Example sentences of "[is] only [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah it 's only the good ones .
2 It 's only the monastic types who like their bedrooms uncomfortable .
3 Young chaps do n't like cricket , it 's only the old boys .
4 It 's only the inefficient producers that support their agricultures , because it 's those inefficient producers that need support , erm , so , in the , in the long run , world supply , world supply will contract , but in the short run , you know , farmers in these er , efficient countries of the world may well erm , continue in production because they may , may be able to cut their average variable costs , it 's only when in , in the long run , you know , providing farmers can cover their average variable costs , they 'll continue in production in the short run .
5 That 's only an old wives ' tale .
6 Of course , the resultant of all winds is probably not the most useful resultant , as on most shores it is only the onshore winds which count in constructional action .
7 It is only the inexperienced dealers , who know nothing about the stock market and who are desperate for money that can be manipulated this way .
8 Many products contain mechanisms that are interfaced to electronics and with the advances in miniaturization of these products it is only the special-purpose machines which possess the skills to manufacture and assemble them .
9 To be more specific , the gene R in Figure 5 , which makes recombination possible , may have no effect at all on the survival of an organism in which it finds itself , or on the number of offspring produced ; what R can affect is only the particular kinds of genes with which it will be associated in future generations .
10 It is only the American buyers who are now attracted by genuine objets d'art , they are the only ones who understand their true worth and what kind of reflection is that upon us ?
11 Unfortunately it is only the voluntary agencies which are likely to take its message to heart — and not the government aid departments and World Bank ‘ experts ’ who need most to hear it .
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