Example sentences of "[pers pn] is only the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The request that you have done me the honour to make , to receive the record of my voice , is one that I cheerfully comply with so far as lies in my power ; though I lament to say that the voice which I transmit to you is only the relic of an organ the employment of which has been overstrained . |
| 2 | It was what Pound found out the hard way , when the recurrent occasions of The Cantes compelled him time and again , not infrequently , to go against the precepts that he had promulgated himself when he was the fugleman for imagism and vorticism — for instance ( and it is only the most obvious instance ) , the prohibition against archaic diction . |
| 3 | There is growing , matter-of-fact , support for the proposition that significantly greater public investment in schools and colleges , in roads , railways and on the environment would be money productively spent , and that it is only the damaging and doctrinaire intransigence of Mrs Thatcher which obstructs such expenditure . |
| 4 | But it is only the young man . |
| 5 | From the command centre , it is only the steering 's tendency to provide a slightly blurred picture of events at the front wheels that interrupts an otherwise masterful flow of information . |
| 6 | It is only the dedication of charities like Oxfam , which has a team of permanent aid workers in Cambodia , that enables the UK to hold up its head . |
| 7 | It is only the size that is deceptive . |
| 8 | This would imply that the majority of mustards are hot , but it is only the English mustard that is really fierce . |
| 9 | It is only the American buyers who are now attracted by genuine objets d'art , they are the only ones who understand their true worth and what kind of reflection is that upon us ? |
| 10 | It is only the baseline from which a repeat exercise can be carried out , in seven to 10 years ' time . |
| 11 | It is only the fifth time in the post-war history of the tournament that this has happened , and only the third time there has been a First Division v Second Division clash in each semi-final . |
| 12 | Vickery ( 1973 ) argues that it is only the latter , based on knowledge and skills that are at an advanced level rather than merely different , that should qualify as specialization . |
| 13 | It is only the coincidence of a knife wound that links Livesey to our case . ’ |
| 14 | a ) It seems to us that for you to incorporate the Data ( and I am presuming it is only the Data and not the Search Software ) into your On-line Public Access Catalog system is going beyond the research use for which this special release of OALD 3/e Electronic was intended . |
| 15 | Today it is only the old who regularly die , so only the old who have to deal with the universality of death . |
| 16 | Both these elements are needed in an understanding of soil erosion conservation , but hitherto it is only the first which has usually been considered — and only in the first of the three location-specific senses at that . |
| 17 | Equally , many people , including owners , developers and even some planners , continue to believe that it is only the exterior of the building , or at least a grade II building , that is protected by listing . |
| 18 | Chris Young , Chelmsford : ‘ If you were to believe that people buy a record by The Smiths because they wish to change something , even if it is only the music industry , then you are being very naïve about things . |
| 19 | Gas bubbles in any liquid tend to rise to the surface , so in any basalt lava flow , it is only the top part which is likely to have a honeycomb texture . |
| 20 | The average candidate has to understand the concepts of continuity and change ; it is only the good candidate who has to believe and demonstrate that ‘ change is not always linear ’ whatever that may mean ) . |
| 21 | Below : The Dreadnoughts did not operate to Fleetwood in their heyday , and it is only the restored car 59 which has appeared there in recent years . |
| 22 | Lovely as the peak experience is , it is only the path to the transcendent . |
| 23 | ‘ It is only the water in-between that makes the difference , ’ one woman told me , proudly . |
| 24 | Feelings and love are put aside , in this case , for it is only the conquest that really counts . |
| 25 | It is only the governing body who can end a suspension . |
| 26 | And it is only the love of Christ in me that enables me to say that . |
| 27 | In the general problem , however , it is only the background region I that is taken to be flat , and regions II and III , as well as IV , are curved . |
| 28 | It is only the form of the metric in the interaction region that needs to be modified to that given in this section . |
| 29 | Most discordant twins had one or other antigen , Identical twins who are discordant for diabetes start out with the same susceptibility ; it is only the action of an environmental stimulus on one twin , and its absence on the other that makes them discordant . |
| 30 | It is only the most recent work that has been of an acceptable standard in this respect , and the finding may be summarised as showing a modest correlation between the level of lead in the blood and hyperactivity in children , and between high blood levels and low intelligence , with the latter conclusion more firmly established . |