Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] only [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take one example , if Britain stopped burning fossil fuels altogether , the world 's output of carbon dioxide — some 6 billion tonnes a year — would fall by only 160m tonnes . |
| 2 | The monthly contribution of this department ( £5,000 ) , subject to a special machine being introduced into the department at a hire cost of £4,000 per year , would fall by only 20% of its current level as a result of the reduction in the labour force . |
| 3 | As originally disclosed by the Guardian , the estimated value of the tax concessions alone offered at one point during the negotiations was close to £35 million , while the European Commission was led to believe that BAe would benefit by only £25 million from the easing of tax restrictions . |
| 4 | It was considered that rough copper was costing at that time £3 : 15s : 0d to produce but would sell for only £2 : 16s : 0d at the most . |
| 5 | In principle this is 8m x 8m ( 9.5yd x 9.5yd ) but in practice it may shrink to only 7m x 7m ( 8.3yd x 8.3yd ) in order to fit enough areas in the available space . |
| 6 | For example , when the market index rises by 10% , kryptonite futures prices may increase by 20% ( a ratio of 2 ) , while the price of phlogiston futures may increase by only 5% ( a ratio of a half ) . |
| 7 | Assume , for the moment , no increase in the relative price of medical care : the ratio of public spending ( excluding debt-interest payments ) to GDP will rise by only 8% in Britain , from 33% to 36% . |
| 8 | House prices will rise by only 2% over the rest of the year , thanks to rising unemployment and the large number of house repossessions , said UBS Phillips & Drew , a firm of stockbrokers . |