Example sentences of "[adj] be only to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This is only to be expected . |
| 2 | But again , this is only to be expected on a cheap new instrument ( and not unheard of on new guitars costing ten times as much ) and easily fixed . |
| 3 | This is only to be expected , since the Brasserie has been set up along similar lines to L'Auberge ( i.e. it has the same staff ) . |
| 4 | He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region . |
| 5 | This is only to be expected , for the management of a client 's account is the management of an advertising agency in miniature . |
| 6 | He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region . |
| 7 | ‘ This is only to be expected with more people taking advantage of the good weather to get out and about in the countryside . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Ward said that this was only to be given to his wife in the event of his death , ’ the solicitor said . |
| 9 | Accelerated promotion in an East Indiaman was only to be obtained through political or family interest , such as that exerted by the Earl of Findlater upon James Oswald of Dunnikier . |
| 10 | The striking thing about cases such as these is not that they failed — that is only to be expected — but rather that they contain suggestions that a proper claim might meet with success , although difficulty might attend mounting it . |
| 11 | The poems are of course cleverly written but that is only to be expected of a writer of John Bitumen 's calibre . |
| 12 | Overall sound quality is good , without the dulling and squashing side effects that some products can produce ; pumping can be provoked in the hard ratio mode by extreme settings , but that 's only to be expected . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , that 's only to be expected . |
| 14 | If the fringe soon proved to be rather tattier , the services more underhand than the original promotional copy made out , well , that was only to be expected of an enterprise left to run itself without Capellan supervision . |
| 15 | She had lost weight before the wedding ; that was only to be expected — but the girl moving through the crowds , shaking hands and accepting flowers , looked positively transparent . |
| 16 | But that was only to be expected . |
| 17 | But , with a man of Luke 's charisma , that was only to be expected . |
| 18 | She peered closely at her face ; there were a few lines about the mouth and eyes but at forty-seven that was only to be expected . |