Example sentences of "it [is] only [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I think it 's only a Windows thing . |
2 | Most of us do a full week 's work — it 's only the skivers that do n't . |
3 | it does n't fall off in the soup , it never falls off , it 's only the ones you see on the advertisements that fall off . |
4 | It 's only the ones that have nobody living |
5 | It 's only the tankers is n't it ? |
6 | Yeah but it 's only the supermarkets and that is n't it ? |
7 | and it 's , no but here it 's only the holidays that really matter , if it was n't for the holidays I really would n't bother because here it really is so plotted out is n't it ? |
8 | One day when we were at the hospital , Michael was undressing behind screens preparing for his treatment and I was helping him ; and we heard the radiographer say , ‘ If you hear a lot of laughter coming from behind those screens , Doctor , it 's only the Homes . |
9 | It 's only the oddities who make elderly bachelors . ’ |
10 | It 's only the ragamuffins chasing Caesar down the Fosse Way . |
11 | It 's only the kids that are gon na be able to have this you know |
12 | I do n't think it is only the mothers . |
13 | If the contract is cancellable under the Consumer Credit Act as well as under the Regulations , it is only the provisions of the former with which he must comply — i.e. provisions as to giving the customer notice of his cancellation rights . |
14 | The theory of quantum mechanics is based on an entirely new type of mathematics that no longer describes the real world in terms of particles and waves ; it is only the observations of the world that may be described in those terms . |
15 | ‘ It is only the Americans who continue to waste their time and money sending their expensive toys beyond the stars , collecting useless rocks from the moon . |
16 | The daily routine is disrupted only by extreme weather and by the rut , and even during the rut it is only the males whose activity is much changed . |
17 | It is only the answers to these questions that can really enable you to judge an ad , although it will certainly be good supporting evidence if the answers to the earlier questions are favourable . |
18 | It is suggested that schools should arrange for each group of girls ( 12–16 per group ) to spend a minimum of 1 to 1 hours covering at least two of the workstations , preferably using the kind of equipment with which they are unfamiliar , although it would appear that whilst some of the equipment may be available in schools , girls commonly claim that it is only the boys who gain access to it ! |
19 | It is only the females that sting , but it is not easy to tell the difference between the sexes . |
20 | It is only the Lancastrians who appear to be at all sun-wary . |
21 | There is , however , no firm basis for such confidence and , as will be seen to be significant in relation to notions of parliamentary sovereignty , it is by no means universally accepted that it is only the characteristics of the Parliament of England which survived these constitutional upheavals . |
22 | Interestingly , it is only the conservative-historians who use the term ‘ permissiveness ’ to refer to changes in actual behaviour . |