Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that only a very marked and rapid reduction in interest rates , which might cause a substantial shift in confidence , would be effective . |
| 2 | This is acceptable when only the family are around , but when we have guests , embarrassing situations can arise . |
| 3 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 4 | The second method is appropriate when only a small number of arithmetic operations are to be performed on each of a large number of initial items of data . |
| 5 | Given the composition of Council , it is likely that only the DTI stands in the way of adoption of this proposal : if it is adopted , I hope we will be spared further sanctimonious claims to the high ground by the Institute , and that it concedes it is operating predominantly in the interests of ( some of ) its members . |
| 6 | Besides governments , it is likely that only the largest companies will engage in any kind of record retention and archive management . |
| 7 | It is false that only a person in authority is an authority . |
| 8 | In organizations with scarce resources political activity is inevitable and only the naive decry it . |
| 9 | Bukharin replied : ‘ It is obvious that only the real process of exchanges of substances between town and country can serve as a firm and stable basis for the influence of the town to be decisive . ’ |
| 10 | First-hand experience is invaluable but only a limited amount of it can be arranged and you certainly ca n't have large numbers of trainees sitting at the back of the same class . |
| 11 | Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil . |
| 12 | ‘ It is scandalous that only a tiny fraction of cars in the UK have catalysts fitted . |
| 13 | When the temperature of crystallization is close to the melting temperature , nucleation is sporadic and only a few large spherulites will grow . |
| 14 | It is plain that only a small community closely knit by ties of kinship , common sentiment , and belief , and placed in a stable environment , could live successfully by such a regime of unofficial rules . |
| 15 | If we are tackling a very big warren it is probable that only the most likely of the bolt-holes will have been fitted with purse nets , simply because insufficient nets are available . |
| 16 | Titrations show that at pH 6.5 , His126 is uncharged and only the ( not ) NH ( 12.51 p.p.m. ) , which is hydrogen-bonded to Met100(CO) , is observed . |