Example sentences of "[be] [conj] only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That group is nor only the group which has supported the US-led intervention against Iraq , it is also the group which effectively controls Gulf oil production and Opec . |
| 2 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |
| 4 | What this means is that only a relatively small proportion of the population is earning and has the burden of supporting a large number of old and young . |
| 5 | The exception to this is that only a parent may receive the results of the pupil 's assessment . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The best medical advice is that only a qualified medical person should make the check . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | One problem , however , is that only a subset of all texts do in fact have what might loosely be called a story structure . |
| 13 | But what makes me angry is that only a couple of these companies have bothered to alter their ads accordingly . |
| 14 | The good news is that only a tiny percentage of these viruses are found in the ‘ wild ’ , perhaps as few as 50 . |
| 15 | What emerges from our discussion of these different aspects of sentence and discourse comprehension is that only a very complex model will suffice to explain the inter-relation of all the different factors which appear to form a part of language comprehension . |
| 16 | The essence of the public choice problem is that only a single decision can be made and the conflicting preferences have to be reconciled . |
| 17 | The trouble is that only a few are privileged to see that side . |
| 18 | An important point to remember , however , is that only a drink that is alcohol-free should be consumed if you wish to avoid alcohol altogether . |
| 19 | The theory is that only the maternal chromosomes permit a viable egg to develop in the hybrid ; in the mule this is the horse set , while in the hinny it is the donkey . |
| 20 | The second reason for pressing the educational question is that only the largest of our national museums can afford to mount the kinds of ‘ spectacular ’ exhibitions cited two paragraphs back . |
| 21 | This is set up in a very similar way to above , but the advantage of using continuous stationery , is that only the sections for the height of the design will need to be joined together , because we can print the width sections as one continuous piece of paper . |
| 22 | Although he did not say so , the logic is that only the company itself would have a cause of action . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | From the consumer 's point of view , the drawback to the implied terms in the Sale of Goods Act is that only the buyer can sue the seller . |
| 25 | The feeling was that only a Bass Cup win would save him , despite the tremendous success of last season 's emphatic championship win . |
| 26 | The implication was that only the retailers in each destination market would be permitted to vary prices according to local conditions . |