Example sentences of "only [be] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Titan he had only been a partial paladin — merely part of a vaster amplified body which also comprised Tundrish and Valence and Zed Juron and , oh yes , Akbar too . |
| 2 | It had only been a brief talk and nothing improper was intimated . |
| 3 | He 'd closed his eyes once in the last forty hours , and that had only been a restless doze in the back of the car on the way to the border . |
| 4 | Conditions ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) alone clearly are not enough and there can only be a limited number of ways of thinking of conditions which give the same results as ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) . |
| 5 | In the Berg judgment , Mr Justice Hobhouse considered the timing of Union Discount 's alleged reliance on the 1982 accounts : ‘ Furthermore , there would only be a limited period of time within which it would be reasonably foreseeable that a bank or discount house would rely upon a given set of audited accounts . |
| 6 | The unusual juxtaposition of these two words can only be a subconscious association in the author 's mind with the well-known carol , The Twelve Days of Christmas whose repetitive chorus ends , ‘ And a partridge in a pear-tree . ’ |
| 7 | The end result might only be a slight scratch , but the potential might have been in that situation for something a lot worse . |
| 8 | The sun must only be a rare visitor to this mysterious landscape where spring flowers push through the slowly melting ice . |
| 9 | Though from what I 've read about eighteenth-century Eton , anything that came after that could only be a pleasant relief . ’ |
| 10 | It is an important test , for impotence will not only be a poor recommendation of Community cohesion ; it could make it all the more difficult to stem the tide of bloody anarchy that could so easily engulf large tracts of Europe which we recently rejoiced to see set free . |
| 11 | It was for them that Paul Rotha spoke when he declared : ‘ The dialogue film , at its best , can only be a poor substitute for the stage . ’ |
| 12 | IF England could hold their own against Pakistan , it would not only be a great achievement , but one which would make all the difference to their chances of regaining the Ashes from Australia in 1993 . |
| 13 | Foucault 's gesture , however , marks the radical scope of such an anti-essentialist project which exploits Plato 's admission that there can not only be a good copy but also a bad one ( phantasma ) — characteristic of the secondary representations of the poets . |
| 14 | On the positive side , perhaps a renewed interest in old school rap can only be a good thing . |
| 15 | I welcome the competition that Eric provides and that can only be a good thing for the club . |
| 16 | As the head of science put it : I think once it gets off the ground and we have got the library and the integrated studies and study skills teaching in a central resource area for the whole school , I think then , people are going to have to start seriously appraising the way they teach and I think that can only be a good thing . |
| 17 | On the face of it , this could only be a good thing . |
| 18 | The dramatic reduction in complaints and , of course , the high value placed on the quality improvement itself can only be a good thing for the business . ’ |
| 19 | It 's really good because management 's the same no matter where it is , but in the Health Service there are sometimes specific problems and this course is geared to people working in the Health Service and that can only be a good thing . |
| 20 | In contrast to Table 3.9 , Table 3.10 shows higher consultation rates by the lower socio-economic groups , but the Black Report points out that this can only be a tentative conclusion because of the problematic nature of the data on which the table is based . |
| 21 | So when the police declare ( as they do ) that they are non-political institution , this can only be a partial truth . |
| 22 | Thus , due to the sheer complexity of spatial data and the operations available , this can only be a partial solution to the general problem of user interaction with a GIS ( Gould 1989 ) . |
| 23 | However , these can only be a rough guide , and there is no replacement for experience of getting down among the crevices , ledges and pools . |
| 24 | ‘ It might only be a tiny step forward — but at least it is a move in the right direction . ’ |
| 25 | With Wittgenstein 's approach in mind , this can only be a dispiriting beginning . |
| 26 | Even if we accept the enforceability criterion for the existence of a law this can only be a necessary requirement of law if ‘ enforceability ’ is taken in a weak sense to mean that the rules in question are by and large adhered to , which need not , of course , be the result of threats . |
| 27 | And with St E 's wholesome regard for strong melodies evidenced again by the next single ‘ Speedwell ’ can this really only be a one-night stand ? |
| 28 | As it would only be a temporary name we felt it did n't really matter all that much what we should call ourselves |
| 29 | ‘ It may only be a temporary measure . |
| 30 | It is , however , likely that the Europeanisation of the Saar could , for West Germany , only be a temporary measure . |