Example sentences of "be only for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanatoria , popular by the end of the century , were only for the better-off , apart from some charitable foundations , and in any case had little effect . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's only for the one night . ’ |
| 3 | See even if it 's only for the three days |
| 4 | That 's not to say disk caching is only for the impoverished . |
| 5 | Premier League chief Rick Parry has been invited but it is only for the 14 clubs . |
| 6 | There were Fred , aged 70 , and Betty , aged 66 , who embarked on a trial relationship in defiance of the prevailing belief that sex is only for the under-35s . |
| 7 | This sort of reading is only for the dedicated follower of the history of taste , though any reader particularly interested in a picture may find within a single catalogue entry an acutely discriminating judgement or interesting facts ; for example , Tietze 's entry also points out that Manet so much admired the Tintoretto self-portrait that he made a copy of it . |
| 8 | On granting or transferring a restricted hotel licence or a restaurant licence in respect of any premises , a licensing board shall , if as regards the use of the premises for the provision of the customary main meals it appears to the board that it is only for the customary main meal at midday or only for the customary main meal in the evening that the premises fall within paragraph ( a ) ( ii ) of the restricted hotel licence or paragraph ( a ) ( ii ) of the restaurant licence as set out in Schedule 1 to this Act , insert in the licence a condition that there shall be no permitted hours in the evening , or that there shall be permitted hours in the premises only in the evening , as the case requires . |
| 9 | But in sub-Saharan Africa , for example , television is only for the privileged few , whereas radio surpasses all other media in terms of audience . |
| 10 | It is only for the last century and a half that a direct picture becomes a convincing possibility . |
| 11 | Although Britain has been occupied by man for more than 25,000 years , in a form of intermittent visits over long periods between glaciations , it is only for the last 12,000 years or so that the country has been continuously occupied , with people moving into Britain permanently to exploit what resources were available . |
| 12 | It was only for the last three years of his life , from 1630 to 1633 , that he served as a country parson , as Vicar of Bemerton in Wiltshire and Canon of Salisbury . |