Example sentences of "[is] only [verb] [prep] [art] [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 | But it 's only used in the bonny weather you see . |
| 4 | The HDS/SecureWare offering is only accredited as a single-user CMW . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ' |
| 8 | In all metric measures and their direct phi-based equivalents only the 25th , 50th and 75th percentiles are used , so that attention is only given to the central half of the grain population present . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | The results however are quite clear : positive cooperativity always occurs at the gal P1 promoter , independent of the C-terminal part of the α-subunit but is only observed with the intact wild-type enzyme at the lac promoter . |
| 11 | And the car tax itself is only raised by a paltry £10 . ’ |
| 12 | Bates is intense as the lonely homosexual whose obsessive selfless love is only reciprocated by a dumb animal . |
| 13 | The destructive action of beetles on timber is rarely as serious as fungal attack because an infected section is only weakened by the combined cross-sectional area of the tunnels it contains — the strength of the surrounding wood remains unimpaired . |
| 14 | A real rate of interest , which would be calculated as an annual rate per cent , takes into account the following facts : — the period of the loan may not be for a full year : interest is only charged on the actual amount borrowed ( eg not including any deposit paid ) ; — if regular repayments are being made , the full amount of the loan is not outstanding over the full year . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | By this I mean that the bait is only fished on the outward journey , the retrieve being of such a speed to bounce the bait across the surface and although I 've seen pike strike at these surface poppers , it 's a very rare occasion . |
| 17 | There is never a moment when Dustin gets as worried as Gary Cooper in High Noon , although , like Cooper , he has to cope singlehandedly with a number of killers , and is only saved at the final moment when his wife blasts the last opponent with a shotgun . |
| 18 | Now , of course , it may well be that such a vision exists in your church , and that to insist on the importance of spiritual warfare , some of you might say , is only to preach to the converted . |
| 19 | The estate youth centre is only run on a part-time basis . |
| 20 | ( 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 |
| 21 | If a giant cuts off somebody 's head , the spectacle is only realised as a striking and funny denouement … |
| 22 | The literature included here is only intended as a preliminary guide . |
| 23 | The explanation below is only intended as a brief reference guide . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I suspect any successful teaching is only improving on a natural bent . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | This fountain , perhaps of ‘ the milk of Paradise ’ , is only produced with a vast effort : the process of creation is very difficult . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 30 | 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 . |