Example sentences of "[noun sg] be only [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the referendum result , opponents of the change argued that the vote was only an opinion poll and had no legal force ; the original decision to name the city after Lenin having been taken by the USSR Supreme Soviet , they claimed , it could only be rescinded by its modern equivalent — the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 2 | Oxfordshire 's children 's line is being relaunched this evening ; posters carrying the slogan ‘ help is only a phone call away ’ have being up in schools and sports venues throughout the area , and the line opens at six thirty — ten minutes time . |
| 3 | Sid patiently tutored me on star gradings and assured me that technically the climb was only a V. Diff , so I would cope ! |
| 4 | British Gas is a member , so getting an appliance seen-to is n't difficult becuase a British gas engineer is only a phone call away . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , Luke , a radio station is only a radio station , and there are plenty all around the world , but there 's only one Luke Scott . ’ |
| 6 | The Christmas Day morale booster was only the game show host 's second trip outside hospital since his near-fatal crash . |
| 7 | Now listen to me , all you feel for your cousin is only a childhood fancy . ’ |
| 8 | Since however the words furnished tenancy are only a shorthand description of the presence of the elements , factual and legal , within the bracket , to regard an error relating to these words as jurisdictional , but mistakes concerning a , b , c or d as not , appears devoid of sense . |
| 9 | The street price it put on the box is only a ballpark figure ( a 10%-15% differential ) and it will not reveal its dealer discounts . |
| 10 | There are several answers to this question , but the most common one is that sooner or later all caterers run into a staffing problem which requires an immediate solution , and a staff recruitment company is only a phone call away . |
| 11 | The face is only the serial number of a specimen . |