Example sentences of "[adv] be only [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The average amount of sunshine the vines receive annually is only 1,537 hours ( Bordeaux : 2,07I hours ) spread over 289 days . |
| 2 | Son of a Scots father , the marine insurance broker John Farquhar Mackay , and a German mother , Louise Auguste Mackay née Ehlers , John Henry Mackay was born in Greenock on 8 February 1864 and so was only nineteen months old when his father died there on 11 September 1865 . |
| 3 | The diplomatic collections referred to above are only one example of them ; others are such convenient scholarly compilations as the Chatham House collection of documents on the Comintern . |
| 4 | It should also be recognised that risk data will normally be only one input into business decisions , and many of the other factors will be essentially qualitative . |
| 5 | So , if you 're looking for a hotel with great amenities , and a good atmosphere whilst still being only 15 minutes walk from the long , sandy beach and Lloret 's rocking nightlife , then look no further for Summer ‘ 90 ! |
| 6 | Up to the start of the 1970s , there had really been only two approaches : Idealism and Realism . |
| 7 | While it seems that there may often be only one candidate , especially for longer words , there will be more than one on a significant number of occasions . |
| 8 | Can it really be only two years since he was taking 4 for 36 for England against the Windward Islands ? |
| 9 | Can it really be only 18 months ago that the Surrey opening bowler was dispatching Martin Crowe in successive one-day internationals ? |
| 10 | There could now be only one outcome : war . |
| 11 | For if there really is only one version of good primary practice then it becomes obvious that everyone should subscribe to it . |
| 12 | There may well be only six runners in the King George , but as long as Desert Orchid runs the faithful will be there . |
| 13 | I do n't know if Billy 's got , cos I du n no if we 're getting stuff down again I du n no what we 're doing , it all depends , it all depends what I want , cos their chicken , chickens , chicken down there are only one pound odd |
| 14 | Jacques Delors and his mates should note there are only two things which unite Europe hatred for each other and the influence of America . |
| 15 | But I 'm gon na have to there are only two girls in the lower sixth . |
| 16 | If they win the semi-final and final next month they will represent the town in the area finals and then be only two steps away from the Wembly final . |
| 17 | During the 11-year period 1973–83 , there were 228 changes in the composition of the S&P500 index ( Harris and Gurel , 1986 ) , although for the ten-year period 1980–9 there were only eight changes in the constituents of the Nikkei Stock Average . |
| 18 | After the severe winter of 1946–7 there were only eight cows and five bulls in the herd , but there are now perhaps 50 animals altogether and they are owned and protected by the Chillingham Wild Cattle Association , a registered charity which bought the herd on the death of the eighth Earl in 1972 . |
| 19 | He said that from 1991–1992 there were only five times when intensive care patients had to be transferred to other hospitals in the region , but in April and May this year alone there had been five cases . |
| 20 | But two hundred Woodbines in there is only twelve pounds something . |
| 21 | A relation is many-to-one if several elements can stand in that relation to some other element , but for each of these there is only one element to which they can stand in that relation . |
| 22 | Ask any player who has been unfortunate enough to fire a ball into the thick marram grass of a dune on a links and he 'll tell you there is only one way out — pick it up and start again . |
| 23 | Unfortunately in some cases there will either be only two connectors or there wo n't be sufficient space on the cable to accommodate the drives in their bays . |