Example sentences of "[adj] [is] only [art] [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 .
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