Example sentences of "[be] only a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there it had been only a matter of time until he was given his own prison . |
| 2 | But Cousins stresses they are only a part of community care . |
| 3 | I mean Christmas ones are only a couple of foot apart , there 's only about that much between them , you know ? |
| 4 | Although there are only a handful of breeding peregrines known in the Lothians , there are sites where they have been seen regularly at the start of the breeding season , and then mysteriously disappeared . |
| 5 | On the contrary , the rules of Equity are only a sort of supplement or appendix to the Common Law ; they assume its existence but they add something further . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 'm only a sort of stooge , ’ said John . |
| 7 | The idea that speech coding in memory may be only a subset of motor memory processes , including sign language behaviour , opens up a new possibility for psychological research . |
| 8 | ‘ On receipt of this letter , do n't write to me any more ; it will be only a waste of time . |
| 9 | The lack of liquid refreshment during a two hour meeting could be seen as a lack of courtesy and , if this occurs again , it is suggested that a tactful reference to the need for a drink be made during the meeting — the result may be only a glass of water , but that is better than nothing ! |
| 10 | Suffering happens , is not chosen , is a ‘ misfortune ’ ; shall we say that , since by nature attention quickens only as a function of the organism striving towards its goals , the optimum of internal and external stimulation to awareness can be only a matter of chance ? |
| 11 | With luck it may be only a matter of time . |
| 12 | So it looks as though hpGRF and hypothalamic GRF are the same thing in these species , and it should be only a matter of time before it is from the hypothalamus as well . |
| 13 | All that has happened in tokamaks has been consistent with the 1970 view , formulated by Lev Artsimovich , that achieving the conditions required for thermonuclear ignition in tokamaks would be only a matter of time and of larger machines and the development of ways of heating the plasma . |
| 14 | And it was easy to believe that the evidence for test-tube fusion was fairly solid , good enough that it would be only a matter of time before it was proven definitively , especially with the BYU people already claiming to have some independent evidence . |
| 15 | It can be only a matter of time before stories of patients being denied care because of lack of resources are in the headlines . |
| 16 | Now that good double blind studies have proved its worth — which Kay chooses to ignore — the technique is becoming increasingly available under the NHS , and it can be only a matter of time before his conversion is assured . |
| 17 | It seems to be only a matter of time before sufficient urification is achieved routinely to permit the full range of diagnosis based on the polymerase chain reaction as above . |
| 18 | If such secret missives were sealed personally by him it might be only a matter of time before Wolsey 's enemies at court and parliament began to point the accusing finger in his direction . |
| 19 | It ought to be only a matter of time before the brothers are forced to sell the company . |
| 20 | At the age of 26 , it could be only a matter of time before Falconer completes the full set of international honours . |
| 21 | At the age of 26 , it could be only a matter of time before Falconer completes the full set of international honours . |
| 22 | It may be only a matter of time before goals trigger outbreaks of mass aerobics and the odd square dance . |
| 23 | However , where the charge had been well laid before the magistrate , on its face bringing itself within his jurisdiction , any error would be only an error within jurisdiction . |
| 24 | If it were only a matter of alcohol , would a body care ? |
| 25 | And which is natural because you know , the very early motor cars were only a sort of toy for the rich as it were and er when it came to you see er grocer 's vans or , or er laundry vans made out of old pr private cars . |
| 26 | You were only a sort of number in a bakery and er worked at a table along with the rest . |
| 27 | The physics department would tell you that chemistry 's only a bit of physics anyway . |
| 28 | Oh , so it 's only a bit of corn . |
| 29 | And it 's only a bit of entertainment , and we must really stand up and say this is our game and , it belongs to us ! |
| 30 | The mind reels at such extremes of scale , yet the man responsible dismisses it lightly : ‘ It 's only a bit of fun . ’ |