Example sentences of "[adj] [be] only a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It should be remembered that this is only a qualification on the foreign business carve-out ; if the investment business from the non-UK office with customers in the UK falls outside the carve-out , because it actually constitutes regulated business , the general COB Rules will apply in the normal way . |
2 | This is only a hope , and this way of calculating chemical shifts is probably the least satisfactory . |
3 | This is only a warning , and it will not prevent you from updating the SPR . |
4 | This is only a warning , and it will not prevent you from updating the SPR . |
5 | He admitted afterwards : ‘ This is only a hobby . ’ |
6 | Perhaps the blocking antibodies are all-important and can cope with the increased antigenic differences in hybrids , but this is only a speculation , and more work needs to be done . |
7 | This is only a bar to registration if the first mark is registered in respect of " the same goods or description of goods " . |
8 | This is only a possibility when the songs are popular enough to be published in this form . |
9 | It must be stressed that this is only a possibility ( and that the explanation has been very much simplified ) , but more and more researches are showing that it probably approximates to the truth . |
10 | However , this is only a manifesto , and unless it can be implemented Althusser will have failed in his task of rendering Marx intelligible through Marxist philosophy . |
11 | This is only a metaphor , but the point is perhaps worth making that the insistence on ‘ independent contractor ’ status on the part of the GPs and local competition for patients ( which necessitates collective regulation through ‘ professional ethics and etiquette ’ ) , weakened their bargaining position with both their hospital colleagues and with Government . |
12 | This is only a reflection of larger areas of the church above , that 's if I may use that phrase , which is happening . |
13 | It would be tedious to quote more than a few examples of the evidence from parliamentary commissions , the STC , union reports and surveys etc. , but the following quotations are typical : " About the only work which the women can do is to stand or sit at their formes and set up type ; and to distribute the types back again into the cases , but of course this is only a portion of a compositor 's work " ( an employer ) ; " " As far as mere type-lifting is concerned , she may do , but there is other rough work in connection with compositors " work which I do not think a woman is qualified for " ( a union leader ) ; " Women … get the best , i. e. the simplest jobs … they are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work " ( an employer ) . |
14 | However this is only a practicality within the economy of the Kingdom , where God 's will reigns . |
15 | This is only a part of our commitment to deliver Quality , Service , Cleanliness and Value to our customers . |
16 | This is only a part of the public spending process which focuses on demand management and changes in levels of taxation . |
17 | Dedicated football fan that he is , Anderson attempts to give advice to Crisp and Broadbent in a long and excited utterance , but this is only a part of the whole picture because his enthusiasm for the topic , implicated by the length of the turn , conflicts with the hesitancy he also displays . |
18 | This is only a sample though is n't it ? |
19 | This is only a suturing . |
20 | Erm I mean this is only a er this is only a sort of a a wa a program I 've built myself |
21 | I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force . |
22 | Now if we 'd have started off four X cubed minus X all squared we would have two times this lot but we did n't we just got once this so we must have started off this is only a coefficient only a a factor . |
23 | In this one site , conditions allowed a uniquely large proportion to be preserved , but even this is only a hint of what must have existed . |
24 | On the other hand , where severance of the subject matter is envisaged under the contract and property is to pass at this time , it is possible to argue that this is only a sale of goods ( see Kursell v Timber Operators and Contractors Ltd [ 1927 ] 1 KB 298 ) . |
25 | ‘ I know this is only a game , but there are rules , old boy . ’ |
26 | This is only a guide , of course , but your score can be interpreted as follows : 9–15 Definitely a lark 16–20 Moderately a lark 21–26 Neither a lark nor an owl ; intermediate type 27–31 Moderately an owl 32–38 Definitely an owl |
27 | Of course , this is only a guide — much of the merit is in doing the exercise itself and thinking about the points raised . |
28 | It may be possible to devise a system for including greater objectivity into descriptions , and Dr Peacock has been very helpful in laying down guidelines , which it is hoped will be published before long , but this is only a step in the right direction towards a fuller understanding of manufacturing processes , marketing and distribution , and the size and historical development of each industry . |
29 | What is more , this is only a whisper away from primitive Christianity , which is kept alive by faithful worship , rituals and community practices . |
30 | This is only a glance at the complexity and detail of the work 's program ; full delectation of its supreme subversity means a visit to Battery Park , the City 's hugely agreeable landscaped park and esplanade along the Hudson River from Chambers to Barclay streets . |