Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] only [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because this was only a dream . |
| 2 | This was only a fraction of the total size of the European economy , but it gave assistance in some key areas , was of particular importance in strengthening the French and Italian governments and forced the Europeans to work together in overcoming their problems . |
| 3 | This was only a second outside the class lap record set by Ian Newton last year . |
| 4 | With relief I realized that this was only a day or so away . |
| 5 | And this was only a part of the ceremonial which surrounded the office with glamour and reminded the king 's subjects that he was God 's anointed — a notion which inspired them with great awe , when they were not actually engaged in rebellion against him . |
| 6 | This was only a part of the cause of friction . |
| 7 | I can remember as a boy walking to Rochester via the ferry and Wouldham on many occasions but this was only a stroll compared with some of the older inhabitants efforts . |
| 8 | He did n't like people watching his horses work from the road but this was only a woman , probably some jumped-up point-to-point type looking for training tips . |
| 9 | This was only a week after the start of what was almost a revolutionary service — the cost : 1d for my eldest sister who was fourteen and half price or ½d for my other sister and myself . |
| 10 | But these people had been shot down some months ago and as the Feldwebel had told me that this was only a transit camp I knew that I was not likely to meet them here . |
| 11 | This was only a matter of convenience , however , to keep the discussion as simple as possible . |
| 12 | As time passed I became more and more interested in the intriguing field of radio broadcasting , little knowing that this was only the beginning of a radio career lasting for the next 50 years . |
| 13 | This was only the beginning of the strange influence which her mother began to exert over Gary . |
| 14 | But this was only the beginning of the process which resulted in the C , D and E of today . |
| 15 | But this was only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 16 | well , yes sh yes well , this , well this was only the highlights unless the last two or three , no the last two or three parts have been live . |
| 17 | He decided in favour of Balliol , but made it clear that this was only the appointment of a figurehead : he himself was the true monarch . |
| 18 | Stormy , wet , windy , typical August weather , cormorants , wings flapping clockworklike against the force 5–6 wind , gulls gliding majestically , effortlessly over the wave tops , gannets swirling way up high before plummeting dramatically hurling themselves into the sea with terrific , surely painful splashes , then the puffins , taking off clumsily along the surface of the water , bouncing bomb style , crashing into successive wave crests in their attempts to stay clear of the bow , wildlife in abundance and this was only the view from the MacBraynes ferry ! |
| 19 | Hungry for political office , they knew this was only an inoculation . |
| 20 | The situation was almost the same at Exeter , but 48 per cent of the subsidy assessments were at £1 , mostly on wages , while in Coventry these were only a handful out of a total of some 700 taxpayers , meaning that almost half the population literally ‘ possessed absolutely nothing but the rags they stood up in , a few sticks and boards for ‘ furniture ’ , and the tools of their trade , if any' , Exeter clearly enjoyed full employment — as full , that is , as was attainable in the conditions of the time — while Coventry languished in the grip of severe unemployment , and indeed in the early 1520s was undergoing a series of acute economic crises . |
| 21 | And these were only the London evenings . |
| 22 | The filing-cabinets ran in all directions , and these were only the cards and the photographs . |
| 23 | That seven thousand was only the overtime payment . |
| 24 | Er those were only the setups o as a result of breaking something else down and putting this bearing on . |
| 25 | That was 1870 ; yet in 1881 Frances Mary Buss [ Miss Buss and Miss Beale/Cupid 's darts do not feel/How different from us/are Miss Beale and Miss Buss ] could say ‘ There is now no such thing as a ‘ woman 's education question ’ , ’ even if that were only a half truth . |
| 26 | At constant prices , the real value of government drug imports in 1989 was only the value in 1980 ( Noormahomed et al , op. cit . ) . |
| 27 | As far as the New Right was concerned , that was only a beginning . |
| 28 | Yet she sensed that was only a beginning . |
| 29 | Those with long memories may recall that the Solo made its first appearance at the 1987 Frankfurt Motor Show , but that was only a mock-up prototype . |
| 30 | She did not want him to think , she said , that she was really rich , that was only a kind of joke . |