Example sentences of "is only [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think of yourself as an expert witness while you are writing your report , even if it is only a lab. report . |
| 2 | According to Robyn ( or , more precisely , according to the writers who have influenced her thinking on these matters ) , there is no such thing as the ‘ self ’ on which capitalism and the classic novel are founded — that is to say , a finite , unique soul or essence that constitutes a person 's identity ; there is only a subject position in an infinite web of discourses — the discourses of power , sex , family , science , religion , poetry , etc . |
| 3 | There is truth in this , but it is only a half truth . |
| 4 | Give the other person something , even if it is only a name card , or piece of paper with notes on it . |
| 5 | Kingfisher yesterday tried to counter the view that its 120p-a-share bid for Dixons is only a sighting shot . |
| 6 | Kingfisher yesterday tried to counter the view that its 120p-a-share bid for Dixons is only a sighting shot . |
| 7 | ( One occasionally encounters a burst of inanity of Nobel proportions , as in this : " Our capacity for deceiving ourselves about the operation of the brain is almost limitless , mainly because what we can report is only a minute fraction of what goes on in our head . |
| 8 | But IRAS is only a survey telescope , with simple detectors and a planned lifetime of around seven months , during which its main task is to sweep the entire sky and catalogue the sources it finds . |
| 9 | Now listen to me , all you feel for your cousin is only a childhood fancy . ’ |
| 10 | There are several answers to this question , but the most common one is that sooner or later all caterers run into a staffing problem which requires an immediate solution , and a staff recruitment company is only a phone call away . |
| 11 | British Gas is a member , so getting an appliance seen-to is n't difficult becuase a British gas engineer is only a phone call away . |
| 12 | Oxfordshire 's children 's line is being relaunched this evening ; posters carrying the slogan ‘ help is only a phone call away ’ have being up in schools and sports venues throughout the area , and the line opens at six thirty — ten minutes time . |
| 13 | ‘ I know it is only a discussion paper , ’ Mr Brenan said , ‘ but there are serious concerns about these matters , and , in my opinion , it is a clear pointer to the stance we should be taking from an ethical viewpoint . ’ |
| 14 | The street price it put on the box is only a ballpark figure ( a 10%-15% differential ) and it will not reveal its dealer discounts . |
| 15 | It is only a game Raymond so do not think we will be upset with you . |
| 16 | DALE GORDON is only a fringe player at Ibrox but he reckons he 's the envy of almost every top footballer in England . |
| 17 | Where there is smoke there is usually fire , but occasionally there is only a smoke machine . |
| 18 | Second , it is submitted for the plaintiffs that such action is not in relation to the grant or refusal of a further advance because the making of the valuation is not part of the administration or managerial process leading to the grant or refusal but is only a condition precedent to the actual process of making a grant . |
| 19 | Every advertisement has to appear in some advertising medium or other , even if it is only a roadside sign or a newsagent 's window . |
| 20 | ‘ Vinnie is only a football player , and he just went and did something which , ideally , he should not have done . |
| 21 | Elsewhere — as in the Jura — corals are more important than rudists and usually it is only a reef limestone in the broadest Gallic sense of that term ; that is to say , a massive limestone without bedding planes and commonly recrystallised . |
| 22 | You see it is only a routine matter and they will not be able to understand why I could n't get you to fill it in . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , Luke , a radio station is only a radio station , and there are plenty all around the world , but there 's only one Luke Scott . ’ |
| 24 | Chris Young , Chelmsford : ‘ If you were to believe that people buy a record by The Smiths because they wish to change something , even if it is only the music industry , then you are being very naïve about things . |
| 25 | It is assumed that it is only the field man who ‘ really knows ’ what is happening ‘ out there ’ . |
| 26 | There are innumerable aquatic snails available for the pool , but it is only the ramshorn type ( Fig. 16 ) that can be depended upon to restrict its appetite to undesirable algae . |
| 27 | Yet in the National Heritage department , it is only the tourism funding , specifically to ETB , which , over the coming three years , is to be greatly reduced , while all other areas reflect at least modest growth . |
| 28 | Now there is only the Wellington inn . |
| 29 | Mr Pincher , though , is only the ghost writer and it 's Dido who 's grabbing the headlines . |
| 30 | But especially in conditions of capitalist crisis , it is only the street crime of the poor which is identified as a danger to the social order . |