Example sentences of "[conj] [det] is only a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be stressed that this is only a possibility ( and that the explanation has been very much simplified ) , but more and more researches are showing that it probably approximates to the truth . |
| 2 | It should be remembered that this is only a qualification on the foreign business carve-out ; if the investment business from the non-UK office with customers in the UK falls outside the carve-out , because it actually constitutes regulated business , the general COB Rules will apply in the normal way . |
| 3 | On the other hand , where severance of the subject matter is envisaged under the contract and property is to pass at this time , it is possible to argue that this is only a sale of goods ( see Kursell v Timber Operators and Contractors Ltd [ 1927 ] 1 KB 298 ) . |
| 4 | There 's a stretch-steel tension in the normally soothing make-up room , where nine intently concentrating make-up girls are tending the terrified contestants — and this is only a dress-run . |
| 5 | I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force . |
| 6 | So my suggestion and this is only a suggestion , the beards which in the past have been interpreted as a kind of erm epigrammatic signal , in other words a kind of erm sign on the face of the male as they 're deceived , my guess is that , th that beards may actually have evolved to protect the throat because erm the critical thing in , in killing somebody is to block the , the windpipe and that 's and in fact even , even lions do this , you saw in the film when a lion kills an antelope or something , he does n't go to all the trouble of making horrible gashes , he grabs the , the windpipe and holds on until the antelope or whatever it is is just er |
| 7 | ‘ In another location I would probably have a full dining room every night , but that is only a part of what is important to me . |
| 8 | This can be seen throughout Formen in his struggles with the word ‘ property ’ , but that is only a beginning . |
| 9 | But that is only a reason for saying that the value is not really there in the world if we presuppose a scientistic view of reality for which it is of itself necessarily ‘ motivationally inert ’ and cognizable in a manner which has nothing essentially to do with being attracted or repelled by it . |
| 10 | The heads of the different divisions might feel that it should be so but that is only a claim of ego and emotion . |
| 11 | Dedicated football fan that he is , Anderson attempts to give advice to Crisp and Broadbent in a long and excited utterance , but this is only a part of the whole picture because his enthusiasm for the topic , implicated by the length of the turn , conflicts with the hesitancy he also displays . |
| 12 | Perhaps the blocking antibodies are all-important and can cope with the increased antigenic differences in hybrids , but this is only a speculation , and more work needs to be done . |
| 13 | But this is only a ground for drawing a strong contrast between them and ‘ primary qualities ’ like shape , for those who , like Mackie , take a strong realist line about the latter which I find unacceptable . |
| 14 | It may be possible to devise a system for including greater objectivity into descriptions , and Dr Peacock has been very helpful in laying down guidelines , which it is hoped will be published before long , but this is only a step in the right direction towards a fuller understanding of manufacturing processes , marketing and distribution , and the size and historical development of each industry . |