Example sentences of "[be] only [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been only piecemeal policies of denationalization in 1979–83 , and indeed the Conservatives had been reluctant to replace state monopolies with privately-owned ones . |
| 2 | positional signals are only one kind of communication between cells . |
| 3 | New alignments between literature and history are only one feature of theory 's impact on readings of Renaissance texts . |
| 4 | These complexities are only one item of culture 's cost for managers in our sample companies . |
| 5 | 1.3 At the simplest level , we assume that there are only two types of element possible in human linguistically structured thought , entities and properties . |
| 6 | They are only two types of doubt among many others , but they introduce us directly to the heart of our problem . |
| 7 | Of course it can never be known whether the right answer has been reached ( unless somebody dredges up a ‘ living fossil ’ from the depths of the ocean ) — there are only varying degrees of probability . |
| 8 | But these are only indirect duties of kindness since our direct duty is not to animals but to our fellow human beings whose objections to cruelty constitute genuine rights against us . |
| 9 | Throughout his discussion , terms such as ‘ individual ’ or ‘ person ’ appear in quotation marks , to indicate that they are only convenient figures of speech , not to be confused with the subjects of bourgeois ideology . |
| 10 | There are only seven types of unit cell . |
| 11 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 12 | In fact , if every Briton decided to go to the seaside on the same day there would be only four inches of sand per person ! |
| 13 | But , then , we should give up the concept of " identical meanings " and accept that there can be only relative similarities of use , and hence only approximate , pragmatically testable , substitutability of certain expressions within similar contexts . |
| 14 | Being only eighteen years of age and relatively unversed in matters of state , Queen Victoria was much influenced by the Prime Minister , Viscount Melbourne , who held that office from 1835 to 1851 . |
| 15 | The anonymous writer of 1497 said that apart from London there were only two towns of importance in the country , Bristol and York , but in this he was misinformed , as it seems likely that Norwich , which had undoubtedly had a period of difficulties in the early fifteenth century , had begun to recover about 1465 or 1470 , and was on the way to becoming the second wealthiest city in the land , as it was in the 1520s . |
| 16 | However , when JS opened their first self service shop in Croydon in 195O , there were only two types of film available — a permeable film and a moisture-proof film that could be used to wrap products such as biscuits . |
| 17 | There were only two types of search — " Books about something " or " Specific books " ( Figure 5.1 ) . |
| 18 | Until recently there were only two categories of computer art ; bitmap graphics and vector graphics . |
| 19 | The course consisted mainly of volunteers for ‘ hostilities only ’ , most of which were only 18 years of age . |
| 20 | There were only rare moments of poise and calm as in Henry Herford 's Qui Tollis or the choruses opening Sanctus . |
| 21 | In China there were only 300 miles of railway in 1900 , although the figure reached 5,200 miles by 1910 . |
| 22 | It would be misleading to imply that there were only three strata of funeral existing at the end of the sixteenth century — monarchial , noble and guild ; what one had depended entirely on one 's status . |
| 23 | There were only three episodes of acid gastro-oesophageal reflux without associated oesophageal distention , too few to allow us to comment on the effects of acidification alone . |
| 24 | Previously , from the time of the late Roman emperors to the late Middle Ages , coins had borne representations of rulers , but these were only generic images of royalty rather than individual portraits . |
| 25 | In the future , I suppose , these ‘ social rejects ’ can remain outside the venue while , inside , the band sing such lyrics as ‘ There 's only one way of life , and that 's your own . ’ |
| 26 | In the future , I suppose , these ‘ social rejects ’ can remain outside the venue while , inside , the band sing such lyrics as ‘ There 's only one way of life , and that 's your own . ’ |
| 27 | Well , if there 's only one level of structure then evidence about the and evidence of that meaning are both going to bear on that . |
| 28 | But there 's only one piece of advice that matters really : think of the general public , in other words do n't produce something that leaves 99 per cent of the public behind . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It gives the impression that there 's only one sort of comedy for one sort of people . |
| 30 | That 's a bit unlucky there 's only one packet of butter there . |