Example sentences of "only give [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vincent had up to then only given vague hints about his relationship with Sien . |
| 2 | In view of Alain 's remarks on the subject she felt quite honoured , even though she was only given small tasks . |
| 3 | Our course makes no serious attempt to cover all areas that could reasonably come under the electronic publishing umbrella — database publishing , network information services , and ( perhaps more seriously ) CD-ROM publishing techniques are only given passing mentions . |
| 4 | Locke does suggest , indeed , erm and erm the example that , the rather silly example that I just gave is meant to bring this out , erm that of course those who have only given tacit consent are not full members of that civil society . |
| 5 | views that hold a good life to be readily achievable only in certain well-defined types of social structure , or only in a society that works concertedly for the realization of certain higher human capacities and the suppression of baser ones , or only given certain types of economic relations among men . |
| 6 | LIFESPAN users have three attempts to logon to LIFESPAN , except the LIFESPAN user , MANAGER , who is only given one attempt . |
| 7 | Martin Pipe saddles Tel-Echo , who looked a promising prospect last season when only given two outings . |
| 8 | ( Why has he only given magic mushrooms four for euphoria , when Collis Brownes gets five ? ) |
| 9 | It can have come about , in fact , only given human knowledge of relevant facts — presumably , of the ill-effects of in-breeding . |
| 10 | The Home Office has previously only given national rape statistics and none on indecent assaults , fearing it would increase women 's worries . |
| 11 | In organisations people are only given sufficient power to carry out their responsibilities effectively . |
| 12 | the crews of the cutters did not always see the completed puzzle , and for obvious reasons were only given sufficient information on a need-to-know basis . |
| 13 | Her acceptance of this role has not only given enormous pleasure to the membership but it has conferred upon the Association a status in society and an endorsement which only the seal of Royal Patronage can do . |
| 14 | These can only give extra benefits to those legal rights just discussed and are not permitted to affect them . |
| 15 | The tenant , however , need only give such notice as satisfies the terms of the lease . |
| 16 | They might be sold for 70 GCs for their metal value , but most Imperial money-changers will only give one shilling in the crown for them . |
| 17 | Choose a punchcard which , according to your manual , is suitable for knitweave and which will only give medium length floats . |
| 18 | The cost of this project to the town has been £20,698 and Mr. Downham hoped that it would not only give much enjoyment , but would be treated with respect by all , so that it can be enjoyed for many years . |
| 19 | We can only give cursory attention to these here but more details are given in books by Tukey ( 1977 ) and Velleman and Hoaglin ( 1981 ) . |
| 20 | A third sack holds 1,882 Kislevite gold roubles — Imperial money-changers will only give 1 GC for 3 of these . |
| 21 | They can not be too strict about this relationship , for the score , whether commissioned or arranged , will only give some flavour of the traditional ways of singing and dancing . |
| 22 | He would only give considered opinions . |
| 23 | Even if we take the general figure of 50 mm ( 2 in ) per 1000 years for limestone solution used in Chapter 7 it would still only give 3 m ( 10 ft ) of lowering , which is again not enough . |
| 24 | On my word your Notion is not amiss ( and by the way I 'll not forget it ) I will only give this Sheet to the Bookseller , and wait on you if you 'll tell me where . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We depend on Unprofor for oil supplies to fuel the generators around the city , but they only give small amounts and are refusing to give us newsprint . ’ |
| 26 | so he said it 's across the board put four thousand quid 's worth off him the other day and I only give fifty pence off he said so I ca n't do much for you . |
| 27 | The advantages that they are getting are admirable and important but reforms that only give these advantages to a select minority can not be called fair . |
| 28 | Only give these drinks with meals and dilute the juice by AT LEAST the same amount of water . |
| 29 | They have , however , a mammoth task and only give detailed attention to a limited number of the statutory instruments that are put before Parliament . |
| 30 | Like his big brother paratroopers , our favourite Teddy deserves a decent flying outfit , if only to give extra comfort on the occasion of that terrifying first drop into the void . |