Example sentences of "be only [vb pp] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final contents of the budget are only revealed to the Cabinet the day before the Chancellor presents it to the House of Commons , when it is too late for any major changes . |
| 2 | If z describes market conditions which are only known to the incumbent , then the results above tell us that the entrants gradually get to learn the incumbent 's private information . |
| 3 | There are pygmy varieties that can be grown in a sink , right through to vigorous kinds that are only suited to a lake or large pool in a public park . |
| 4 | Family cases should be only referred to a solicitor where detailed advice and negotiation about the arrangements to be made for financial provision and for the children were needed ; other civil cases should only be referred once it was clear that court proceedings should be initiated . |
| 5 | In the S.pombe cosmid library , some probes were only hybridised to a subset of 1500 clones , resulting in missing data . |
| 6 | The attribute unc on the other hand , associates the gear-lever to the passenger compartment and is thus an external association , as is unc which is only applied to the assembly ( not to individual parts ) . |
| 7 | Autonomy on the part of employees is only tolerated to the extent that it contributes to productivity and profitability . |
| 8 | In its most basic sense , determinism is only committed to the view that behaviour is the outcome of antecedent causes . |
| 9 | Our farm was only connected to the mains supply in 1951 , and here ‘ we were two years later talking about a power station which promised electricity almost ‘ too cheap to meter ’ . ' |
| 10 | He was expecting to become a country parson on his return to Britain , and was only assigned to the Beagle expedition through the recommendations of professor Henslow , his mentor . |
| 11 | The idea of determining resources according to need was only applied to the division of resources between regions , never to the total amount of resources to be allocated . |
| 12 | Norman Ricketts , who was only appointed to the Eagle board by Mr Stockdale last month , is relinquishing his non-executive role , as is Hamish Jansen , who has been with the group since formation and was a strong supporter of Mr Stockdale . |
| 13 | It was only released to the world , after translation , in 1921 when Richard Haehl procured the manuscript from Hahnemann 's ancestors by which time there had been a great establishment of homœopathy by J.T. Kent and those who followed him . |
| 14 | Oxbridge , then , was only lifted to the apex of the study of English language , literature , and history when it was subjected to the demands for national efficiency and leadership . |