Example sentences of "only [adv] slightly [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE number and value of management buy-outs and management buy-ins in 1992 augured well for the future of the market , according to research published yesterday , though the number of transactions increased only very slightly over the total for 1991 , writes Bill Millar . |
| 2 | They vary only very slightly across all six companies but the most common thing is that that we wo n't send people out |
| 3 | It is held there and is permitted ( or forced ) to move only very slightly to and fro — though in very complicated ways — by the influences , sometimes combined , sometimes separate , of that variety of proximate gravities exerted by the sun , the moon and the nearer planets . |
| 4 | Only very slightly at first , but increasingly as time goes by . |
| 5 | Mrs Costello-Roberts said she was ‘ disappointed to a certain degree by the decision ’ but she added : ‘ The fact that the vote of the judges was only very slightly against us does show that we were taken very seriously . ’ |
| 6 | Wendy Costello-Roberts , who brought the case , said she was disappointed , but added : ‘ The fact that the vote of the judges was only very slightly against us does show that we were taken very seriously . ’ |
| 7 | For bean cuisine there are many varieties , differing in shape and colour , but only very slightly in flavour . |