Example sentences of "[adj] is only the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is only the beginning of the neurophysiologist 's metaphysical problems . |
| 2 | This is only the fifth time this has happened in 20 years : the others were in 1970 , 1973 , 1974 and 1981 . |
| 3 | ‘ … this is only the beginning of what they will do ; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them ’ ( 11.6 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ With Kylie you have to remember this is only the beginning , ’ he said enthusiastically . |
| 5 | As I say this is only the beginning … ’ |
| 6 | This is only the third year that 43-year-old Julie , a relationship counsellor , and her husband Mark have opened their gates under the NGS . |
| 7 | This is only the start of a new area of free radical chemistry and we anticipate properties more characteristic of metals as the area develops . |
| 8 | ‘ This is only the sixteenth one this month . ’ |
| 9 | However , this is only the case because Marx was not able to ascertain the correct proportions between . |
| 10 | This is only the start , however , as many potential mark points wo n't appear on the map : at some stage you have to follow up with fieldwork . |
| 11 | This is only the latest in a series of issues which have emerged as computer technology has developed and linked up with telecommunications , and which appear to bear upon fundamental questions of individual freedom . |
| 12 | It shows that on these given presuppositions it is little wonder that there is some doubt , and this is only the beginning of it . |
| 13 | But this is only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 14 | This is only the beginning of a Hollywood clean-up . ’ |
| 15 | This is only the second time out for the Pond Racer . |
| 16 | This is only the second time that 6203 has hauled passenger trains at the Centre , the first was in November 1991 when thick fog rather spoilt any photographic opportunities . |
| 17 | This is only the most recent of a number of ‘ discoveries ’ of this elusive library , which really belonged to Ivan the Terrible 's father , the Grand Duke of Moscow , Vasily III , who in turn had inherited it from his father , Ivan III , husband of Sophia Palaeologus , the niece of the last Byzantine emperor . |
| 18 | THE Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope ( EGRET ) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite recently detected pulsed γ -radiation from the radio pulsar PSR1706–44 ; this is only the fourth radio pulsar to be identified as a γ -ray source . |
| 19 | Yet this is only the corollary of the view that there is a sharp distinction between ethical and factual claims , and hardly justifies calling either theory irrationalist . |
| 20 | This is only the second time in post-war history that war booty art treasures have been put on view . |
| 21 | ‘ This is Only the Beginning ’ |
| 22 | This is only the beginning . ’ |
| 23 | That 's right , if you 're organizing something like that and thinking about it from now , this is only the first of September , but |
| 24 | You could restore the original layout and typography , identify the genre , the title , the publisher , the author , the dedication , make a guess at the identity of Jean and Helga , say that this is only the beginning of something , predict possible continuations , say whether you would read on … and answer many other questions besides . |
| 25 | But this is only the first step . |
| 26 | They all do exams , even if this is only the one in childcare . |
| 27 | This is only the logical concomitant of the view reported earlier , that there was a certain inevitability about the relative deterioration of the world 's first industrial power . |
| 28 | ‘ This is only the third time I 've met him . ’ |
| 29 | But you 'll be in love many times , you know — this is only the beginning . ’ |
| 30 | And this is only the second day ! |