Example sentences of "only [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reflecting the connection between good teaching and its management and good learning , institutional statements about the principles of in-service work include , as an example , " The ultimate aim of all in-service education for teachers is the improvement of pupil/student learning through the development of teachers as reflective , autonomous professionals who have not only developed a range of skills but also a broad knowledge of understanding of subject content and of the conceptual framework of teaching and learning . " |
| 2 | Frances not only developed a love for foreign food but an obsession for flying : |
| 3 | The forms of written languages undergo constant evolution — as an example , we need only compare a piece of medieval script with a modern printed newspaper . |
| 4 | The tunic only lacked a head and the tops of the shoulders . |
| 5 | New technology and more international competition will eventually create more jobs than they destroy , as they have for the past two centuries , if they are only given a chance to work . |
| 6 | The British complained when they were only given a quarter of new EC fishing quotas despite providing sixty per cent of the fishing grounds . |
| 7 | Notice they are not only given a reason for observing , which , of course , gives their spectator role a frame through which to watch , but there is also a hint of some responsibility they might have to carry — a necessary engagement is then ensured . |
| 8 | I 've only given a hint of what you 'll get as a Hilton Club member . |
| 9 | 2 Novella was n't only drawing a veil over her beauty , but over her femaleness , synonymous — in the descendance of Eve — with seductiveness ; and , even more fatally , with folly . |
| 10 | Once bitten twice shy , and a man only tackles a hell-cat once in his life . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm only suggesting a possibility . |
| 12 | We 're only suggesting a start on this project but the attitude of mind , our mind , in taking that particular step is important . |
| 13 | Now clearly it makes no sense you might be up to producing the Toyota Corollas in a three hundred acre plant , erm , near Derby right but we ca n't employ the same techniques in production er when we 're making agricultural why not well essentially we 're using land , we 're using land intensively alright and there comes a point when , erm you reach dis-economies of scale and start er accruing dis-economies of scale in agricultural production and that scale of plant is very , very small but after about well it depends what type of production er what type of product you 're making but , you know , there are n't many farms over five thousand hectares , now five thousand hectares is a huge farm , it 's massive alright but it still only produces a fraction of , say U K output cos there 's several million hectares of erm but the reason why you do n't see these very large farms is that you just do n't reap the economies of scale alright , because essentially we need land erm and you 're farm gets so big that it would take you half the day to drive your combine harvester over to the , the other side of th your farm just to erm , to harvest the , the wheat right . |
| 14 | Simon suggests , ‘ only using a cheque book for household bills and so on . |
| 15 | Most d-i-yers will probably be less demanding , often only using a heat gun when they have just moved home , or to redecorate a room . |
| 16 | ‘ He 'll only think a weasel got it , ’ said Lydia . |
| 17 | The head of an agency can not typically ensure that his subordinates behave in a way that is exactly specified ; he can only design a policy to which they respond , and his perception of their response shapes the design . |
| 18 | But , as Heydon says , judges attach little significance to the point and it really only plays a part if , as in Dickson 's case , one side refuses to adduce any evidence of reasonableness at all . |
| 19 | It only became a god in Hellenistic times when it was worshipped under the name ‘ Aion ’ , but that signified a sacred , eternal time which was very different from ordinary time , chronos . |
| 20 | Yet Louth-born Wilkinson was a midfield player as a schoolboy and only became a forward by accident . |
| 21 | Your Lord if one turns to the issues of reference , er the commercial quarters as we discussed yesterday should only make a reference if it 's necessary to do so in order to resolve the case and has the discretion whether to make a reference under article one seven , seven |
| 22 | Lois will only make a profit or loss under the second strategy when there are changes in relative prices . |
| 23 | It may sound priggish , but she says it 's unwise to go against one 's nature , its fundamental requirements , she knew that she could only make a go of it , a real go — and that was what she wanted — with some very extraordinary kind of man , and she had n't met him yet . |
| 24 | In future students will be under the control of the Education rather than the Service side , and will only make a service contribution of 20 per cent of the student 's time ( approximately 6 months of the 3 year period ) . |
| 25 | They will only make a court order if there are major problems . |
| 26 | Of course they can only make a living in this way if they are faster than other dealers in the market . |
| 27 | It is suggested that this is an addition to a breach of CA 1985 , s263 which provides that the vendor can only make a distribution out of profits available for the purpose . |
| 28 | This provides that a court may only make a care order if it is satisfied that the child concerned is suffering significant harm . |
| 29 | A court can only make a care or supervision order if satisfied : ( a ) that the child concerned is suffering , or is likely to suffer significant harm ; and ( b ) that the harm , or likelihood of harm is attributable to : ( i ) the care given to the child , or likely to be given to him if the order were not made , not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ; or ( ii ) the child being beyond parental control ( s31 ) . |
| 30 | If Gran wakes , she 'll only want a glass of water . ’ |