Example sentences of "is [verb] only [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where , on the one hand , the hierarchy of the chivalry is systematically catalogued , from dukes to mere gentlemen , the commonalty is differentiated only to the extent that a passing reference to ‘ the chief of theis folkes , as the substantiall marchauntes , the welthie grasiers and farmers ’ acknowledges the existence of sub-species . |
| 2 | It is ‘ the men ’ who act as a body , and the actual organizer is recognized only as the symbolic embodiment of ‘ the men ’ , and is in no way superior or qualitatively different from ‘ the men ’ ‘ |
| 3 | These are the Department of Education and Training ( DET ) , responsible for providing education to African children living in ‘ white designated areas ’ ; the departments responsible for education in the so-called ‘ self-governing states ’ or bantustans/homelands ( Kwazulu , Lebowa , Gazankulu , Kangwane , Kwandebele and Qwaqwa ) ; and finally there are Ministries of Education in the so-called ‘ independent states ’ of Transkei , Bophuthatswana , Ciskei and Venda , whose ‘ independence ’ is recognized only by the South African government . |
| 4 | The call is uttered only by the male cuckoo , who arrives slightly before the female , and begins to call as soon as he reaches the breeding grounds . |
| 5 | According to Mark Doran , Unix International 's technical project manager , Application Linking wo n't be a full object-oriented specification and is intended only as a stop-gap definition until the Object Group delivers object linking and embedding guidelines in two years ' time . |
| 6 | The list given here is intended only as a general guide . |
| 7 | Of course H is intended only as an easy illustration of what might go wrong — and go wrong it does in some of the important generalisations of Z that arise in Section 3.6 . |
| 8 | The landscape is broken only by a string of wine villages . |
| 9 | Soon the great awards of knighthoods give way to the decorations reserved for the civil and military services , and the shuffle of office workers is broken only by the occasional clink of a cavalryman 's spur . |
| 10 | The cloud-covered Amazon , the ochre tones of the Altiplano , whose intimidating monotony is broken only by the blue of the great lake — mountains and more mountains . |
| 11 | Here is spring and summertime the quiet is broken only by the soothing sound of wood pigeons , which somehow creates an aura of timelessness . |
| 12 | The ensuing silence is broken only by the quick rustle of Anya surrepitiously scratching her knee through a layer of denim . |
| 13 | To the extent that there is an elision in the terms of debate , and the concept of postmodern arrangements is aligned only with a ‘ free ’ labour market variant of organizational forms , which actually means freedom for a few and restriction to much more repressive conditions for the many , then the terms of debate and choice are unnecessarily restricted . |
| 14 | The silence is punctuated only by the light banter among the four ops room members and radio babble with the captain on the bridge . |
| 15 | Normal free-sparring in the training hall is limited only by the number of people there , so you can pick up bad competition habits through using space uneconomically . |
| 16 | The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ . |
| 17 | Since the Crown Court is a superior court , its power to punish is limited only by the maximum penalty set for the offence by an Act of Parliament . |
| 18 | The creative element in such notes is limited only by the imagination of you , the user . |
| 19 | By permutations of these various incidents the number of possible classes is limited only by the total number of shares . |
| 20 | The British headquarters is given only as The OTO Oasis , BM Box 3338 , London , WC1N 3XX . |
| 21 | No District Court accepted the exclusivity argument , many relying on a superficial reading of Article 27(c) of the Convention , which allows Contracting States to permit ‘ by internal law or practice , methods of taking evidence other than those provided for in this Convention ’ ; the better view is that this freedom is given only to the requested country and does not refer to the country from which the discovery request originates . |
| 22 | He permanently secretes a thick , transparent mucus about this body , which is clad only in an ancient blue-black robe . |
| 23 | The other reputed brother , Maelmore , is attested only by the Orkneyinga saga , and the relationship should be viewed with scepticism . |
| 24 | God is permitted only as a verifiable divinity who gets extremely cross at man 's transgressions . |
| 25 | In the Federal Republic , the ‘ chancellor-democracy ’ has at its disposal a continually growing government and management expertise which outlasts all parliaments : the twenty year long permanence of this government constellation is modified only by the federal structure . |
| 26 | Immobilization of nitrogen occurs in both types in both sites but phosphorus is immobilized only in the fern litter . |
| 27 | Indeed , in answering my question , identifying her place in a knowing audience is more important than supplying ‘ accurate ’ information about Jamie 's role , which is added only as an afterthought : ‘ He 's cute and podgy ’ . |
| 28 | The sombre note of the final phrase " and he died " is varied only in the case of Enoch , the man who " walked with God " , For him God had other plans . |
| 29 | Though it is popular among aquarists , it is recommended only as a curiosity . |
| 30 | Privatisation of the railways is designed only for the benefit of the Goevrnement and its friends . |