Example sentences of "[is] only [prep] [be] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only to be hoped that dispersals of any kind are restricted on the most severe criteria , and that money for acquisitions , storage and , perhaps most important , staff for cataloguing is not stinted . |
| 2 | But speculative source-study can reveal more about the reading of the scholar than about the actual text whose possible sources are the object of the exercise and , after all , it is only to be expected that those who share a faith will also share a way of expressing it . |
| 3 | It is only to be expected that these two rather different techniques , the Doppler shift technique and the " chirp radar " technique , would be useful for different special purposes . |
| 4 | Since each is a little different from its parent , it is only to be expected that each will be slightly more different from its grandparents ( and its grandchildren ) , and even more different still from its great grandparents ( and great grandchildren ) . |
| 5 | It is only to be expected that there are not too many IT experts around who could effectively advise policy makers and managers , and design IT systems . |
| 6 | ‘ A little nervousness is only to be expected when you 're starting a new job ’ |
| 7 | Judicial misinterpretation is only to be expected where radical reform is introduced . |
| 8 | No , this technique is only to be used when travelling home alone , late at night , through fairly deserted streets . |
| 9 | … the power to issue an enforcement notice alleging that there has been a breach of planning control is discretionary and is only to be used if the authority ‘ consider it expedient to do so having regard to the provision of the development plan and to any other material considerations ’ . |
| 10 | Few standard conveyancing textbooks mention , let alone discuss , the covenant implied in a conveyance made under " an order of the court " and there is a suggestion by reason of the heading to Part VI that such a covenant is only to be used where the court orders a conveyance on behalf of a person suffering under a disability . |
| 11 | It is only to be regretted that the Committee has not pursued this policy with sufficient boldness and consistency . |