Example sentences of "[adj] is only [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As we have noted , the South Pole lies about midway between Achernar and the Southern Cross , but this is only a rough guide , and the nearest brightish star to the polar point , Beta Hydri , is some distance away .
2 While the Carrion 's behaviour may appear to be significant — and the players will try hard to convince themselves that this is the case — this is only a spoiling attack to draw the adventurers ' attention to the Castle .
3 This is only a general rule .
4 Obviously this is only a general rule : in particular , where the goods are complicated , or where the normal course of dealing would so indicate , it may be relatively easy to establish that the parties did not intend their agreement to become binding until other details were finalised ; this issue is examined further in Chapter 4 , 6 below .
5 In either case the patient should be reassured that this is only a temporary measure .
6 Mr Costain explained : ‘ We have told the council this is only a temporary measure until we get an extension built at the club and strengthen the roofing .
7 This is only a temporary solution and there have been many attempts to organise more humane working systems .
8 whether this is only a temporary down-turn which may in the end not necessitate redundancies on the scale now envisaged ;
9 We do n't have any choice about that because this is only a single-engined job , so we 're not allowed to fly over built-up areas .
10 This is only a restricted definition of lefthandedness .
11 We know that this is only a small proportion of the people who are unemployed in this area but we hope we have made their Christmas a little bit more enjoyable .
12 There is every reason for more unmarried mothers receiving maintenance from the fathers of their children ; but this is only a small part of the problem .
13 This is only a small point , the Fun School 4 products have enough going for them to be recommended and are certainly good value for money — BUT to continue to compete with other quality software that is now appearing , this lack of consistency will need to be addressed .
14 Perhaps this is only a witty pleasantry ; it may also be the delight this woman takes in her young friend 's success .
15 It should be emphasised that this is only a tentative illustration .
16 There is a suggestion that the growth-controlling auxin gravitates to the bottom of the bough and this produces more wood on the compression face , but to me , this is only a partial answer .
17 Lower capacity utilization was also important for explaining the fall in the profit rate in the United States , though this is only a partial explanation .
18 Then , as long as this is only a mental exercise , try moving the concocted cliff atop an apartment building .
19 They 're only pigs , this is only a British abattoir , and they 're only on their way to the supermarket .
20 Normally this is only a minor irritation ( unless the controller suffers from migraine ) , and a few seconds later another transmission sorts the whole thing out .
21 This is only a minor reservation .
22 It seems a pity that the gun does not come with a reflector nozzle ( to work near window panes without cracking the glass , for example ) , but this is only a minor point .
23 Drill will , at best , produce learning and as we have seen , this is only a short term cure .
24 5 million children in lone-parent households but this is only a single snapshot count and the number of children currently estimated to be in step-families ( between 1 and 1 .
25 He achieves this by taking a central pillar in this tradition , Kant 's concept of the aesthetic as distanced contemplation which transcends the immediacy of experience , and demonstrating that this is only a single perspective , that of the dominant class .
26 But this is only a tongue-tip taste of the political dilemma Harrison faces .
27 This is only a marginal improvement , for even if a government stooge is avoided , the separate agency chairmen and members may still win control on important issues .
28 This is only a preliminary finding , based on the interviewer 's subjective assessment , but could be the basis for future research .
29 But this is only a basic set so I mean we 'll know when there 's a tube yeah
30 While not doubting the pharmacological dimension to drug-addiction , it is nevertheless true to say that in many cases this is only an external consequence of an existing internal dependency which is just as addictive , even though repressed .
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