Example sentences of "[is] only [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 2 | As for the famous stinging tail , it 's only used as a last resort . |
| 3 | The HDS/SecureWare offering is only accredited as a single-user CMW . |
| 4 | Most jobs can be shared , so do n't be put off if the job you want is only advertised as a full-time one . |
| 5 | According to Sartre , history is only born from a sudden imbalance of scarcity which disrupts all levels of society and initiates conflict and therefore progression . |
| 6 | He is probably also right when he says that he is only seen as a Spanish artist because his interest lies in Spanish art , instead of in French art ‘ like everyone else' : in other words , within the accepted categories there is no room for a Mexican who is interested in Spanish art . ' |
| 7 | In addition , the copyright monopoly is only given for a certain period of time ( eg in the UK , 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies ) , but databases are usually continuously updated with new information , therefore does the protection period keep changing ? |
| 8 | And the car tax itself is only raised by a paltry £10 . ’ |
| 9 | Bates is intense as the lonely homosexual whose obsessive selfless love is only reciprocated by a dumb animal . |
| 10 | Drake is only waterfowl with a drooping black crest , and is readily recognised , even at some distance , by strongly contrasted black upperparts and white flanks . |
| 11 | The estate youth centre is only run on a part-time basis . |
| 12 | ( 6.5 ) unc provided x is free in no unc ( 6.6 ) unc provided x is free in no unc Note that it is possible to deal with cases where x is only declared in a few of the |
| 13 | If a giant cuts off somebody 's head , the spectacle is only realised as a striking and funny denouement … |
| 14 | The literature included here is only intended as a preliminary guide . |
| 15 | The explanation below is only intended as a brief reference guide . |
| 16 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 17 | I suspect any successful teaching is only improving on a natural bent . |
| 18 | This policy booklet is only produced with a comprehensive wording , reduction in cover is driven by the wording in the ‘ Your insurance cover ’ section of the schedule . |
| 19 | This fountain , perhaps of ‘ the milk of Paradise ’ , is only produced with a vast effort : the process of creation is very difficult . |
| 20 | If the word " real " in the sense of " actual " or " actually existent " has any discernible function at all , then it is only to indicate in a roundabout way that a certain proposition , or propositions , are actally true ; and " true " , as we have just seen , is itself eliminable as a propositional predicate . |
| 21 | A similarly failed road , at least to the west of Bicester , is the Roman Akeman Street which is only used as a modern road in short sections . |
| 22 | For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice . |
| 23 | The plain infinitive ( without to ) is only used in a verbal , never in a nominal function . |
| 24 | It is only permitted as a private belief , so any kind of witnessing is dangerous . |
| 25 | Metaphorically , we can imagine theoretical astronomers breathing a sigh of relief and saying ‘ Oh , so the Sun is only shrinking by a tenth of a second of arc per century , not a full arc second after all . |
| 26 | The second ultrastructural pattern of H pylori , which is only associated with a damaged epithelium , seems related to the absence of a sufficient exogenous source of energy when a longstanding bacterial infection has depleted the local resources . |