Example sentences of "[be] only the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that , unusual though it was , had been only the outline , the skeletal framework of the man . |
| 2 | This seemed to strike and sober them … a thing which to all of them was so familiar , and to many had been only the subject of coarse jest . |
| 3 | Had it been only the interests of traders that were being considered , there would have been no need for Britain to have responded to the competitive challenge of other European states by formalizing and expanding her own empire , with all that this entailed in provoking international tensions , arms expenditures , and general insecurity . |
| 4 | But that had been only the start : a test of the young man 's potential . |
| 5 | It had been an uncomfortable and disturbing sensation and he was still wondering whether it had n't been only the incense , the spring evening , and nostalgia for his boyhood . |
| 6 | If it had been only the Empress and a Court clique who desired war , things might have turned out differently , but given the wave of bellicosity which swept the entire nation , it would have required a miracle to produce a peaceful end to the crisis . |
| 7 | has already crapped himself about the visit cause extra work of course but er the er however we should er revert maybe we 'll keep an eye on the schedule and things er but we we need to tie it up tight so we do n't get a cos I mean what 's being said now in the corridors of power is that the schedule is totally sales driven and it 's the sales department that 's put it together , I am only the administrator , I only I d I completely take my orders from the sales department quote unquote in front of everybody at the management meeting . |
| 8 | I am only the Prince of Cordia . ’ |
| 9 | I am only the carrier . |
| 10 | After all , ’ he said lazily , ‘ I am only the carpenter . ’ |
| 11 | Transmission problems are only the beginning . |
| 12 | The exciting ‘ living ideas ’ which follow , however , are only the beginning of the breathtaking choice at Allied . |
| 13 | I like running on damp nights like last night because the streets are mostly empty , there are only the dogwalkers trailing past trees and lamp-posts , patiently disowning their pets . |
| 14 | If these forecasts are correct , and they of course ignore the inertia of the system , and the immense social capital invested in cities , then the population and employment changes revealed by this chapter are only the precursors of a massive recolonization of the countryside , not only in the UK but also the USA ( Fisher and Mitchelson , 1981 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Blur are only the present of rock'n'roll . ’ |
| 16 | But it is not entirely fair to blame this tendency on sociolinguistic methods alone , since sociolinguists dealing with gender-related variation are only the heirs of a lengthy sexist tradition in the study and lay discussion of male and female speech . |
| 17 | Now many people seem to think that technology means machines and equipment , but machines and equipment and the software that run them are only the products of technology . |
| 18 | Those are only the qualities he looks for in the people who work for him , though . |
| 19 | He might well exclude old statutes like those forbidding contraception , however clear and precise these might be , if they are only the relics of long-abandoned policies , if they represent no contemporary political decision and therefore serve no useful role in coordinating social behaviour now . " |
| 20 | The benchers of the Inns of Court are only the agents of the judges in calling to the Bar . |
| 21 | This survey shows that the present lanes and cottages are only the remnants of an extensive settlement occupying at least 28 hectares ( 70 acres ) . |
| 22 | Although trading standards officers have the power to seize fake goods — and prosecute both the manufacturer and seller — they admit the ones they catch are only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 23 | For all that these strategies can cause irritation , though , their value lies in the implication — a world away from the commonsense views of Miller and Swift — that the surface meanings of words are only the tip of a massive iceberg . |
| 24 | An awesome introduction to the Japanese underground scene that proves Shonen Knife are only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 25 | Of course the ‘ big three ’ are only the tip of the iceberg — there are dozens more brilliant routes at the Roaches , including one classic of a style that had been left unrepresented by our day out . |
| 26 | However , such receiverships and administrations are only the tip of the iceberg , with many firms reaching arrangements with their bankers and trade creditors and others being acquired or subject to capital reconstruction as the price of survival . |
| 27 | If I am right , then the circles discovered so far are only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 28 | The monuments in our care are the best and they have survived for specific reasons — yet they are only the tip the iceberg of our archaeological inheritance . |
| 29 | Alan Milburn , Labour 's prospective parliamentary candidate for Darlington , claims the figures are only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 30 | But these are only the outcrops of a conviction which underlies all his teaching about his own mission . |