Example sentences of "is only [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salvation may begin with the individual , he argued , but is only fulfilled in a life of shared brotherhood . |
| 2 | The HDS/SecureWare offering is only accredited as a single-user CMW . |
| 3 | This fine-grained limestone is only developed over a very small area , usually thought of as a lagoonal deposit behind sponge reefs , though recently interpreted as deposits in offshore sediment traps . |
| 4 | Most jobs can be shared , so do n't be put off if the job you want is only advertised as a full-time one . |
| 5 | According to Sartre , history is only born from a sudden imbalance of scarcity which disrupts all levels of society and initiates conflict and therefore progression . |
| 6 | He is probably also right when he says that he is only seen as a Spanish artist because his interest lies in Spanish art , instead of in French art ‘ like everyone else' : in other words , within the accepted categories there is no room for a Mexican who is interested in Spanish art . ' |
| 7 | The genes producing these peptides are quite distinct but it is not clear whether both peptides are produced in all L cells , as dual localisation is only seen in a proportion of them . |
| 8 | In addition , the copyright monopoly is only given for a certain period of time ( eg in the UK , 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies ) , but databases are usually continuously updated with new information , therefore does the protection period keep changing ? |
| 9 | The following pattern is only given as a guide to what to do , so that you can adapt it to suit your own yarn and jumper pattern , if necessary . |
| 10 | And the car tax itself is only raised by a paltry £10 . ’ |
| 11 | With glass , for instance , the molecular structure is only disturbed to a comparatively shallow depth below the fracture surface and W is generally around 6 J/m 2 — in other words about six times G — and so , although lg , the critical crack length , is six times as high as it otherwise would be , it is still very short and glass is a brittle material . |
| 12 | Bates is intense as the lonely homosexual whose obsessive selfless love is only reciprocated by a dumb animal . |
| 13 | Well that 's right , I mean , you know , two or , two or three drinks to us is only costing like a quid , well it 's only a quid . |
| 14 | Drake is only waterfowl with a drooping black crest , and is readily recognised , even at some distance , by strongly contrasted black upperparts and white flanks . |
| 15 | ( Ends sufficient in themselves , it will be remembered , include for us anything chosen however briefly for its own sake , even if it is only lazing in a deckchair in the sun . ) |
| 16 | The estate youth centre is only run on a part-time basis . |
| 17 | ( 6.5 ) unc provided x is free in no unc ( 6.6 ) unc provided x is free in no unc Note that it is possible to deal with cases where x is only declared in a few of the |
| 18 | If a giant cuts off somebody 's head , the spectacle is only realised as a striking and funny denouement … |
| 19 | According to Mark Doran , UI 's technical project manager , ALT wo n't be a full object-oriented specification and is only intended as a stopgap definition until the OMG delivers object linking and embedding guidelines in two years time . |
| 20 | This brochure is only intended as a very brief introduction to Carmarthen Bay & Teifi Valley . |
| 21 | The literature included here is only intended as a preliminary guide . |
| 22 | The explanation below is only intended as a brief reference guide . |
| 23 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 24 | Youngsters love it but the 220-year-old automaton is only operated for a minute , once or twice a day . |
| 25 | I suspect any successful teaching is only improving on a natural bent . |
| 26 | This policy booklet is only produced with a comprehensive wording , reduction in cover is driven by the wording in the ‘ Your insurance cover ’ section of the schedule . |
| 27 | This fountain , perhaps of ‘ the milk of Paradise ’ , is only produced with a vast effort : the process of creation is very difficult . |
| 28 | If the word " real " in the sense of " actual " or " actually existent " has any discernible function at all , then it is only to indicate in a roundabout way that a certain proposition , or propositions , are actally true ; and " true " , as we have just seen , is itself eliminable as a propositional predicate . |
| 29 | First , the details of the synaptic connections from other neurons on to the dendrites determine what a neuron responds to ; think of them as forming a lock which is only opened by a key in the form of a particular pattern of activity in the neurons which make contact with it . |
| 30 | The drawback is that the likelihood ratio test statistic is only distributed as a chi-square when n is very large , and misleading results may be obtained in small samples . |