Example sentences of "in only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second useful way of dating is through overstrikes , but these occur in only a few instances . |
| 2 | A car radioed in only a few minutes ago . |
| 3 | When tasting , pour in only a third of a glassful and use the following guidelines : |
| 4 | However , these were frequently in technical language and sold in only a few outlets ; and many clergy were not concerned with encouraging the laity to grapple with complex issues . |
| 5 | But neither should he allow in only a handful of those who are being persecuted in what used to be Yugoslavia . |
| 6 | Paul Keywood , 13 , and his 11-year-old brother Nathan saved the little boy 's life after discovering him in freezing conditions wrapped in only a towel . |
| 7 | Moneylenders were registered ; subject to some conditions over the way they did business ; they were able to advertise in only a very restricted way ( for example , they were not allowed to mention interest rates or repayment schedules ) ; and courts could re-open their loans , setting new terms , if they charged excessive interest and the original terms were ‘ harsh and unconscionable ’ . |
| 8 | This idea finds an echo in many African countries but assumes a Marxist-Leninist view of the economic and social order found in only a handful of African ruling élites . |
| 9 | Often simple tunes are ‘ showcased ’ harmonically and texturally , with elaborate introductions , interludes and codas , and clever instrumental interplay ; often , too , syncopation is applied rather mechanically and ‘ dirty ’ effects take a clichéd form ( for instance grass ‘ growls ’ and glissandos ) ; most dance-band ‘ improvised ’ solos are , as Adorno points out , improvised in only a very limited sense : they use stock patterns and depart very little from the written tune , and then by way of ‘ spicy ’ effects rather than inventive melodic construction . |
| 10 | he wrote in only a few important imitative leads — bars 17–18 , 25–26 , 30–34 and 97–105 — which suggests that the composer had yet to commit the remainder to paper . |
| 11 | According to Guth , the radius of the universe increased by a million million million million million ( 1 with thirty zeros after it ) times in only a tiny fraction of a second . |
| 12 | Some of these longer spinelets end in only a few points , others are shorter more rugose with a multipointed crown . |
| 13 | She was familiar enough with the garden by this time to return in only a few minutes with sheafs of colourful tropical blooms , and she arranged them in two big vases to make riotously informal bunches of colour that lacked classical form but would , she hoped , be pleasing to Faye 's artistic eye . |
| 14 | However , works produced in only a small number of copies are often not received in terms of the Copyright Act , and instead are purchased to ensure that a copy is added to the collection . |
| 15 | All econometric models are vast simplifications of reality , entailing several layers of approximation , and the economic theory available may in any case be very limited , or controversial , or capable of quantifying in only a rough-and-ready fashion . |
| 16 | In many situations turbulent motion occurs in only a limited region — that region in which high shear has been generated . |
| 17 | Although , as has been seen , a written agreement is required under the new SFA Rules in only a limited number of cases , firms may find that the use of a written agreement is useful for commercial reasons . |
| 18 | If two of you regurgitate the notes perfectly generally in line with answering the question but then one of you brings in only a few sentences saying , well this could be accounted for with di dum di dum or , if we think about learning and er behaviourism , this has something to say about that . |
| 19 | ‘ Euthanasia is seen as part of good terminal care , practised in only a few cases , the less the better , ’ said Prof Borst-Eilers . |
| 20 | In only a half a century , television bought violence has become a central theme to the life of our young people . |