Example sentences of "[pron] [is] only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This argument is perfectly true , but it is important to remember that one step of motor position produces a load movement which is only a fraction 1 /N of the motor 's step . |
| 2 | The radius of Venus to the cloud tops is about 6120 km , which is only a bit less than the radius of the solid Earth . |
| 3 | and certainly from the , the first meeting that we had , which is only a month ago , that was one of the things , one , one of the outcomes |
| 4 | The gain is in the emotion of love not in the greed of wanting some other person 's love which is only a form of acquisitiveness and immediately defiles love . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's only a circumstance of self that nothing reconciles . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Exactly on the hour , and if she 's only a couple of minutes late , you sing out , Bainbridge , because I shall want to know . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ … she 's only a child , Hywel . |
| 8 | ‘ Adamus — she 's only a child . ’ |
| 9 | She 's only a child . |
| 10 | She 's only a child . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , she 's … she 's only a child . ’ |
| 12 | She 's only a child still , but she 's a very knowing child , impressionable and sensitive . |
| 13 | Yeah he said I 've forgotten about it Blue 's forgotten about it he said , but she wo n't let it rest he said he said it 's Well she 's a child , she 's only a child Geoff that 's |
| 14 | ‘ She 's only a kid . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's true I like Fanny best , although she 's only a maid . |
| 16 | Well she 's only a tot is n't she ? |
| 17 | Whatever Gran says about her , she 's only a woman , not some sort of witch . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's only a baby , ’ is the cry . |
| 19 | She 's only a babe . |
| 20 | But I did support Mrs Robinson because although she is only a symbol she is a powerful symbol . |
| 21 | She is only a child , surely . ’ |
| 22 | It is interesting to note , in the context of the present nationalist uprising in Scotland , that while the Queen is Defender of the Faith ( ironically , a title first bestowed on Henry VIII by the Pope ) and Head of the Church of England , she is only a member of the Church of Scotland . |
| 23 | ‘ She is only a woman , you know , sir , and a little nervous . |
| 24 | ‘ She is only a woman , is that it ? ’ said Zeinab , firing up . |
| 25 | She is only a skeleton , but she believes she is still alive and highly attractive . |
| 26 | Anyway we 're going to go for trap two , Smoky Amber here , now she 's a bitch that is really , I think 's going to be something special over a longer trip , erm you know a longer distance , but she is only a March eighty nine so she 's not two yet . |
| 27 | A sign — and it is important to remember that Christmas itself is only a sign . |
| 28 | A licence coupled with an interest , e.g. a profit , is irrevocable , as although the licence itself is only a right in personam , it confers a right in rem to do something once an entry has been made . |
| 29 | Now I 'm at college there 's only a kind of vacuum . |
| 30 | ‘ Steady on mate , ’ he shouted , ‘ that 's got to last all day , and there 's only a gallon in that jar . ’ |