Example sentences of "[adj] [be] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electrodes for that are only linked up at intervals , of course , since they have to be directly attached to his scalp . |
| 2 | My dad says there are really good routes worth doing that are only V.Diff and that 's all he ever wants to take me up , but I just do n't want to know . |
| 3 | The consequences of that are only too apparent in cases such as that of Andrew Docherty . |
| 4 | Predictions for 1993 are only marginally better , hence the emphasis on efficiency and cost reduction will be stronger than ever . |
| 5 | or The French Lieutenant 's Woman , but few are only empty , ludic or disjunct from history . |
| 6 | As an OECD study notes the borderline between public and private enterprises is difficult to draw … some enterprises are more public than others , some are only nominally public and have all the essential characteristics of private organizations ' ( 1985 : 75 ) . |
| 7 | The 2 are only likely to achieve equal funding when the distinctions which separate them are gone . |
| 8 | However , models based on subtracting one proportion from another are only acceptable for proportions in the middle of the range . |
| 9 | Give my respect and thanks to the author , whose novel is the first English one and the French are only romances now , that I have been able to read for many a day . |
| 10 | Issues regarding the ethnic minority dimensions of ageing are only now beginning to be addressed in Britain . |
| 11 | Here in the UK we are used to major variations in water chemistry from area to area despite this being only a small country ; the huge Amazon system , however , consists generally of soft and acid waters . |
| 12 | Despite this being only their fourth gig , Hyperhead have gone way past the ‘ influenced by ’ stage and instead shovel the relevant parts of recent musical history into a blast furnace . |
| 13 | The French were only ready to discuss a common market if it provided them with a high tariff ‘ wall ’ against outsiders and if there were complicated measures to guarantee equality of competition between members . |
| 14 | Some were only as big as a chicken , while others grew to a length of about 5 metres . |
| 15 | Some were only slight , but others , like his York Minster with Bootham Bar for Brooke Bond Tea , were extremely popular . |
| 16 | Some were only on a month 's loan . |
| 17 | The majority of the works in the show are so new that some were only delivered the day before the exhibition started . |
| 18 | There is one sort of Chinese perspective , seen as in the West from a level viewpoint , but this is only one of three treatments of space representation . |
| 19 | But this is only one aspect of the bifurcation he describes . |
| 20 | If towing is permitted with only a wing-tip man , it is vital that the pilots all recognise that this is only safe if the ground is more or less level and the wind is very light . |
| 21 | A minimum safe speed for most gliders is the minimum cruising speed , but this is only safe at height , where there is time for recovery if a stall occurs . |
| 22 | However , this is only possible when the coach really knows the karateka . |
| 23 | This is only the beginning of the neurophysiologist 's metaphysical problems . |
| 24 | This is only possible for those receiving Income Support . |
| 25 | Where a rural freight branch has survived , this is only because of the presence of a major user , such as Blue Circle Cement at Eastgate , Associated Octel at Amlwch and Esso at Fawley . |
| 26 | I draw attention to their provenance because commentators have focused on the family-magazine question , on the attempt , that is , to get the chapter past Katkov in some shape or form , and I think this is only half the story . |
| 27 | Yet this is only part of his argument . |
| 28 | Even if this is only one of possible readings , these stanzas and the poem as a whole surely represent an extraordinarily searching and painful exploration of what may be involved , for people of today , in the Virgilian pietas . |
| 29 | They say this is only one of several options . |
| 30 | But this is only available where the council or inspector has either misinterpreted the law or not followed the proper procedures . |