Example sentences of "[be] only the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had been only the Empress and a Court clique who desired war , things might have turned out differently , but given the wave of bellicosity which swept the entire nation , it would have required a miracle to produce a peaceful end to the crisis . |
| 2 | Socially , though , he and Karen , who taught part-time at a girls ' school in Headington , were both from a lower-middle-class , comp/tech background , and it may not have been only the fearsome price of property in the North Oxford heartlands which had put them off moving there . |
| 3 | Had it been only the interests of traders that were being considered , there would have been no need for Britain to have responded to the competitive challenge of other European states by formalizing and expanding her own empire , with all that this entailed in provoking international tensions , arms expenditures , and general insecurity . |
| 4 | But that had been only the start : a test of the young man 's potential . |
| 5 | This seemed to strike and sober them … a thing which to all of them was so familiar , and to many had been only the subject of coarse jest . |
| 6 | But that , unusual though it was , had been only the outline , the skeletal framework of the man . |
| 7 | It had been an uncomfortable and disturbing sensation and he was still wondering whether it had n't been only the incense , the spring evening , and nostalgia for his boyhood . |
| 8 | I am only the carrier . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course I am only the humble second wife . |
| 10 | After all , ’ he said lazily , ‘ I am only the carpenter . ’ |
| 11 | has already crapped himself about the visit cause extra work of course but er the er however we should er revert maybe we 'll keep an eye on the schedule and things er but we we need to tie it up tight so we do n't get a cos I mean what 's being said now in the corridors of power is that the schedule is totally sales driven and it 's the sales department that 's put it together , I am only the administrator , I only I d I completely take my orders from the sales department quote unquote in front of everybody at the management meeting . |
| 12 | I am only the Prince of Cordia . ’ |
| 13 | But in Saussure 's system there are only the two terms , Signifier and Signified , with nothing in the third column . |
| 14 | Those are only the most overt changes advocated in the review papers . |
| 15 | Elections , however , are only the first step . |
| 16 | But for now there are only the empty frames on the walls of the cinema and the rich maroon emulsion they are set against . |
| 17 | The meetings are only the most visible signs of a thaw in the relationship — previously something close to undeclared war — between the Yard and the Labour authorities since Sir Peter 's accession in 1987 . |
| 18 | There are only the most macabre nursery overtones to these mice waiting — naked or in striped concentration camp pyjamas — to be shot , starved , clubbed or gassed . |
| 19 | Transmission problems are only the beginning . |
| 20 | Once here , there are only the most menial jobs open to them — shop-girls , domestic servants , seamstresses . |
| 21 | But these are only the most typical configurations . |
| 22 | The cases of the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four are only the best known in what is a disturbingly long list . |
| 23 | The images that we make are not themselves beautiful , they are only the cages in which we trap the living birds and butterflies of beauty . |
| 24 | The world is a treasure house of free delights ; beyond music and poetry are painting and sculpture and these are only the arts ; the joys that come from the mystics compared to those from the arts are like seeing masterpieces instead of prints . |
| 25 | Our experiments with Zeta are only the first milestone along what may be a longish road , and we can not see the end of the road . |
| 26 | Many of the sounds we hear emanating from insects , for example , are only the bottom end of a spectrum of sound signals much of which lie above the auditory frequencies to which our ears are attuned . |
| 27 | Although trading standards officers have the power to seize fake goods — and prosecute both the manufacturer and seller — they admit the ones they catch are only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 28 | The Surrey Puma and the Exmoor Beast are only the most famous of these . |
| 29 | Inputs are thus of great practical importance , but they are only the means , not the ends , of competitive endeavour . |
| 30 | Remember that the facts are only the starting point : you will have a number of assumptions to justify and several courses of action to consider before you submit your final recommendation . |