Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [subord] only [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view appears disarmingly general but widely acceptable when it is stated as the idea that any economy has to be seen as only one part of a structured world system . |
| 2 | Conventional archaeology must now be seen as only one aspect of a balanced study of prehistory , not the dominant factor . |
| 3 | Levels of 1 PPM were unlikely to be exceeded if only one embalment is performed daily , but many embalmers , of course , regularly perform more than one procedure per day , in which case the current ( U.S. ) standard could very well be exceeded . |
| 4 | ‘ Christopher has been promoted after only one year . |
| 5 | With engines close to the centre of the aircraft body there is very little asymmetric force being exerted when only one engine is producing thrust but with engines widely spaced in the wings , as they are on the Canberra , there is a great deal of thrust on one side and nothing on the other to counterbalance it . |
| 6 | Not only is it a move into a realm where the distinction between life and death seems , as in ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , to have broken down , it is also a crossing to the world of the ‘ cannibal isle ’ which is revealed as only another version of the life left behind , and where the realization that ‘ Life is very long ’ is not escaped from , but reinforced . |