Shadow health secretary Tim Yeo said the plans would only "scratch the surface" of the problem.

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Road repairs after severe weather on the Isle of Man will only "scratch the surface" of what needs to be done, according to the director of highways.

BBC: Manx road repairs will only 'scratch the surface'

Individual fixes like these only scratch the surface of the problem.

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But these services only scratch the surface of what is possible.

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That will make a welcome change, but it will only scratch the surface of the main problem: the misuse of criminal law at all levels for political or commercial ends.

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But entertainment only begins to scratch the surface of how important the tablet market truly is.

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Companies are only beginning to scratch the surface of what is possible with enterprise social fabric as a transformative communication platform.

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You only have to scratch the surface of Richmond's proud, bourgeois exterior to find the real economic difficulties that lie beneath.

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We still feel like we've only started to scratch the surface on what Sony's done here, so it's best if we dissect that in our full review.

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Even websites and blogs have been devoted to only this topic of tax structures, and seeing how I must intelligently submit this in so many words or less, I can only begin to scratch the surface of how the structure itself will be reformatted.

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