of the company .
20 The full horror of Crocker 's position was only revealed at the end of 1984 .
21 If the application to amend is only made at the hearing , if it will prejudice the opposing party , especially if it shifts the burden of proof it may be disallowed ( see Emin v Mustapha ( 1982 ) The Times , 24 October ) .
22 In his sermons the Chaplain of Cadets had only hinted at the existence of terrible ultimate anti-Gods which stalked the warp , seeking to spill through into the cosmos to corrupt precious reality — the antithesis of all that the Emperor stood for ; forces which Marines should pray that they never encountered .
23 Ultimately , however , it is easy for readers to charge that the mask was not penetrated , and therefore that we have only scratched at the surface .
24 It should be a condition , for anyone thinking about development to resist trying to infer how a structure develops by only looking at the final result .
25 No have a look , you 're only looking at the beginning of it here try again
26 John Heminges said they were dark , cruel plays , and that Will was only looking at the black side of people .
27 One of the most important areas of credit management is risk assessment , not only looking at the individual customer companies concerned , but also at the current financial background in which they operate .
28 On an acquisition level , it means only looking at the assets , market valuation and cash-flow rather than at the nature of the business .
29 He 's only looking at the pictures , he ca n't read really Eh what did you think of the dancing concert ?
30 His domination of the set was only threatened at the death when the Swede , trying anything in a do-or-die effort , pegged him back to deuce from 40-love when Becker served for the set at 5–4 .
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