Example sentences of "[be] only [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , and sometimes even in the present , bad environmental management of rivers has been only a part and a symptom of bad man-management . |
| 2 | Even now , after this short while , she found it hard to remember if Johnny had truly been with her or if it had been only a dream . |
| 3 | She thought that perhaps her manner was somewhat too bold for one who so recently had been only a governess , and now wanted to be even less . |
| 4 | The upheavals in Africa had been only a rehearsal . |
| 5 | She did n't know the promised ‘ exhibition ’ had been only a trick to get her niece to come to Venice , or that Michele Diomede was also Peter Sebastian , and she did n't known about Didi Lombard . |
| 6 | Bradford was ‘ not troubled with them ’ [ fascists ] , ‘ The Movement does not receive much support ’ in Dewsbury , and there appear to have been only a couple of modest meetings in Huddersfield . |
| 7 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 8 | But I watched her transform the house from being their place — and it had been only a place , child-soiled , functional — into her home . |
| 9 | From there it had been only a matter of time until he was given his own prison . |
| 10 | At that time she had known few people in the district , for they were among the first of the incomers , and Camille had been only a baby with the consequent ailments , accidents and dissatisfactions . |
| 11 | The hulking nephew of Kalv Arnason had been only a youth when King Olaf had killed his uncle Ølve at the spring feast at Sparbu and had given to Kalv his uncle 's rich widow in gratitude . |
| 12 | Elena received a fee for permission to purchase what was by Romanian standards a luxurious limousine , even if in the West the car might have been only a family saloon . |
| 13 | ‘ Up to now , Brown , you have been only a cypher . |
| 14 | But Ben was staring down at where his left hand had been only a moment before , sounding the chord . |
| 15 | It had vanished as silently as if it had been only a figment of her imagination . |
| 16 | The initial punishment for the four securities houses had been only an instruction to refrain from certain securities transactions for four days . |
| 17 | She had thought herself in love , but it had been only an infatuation , the awakening response of a young , impressionable girl . |
| 18 | But that , unusual though it was , had been only the outline , the skeletal framework of the man . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But that had been only the start : a test of the young man 's potential . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I am not his private confidant , I am only a cook , remember . ’ |
| 25 | I know I am only a layman , but I seem to remember that when the pits were taken over by the government , they became the property of the people to be run by the government . |
| 26 | You see I am only a Feldwebel and I have no ulterior motives at all . |
| 27 | I am only a man like any other , and you are a very pretty girl . |
| 28 | ‘ I am only a secretary at the château . |
| 29 | I must try to remember , Celia said to herself , that I am only a statistic to Dr Shalcross , possibly a case history she might wish to quote , anonymously , because I do n't happen to run true to form . |
| 30 | ‘ I am only a dancer , and I 'm too old now even for that . |