Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] only a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk . |
| 2 | The problems result from long-term exposure , so families who change homes every few years may not suffer because they are exposed to levels above the action level for only a short time . |
| 3 | A single kiln , for instance , probably implies a potter 's presence for only a short period in the life of a settlement some may even have been itinerant or at best semi-residential , moving on once local demand had been satisfied . |
| 4 | This will be the case where , for example , a minister stays in a government department for only a limited period of time . |
| 5 | Incidentally , I trust that the fretwire used is up to scratch ; I 've recently seen a few Korean guitars with very soft fretwire which would probably need a re-fret after only a short time . |
| 6 | LAGAN Valley Hospital can nearly double its workload with only a slight increase in costs , a public meeting has heard . |
| 7 | LAGAN Valley Hospital can nearly double its workload with only a slight increase in costs , a public meeting was told today . |
| 8 | Inside , she was like his stepfather 's room … dark and secret , allowing David into only a small part of it . |
| 9 | Temperatures will hover around eight to ten degrees celsius , that s forty six to fifty fahrenheit with only a moderate breeze . |
| 10 | Remembering always to carry her gas mask , stumbling home through the blackout with only a narrow beam of light from her torch to help her , and going to services in churches lit only by candles with a blackout curtain over the door . |
| 11 | Due to pressure on places the Faculties of Arts , Law , Medicine and Social Sciences are able to offer deferred entry to only a small proportion of applicants . |
| 12 | B enjoys the full-hearted support of only a small percentage of the PLP . |
| 13 | The next day use two pieces of dry food as a first course , the next day use four and so on , gradually increasing the size of the first course until the dog 's meal comprises a huge first course of dry food followed by a minuscule second course of only a single nugget of dry food garnished with some juicy brown food as a reward for cleaning its bowl . |
| 14 | Atrophy explains the presence of only a single well-developed anal vein in Anisopus ( Fig. 34 ) and other Diptera , while the occurrence in this genus of a single vein R2+3 , in place of the separate veins R2 and R3 , is due to coalescence . |
| 15 | Comment on any difficulties caused by ( a ) the lack of index registers , ( b ) the presence of two instructions per word , and ( c ) the provision of only a single conditional jump instruction . |
| 16 | As he pointed out to me , the port and other government officials , also the navy and military personnel , came and went , generally posted south for only a short period , whereas he was a permanent fixture . |
| 17 | There is space at the top of the column for only a brief description of the activity . |
| 18 | Eva had a brand new wardrobe for only a small outlay . |
| 19 | Journalists must be told that this is a speculative lunch with only a small information content and that the general intent is to discuss the subject in broad terms with the injection of a few ideas from the PROs . |
| 20 | In March or April the flocks take on an even whiter appearance as the males moult into ‘ whiter than white ’ plumage with only a black mantle . |
| 21 | In therapeutic doses ( up to 4 g a day ) paracetamol undergoes glucuronidation and sulphation in the liver with only a small amount being metabolised by cytochromes to the toxic metabolite N -acetyl- p -benzoquinone imine , which is inactivated by hepatic glutathione . |
| 22 | A straightforward , attractive , and testable interpretation of Sag & Hankamer 's suggestion is that ellipses are interpreted with reference to only a representation of the superficial features of a text , while model interpretive anaphors are interpreted with reference to only a mental model . |
| 23 | The stop is a small burrow with only a single entrance . |
| 24 | Sir Adrian Cadbury is not one of those who subscribes to the popular theory that a truly professional manager can take over the helm of any type of business with only a superficial knowledge of the nuts and bolts . |
| 25 | Feeling grubby , and , she had to admit , starving hungry , and not at all liking the idea of hiding in her room with only a rumbling tummy for company , she had a quick wash , then changed into clean clothes . |
| 26 | ‘ Did you now ? ’ said Hilary , coming in to the sick bay , which was really no more than a scruffy little room with only a slight hospital smell about it to bespeak its function . |
| 27 | Nonetheless , many employers wish to concentrate for redundancy purposes upon only a particular segment of the work-force . |
| 28 | In effect this is already starting to happen through television concentration on a few top clubs with only a brief nod in the direction of the rest . |
| 29 | This predicted 91% of fetuses who became distressed in the first stage of labour , and combination with ultrasonographic estimation of the volume of amniotic fluid improved prediction to 100% with only a slight fall in specificity . |
| 30 | But these devices allow it to remain out of water for only a short time . |