Example sentences of "[is] only [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are expecting him back on Monday — but if he 's only staying for three days it 's a pointless exercise . |
| 2 | And it would have shown on the certificate , the time of birth — it 's only done for multiple births . |
| 3 | Both holes and pockets can be cut in wood or plasterboard without having to drill a starting hole : but it 's only advised for experienced users . |
| 4 | She 's only going for one class . |
| 5 | He 's only filming for two days . |
| 6 | Provision for deferred tax is only made for any differences when they are expected to reverse in the foreseeable future , and no provision is usually made for deferred tax assets . |
| 7 | The man 's hair mass rocks back and forth on his rigidly stationary head like a wildly excited toupee and is only matched for unusual activity by his furiously trembling eyebrows and the cracked black toe-caps of his shoes moving up an down like wasps ' abdomens about to insert their stings . |
| 8 | The use of weights coupled with longer exercise periods is very demanding and is only intended for serious athletes . |