Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] only the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be deep enough for the fish to bury the shell with only the opening showing . |
| 2 | These figures , emanating from the Council of Mortgage Lenders , are challenged by Janet Ford who claims that they underestimate the number of people in arrears because they rely upon cross-sectional data , drawn from the experience of only the largest mortgage lenders . |
| 3 | This family is characterised by the disk being ill-defined or constricted with the arms appearing to continue to the centre of the disk in some genera ; the disk may be covered with skin or a dense coating of granules ; the long and narrow radial shields ; the reduced papillae on the jaw with only the apical papillae well developed and the oral papillae small , like enlarged granules ; the genital slits situated vertically on the sides of the disk ; the arms long and covered with skin or granules . |
| 4 | Furthermore , small-degree partial melting in the presence of only the main upper-mantle mineral phases ( assuming plagioclase is not involved ) should not produce a positive correlation between U/Pb and Ce/Pb ( Fig. 3 c ) on the basis of published mineral-melt distribution coefficients . |
| 5 | The Prince , momentarily forgetting his orders for Sharpe to change into Dutch uniform , dominated the luncheon conversation as he eagerly expressed his wish that the French would attack before the Duke returned from his meeting with the Prussians , for then the Prince could defeat the enemy with only the help of his faithful Dutch troops . |
| 6 | Benefits of RDS as a source of traffic information have penetrated the consciousness of only the relative few making top-of-the-range car-radio purchases . |
| 7 | Wright J. held that the agent who had no general occupation as an agent , who normally bought and sold goods on his own account and who was the agent for only the one principal , was nevertheless a mercantile agent . |
| 8 | The thought of drifting along in the sunbeams , under the willow of the brook with only the frogs and water-rats to keep her company , filled her with glee . |
| 9 | A month ago , the all-Union Supreme Soviet voted against discussing the issue by only the narrowest of margins . |
| 10 | This appears to envisage rules which require the disclosure of only the arrangements for the payment of commission and not of the actual amount . |
| 11 | Then skipper Andy Townsend blasted the ball over the bar with only the keeper to beat . |
| 12 | He stood up and left the room with only the barest nod at both of them . |
| 13 | The referees are very strict at the line-out with only the jumpers allowed to get across . |
| 14 | Ask a follower of the warbird movement to ‘ decline ’ the sub-types of the Fw 190 and that will be done ; marks of Spitfire will be no problem ; who built B–17s and the distinguishing items of a ‘ G ’ — easy ; principal Italian fighter aircraft will also come to the tip of the tongue with only the occasional stutter . |
| 15 | Already Chelsea fans are talking with conviction about the club winning the championship for only the second time in its history . |
| 16 | With Britain 's other 1500 metres hope , Kevin McKay , also missing out , we do n't have a runner in the final for only the second time this century . |
| 17 | Hanging on the door is a dressing gown and in the wardrobe a change of clothes given to her when she arrived in the refuge with only the clothes she stood up in and a shopping bag . |
| 18 | What marks the ‘ explanation ’ range is the assertion of only the weak determinism involved in claiming that similar effects always occur in similar conditions . |
| 19 | In cases like these local landowners allowed the construction of only the minimum number of houses needed to accommodate their permanently employed labour force , often in ‘ estate villages ’ . |
| 20 | Later , much later , they breakfasted out on the balcony with only the Portuguese gardeners near by to disturb their peace . |