Example sentences of "is [conj] only [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Deep in the shade of the forest , few flowers are formed and pods are even rarer , for another peculiarity of cocoa is that only a tiny proportion of flowers — less than one per cent — are successfully pollinated . |
2 | The good news is that only a tiny percentage of these viruses are found in the ‘ wild ’ , perhaps as few as 50 . |
3 | The first feature to note is that only a small minority of the listed inhabitants — five persons out of forty-seven — owned any land at all . |
4 | One of the advantages of using stripes for a garment is that only a small amount of each yarn is needed and the width of the stripes can also be varied , depending on the amount of each yarn which is available . |
5 | It is clear from the above that under the new provisions the general principle is that only a private investor has a right of action for a contravention to which s.62 applies . |
6 | ‘ So the problem then is that only a little sliver of the tip of my cock was going to make it in range of the footprint of a normal eight and a half by eleven copy . |
7 | The essence of the public choice problem is that only a single decision can be made and the conflicting preferences have to be reconciled . |
8 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |
9 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |
10 | The first principle is that only the minimum amount of data necessary is held or , in other words , only data which will be put to regular constructive use . |