Example sentences of "[verb] is only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What is done is only a beginning . |
| 2 | ( One occasionally encounters a burst of inanity of Nobel proportions , as in this : " Our capacity for deceiving ourselves about the operation of the brain is almost limitless , mainly because what we can report is only a minute fraction of what goes on in our head . |
| 3 | The path we followed is only a short section of the 560-mile Ulster Way , which takes in most of the province and requires a good three weeks to complete , but this section of the coastal path can be completed in a couple of days , though longer is highly recommended . |
| 4 | " What you believe is only a matter of where you were born , and what people around you believe . " |
| 5 | As Ian Brown , of Lee Moor Farm in Northumberland , noted : ‘ A fact that saddened me lately came from a recent survey which suggested that the average family business — not just farms but all family businesses — lasts only 25 years , which I guess is only a generation . |
| 6 | According to one story , the Shahs announcement that he will leave is only a bluff , and soon the Army will strike . |
| 7 | Playing is only a part of the session . |
| 8 | In either case , the line thus calculated is only a first approximation , and will be tuned up , as we shall see in the next section . |
| 9 | However , learning to cope is only a fraction of what is involved in learning from experience . |
| 10 | The way this kind of doubt is expressed is only a symptom of the deeper problem of premises , and there is no final remedy unless the root cause is dealt with . |
| 11 | The Queen of Beauty can not be pinned down to one expression , and every female image of beauty that is created is only a single realization of a great range of possibilities . |
| 12 | Yet processing is only a small part of thinking . |
| 13 | We fear such moments , not trusting the body : for the forgetting is only a game . |