Example sentences of "be [verb] only [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For simplicity , the data are given only for every third year from 1973 to 1985 . |
| 2 | The potential of hoard studies has been realised only over the last century . |
| 3 | The conduct of pedagogic research as I have defined it here presupposes attitudes and approaches to techniques of teaching which are developed only through an educational perspective and this in turn calls for a continuous programme of in-service support . |
| 4 | Yachts wishing to use the canal are limited only by a maximum mast height of 80ft ( 24.5m ) . |
| 5 | As Marx ( 1989 ) has discussed , the science of genetic engineering has been developed only since the 1940s and especially since the 1970s , but its origins really began with the efforts of Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel who , in the mid-nineteenth century , established the principles of heredity . |
| 6 | Visitors were allowed entry only in batches of 200 ; no sketches or notes were permitted on the premises ; future directors were obliged by her will to live in situ , on the fourth floor ( a rule which has been broken only by the present director ) . |
| 7 | some proteins are exposed only to the interior surface of the cell . |
| 8 | some proteins are exposed only to the exterior surface of the cell . |
| 9 | It might be that your ambitions are seriously flawed and you are preaching only to the converted . |
| 10 | All ten residents had been long-term patients in a large psychiatric hospital , were severely disabled and had been discharged only after a lengthy period of active rehabilitation . |
| 11 | The increase had been won only after a long struggle . |
| 12 | Alternatively , the information obtained from a remote-sensing satellite could be inappropriate for a developing country if the sensors on board the vehicle are tailored only to the different requirements of industrialised nations . |
| 13 | An ever increasing flow of economic data has been matched only by the multifarious ways in which it can be interpreted and applied in relation to economic policy . |
| 14 | Actually there are many stars with proper names , but in general these are used only for the first 30 or so , plus a few fainter stars of special interest — such as Polaris , Mizar in the Great Bear , and the variable star Mira , in Cetus , the Whale . |
| 15 | The debate has been marred only by the snide remarks of the hon. Member for Bolton , North-East ( Mr. Thurnham ) about my hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham ( Mr. Grant ) . |
| 16 | This , like the argument about human progress , suggests that the universe can have been going only for a finite time . |
| 17 | In the US , some observers point out that single-mode fibre has been produced only on a small scale and the technology is not proven . |
| 18 | This method has been used only in the twentieth century . |
| 19 | McDonald 's world famous French Fries are produced only from the best quality potatoes — Russet Burbank and Pentland Dell — and our total annual requirement is UK grown . |
| 20 | At this time the universe would have contained mostly photons , electrons , and neutrinos ( extremely light particles that are affected only by the weak force and gravity ) and their antiparticles , together with some protons and neutrons . |
| 21 | Within crofting , and this is important , I am speaking only of the small part-time crofts , on poor land , found in Lewis and Harris and along parts of the western mainland coast . |
| 22 | But values are shared only in a broad sense . |
| 23 | The attractive plants flower for one week in late June/early July and are found only at a few sites in the New Forest . |
| 24 | Most innovations , however , especially the successful ones , result from a conscious , purposeful search for innovation opportunities which are found only in a few situations . |
| 25 | Most innovations , however , especially the successful ones , result from a conscious purposeful search for innovation opportunities which are found only in a few situations . ’ |
| 26 | These species are found only in the Southern Hemisphere , have a very restricted range , and occur only in small numbers . |
| 27 | The first meiotic division in the female starts during embryogenesis and the prophase stages up to diplotene are found only in the fetal ovary . |
| 28 | It is , however , unseen and unsuspected by travellers along the road and its charms are known only by a relative few who have discovered its existence during their wanderings in the area . |
| 29 | So far trypanosomes have been found only in the choroid plexus of mice . |
| 30 | By last year , in a letter to CPRE , junior environment minister David Trippier said : ‘ Charges have been introduced only for the detailed conservation and environmental services which ADAS now provides ; for example , full guidance on design , planning , management and budgetary aspects of conservation projects together , if necessary , with supervision of the work concerned . ’ |