Example sentences of "[be] only the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that the facts are only the starting point : you will have a number of assumptions to justify and several courses of action to consider before you submit your final recommendation . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm only the messenger boy . |
| 3 | If that is the case , then it will be only the Norwich game at which we have really under-achieved . |
| 4 | It used to be only the City yuppie , but now most people can afford a mobile phone . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's only the ovver side o' the tunnel . ’ |
| 6 | Oh it 's only the return spring on it , there 's nothing wrong with the dryer |
| 7 | ‘ It 's only the fire alarm . |
| 8 | It 's only the ground floor , really , and it is set out with a bar at the back and refreshments like the old music halls used to be with every so often , every few seats there is a table so that it 's a thing to have your drink and refreshments to hand at the table . |
| 9 | It 's also saying that you know the family it 's only the family unit that helps itself out so if you 're an orphan |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is assumed that it is only the field man who ‘ really knows ’ what is happening ‘ out there ’ . |
| 12 | There are innumerable aquatic snails available for the pool , but it is only the ramshorn type ( Fig. 16 ) that can be depended upon to restrict its appetite to undesirable algae . |
| 13 | Yet in the National Heritage department , it is only the tourism funding , specifically to ETB , which , over the coming three years , is to be greatly reduced , while all other areas reflect at least modest growth . |
| 14 | Now there is only the Wellington inn . |
| 15 | Mr Pincher , though , is only the ghost writer and it 's Dido who 's grabbing the headlines . |
| 16 | But especially in conditions of capitalist crisis , it is only the street crime of the poor which is identified as a danger to the social order . |
| 17 | The only , the , there is only the project engineer can get into the databases to put anything in , or , or their clerical support , to get anything into the general notes about that particular |
| 18 | While a number of different leeches will be seen in the garden pool it is only the fish leech that causes any serious problems . |
| 19 | Before separation , what was to be the U.S.A. was close against southern Europe and northern Africa , and it is only the Gulf Stream that makes our Labradorian latitudes bearable . |
| 20 | The face is only the serial number of a specimen . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I mean , going back to nineteen eighty three for instance , in the whole of er area there was no adult day care at all and in at that time there was only the Road day centre for the learning disabled which , with the best will in the world , is not the jewel in our crown . |
| 23 | We got full houses ( it was only the bar seating 65 ) and got asked back . |
| 24 | All right , I know it was hardly the All-England championships ; I know it was only the badminton club doubles competition . |
| 25 | He was only the company manager . |
| 26 | How do you know ? he said , implying I was only the shop lad and what did I know ? |
| 27 | It was only the Lancashire side 's second win in nine games and manager Joe Royle admitted : ‘ We needed that . |
| 28 | It was only the office holding of the Stanleys which was threatened , but even that may have been enough to drive them into opposition to Edward by 1470 . |
| 29 | It was only the office holding of the Stanleys which was threatened , but even that may have been enough to drive them into opposition to Edward by 1470 . |
| 30 | That seven thousand was only the overtime payment . |