Example sentences of "are [vb pp] only [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials describe the exodus as ‘ quota-driven ’ , meaning that numbers are limited only by the number of places made available in resettlement countries . |
| 2 | It does rather sound as though DTP is where you 're heading , and your choices are limited only by the memory in your machine and your budget — in that order . |
| 3 | The kinds of worlds that can be created are limited only by the multimedia software designed to generate them and the computer processing power available to bring them to life . |
| 4 | some proteins are exposed only to the exterior surface of the cell . |
| 5 | some proteins are exposed only to the interior surface of the cell . |
| 6 | The pleasures of driving our GTi are equalled only by the irritations . |
| 7 | Art schools have been closed down and those that survive are permitted only to the extent to which they have converted to a market economy . |
| 8 | Females are attracted only by the song , as can be demonstrated by putting out a loudspeaker broadcasting the tape-recording song of a male cricket : females of that species will approach it . |
| 9 | Clower referred to magnitudes such as as ‘ notional ’ quantities in the sense that firms , if they are constrained only by the parameters of their production function and a given real wage rate , w 1 , would ideally like to supply output and demand labour services . |
| 10 | The trust funds are reported only in the fund accounts . |
| 11 | But as the vote is a foregone conclusion ( in outcome , if not in numbers ) , debates tend to be formalized occasions and , apart from the opening and the winding-up speeches , are attended only by the handful of MPs who wish to speak . |
| 12 | Alternatively , the information obtained from a remote-sensing satellite could be inappropriate for a developing country if the sensors on board the vehicle are tailored only to the different requirements of industrialised nations . |
| 13 | Subsidies are granted only on the agreement that a set percentage of any budget must be spent in Hamburg . |
| 14 | Electric instantaneous showers , which are connected only to the mains cold water , are ideal for homes with direct cold water systems . |
| 15 | Thieblot and Haggard emphasise that these observations are made only on the basis of ‘ preliminary analysis ’ and do not offer any empirical validation . |
| 16 | These characteristics are the use of large columns to divide nave and choir from the aisles ; piers are used only at the crossing and then have slender clustered shafts . |
| 17 | Actually there are many stars with proper names , but in general these are used only for the first 30 or so , plus a few fainter stars of special interest — such as Polaris , Mizar in the Great Bear , and the variable star Mira , in Cetus , the Whale . |
| 18 | At the same time the children are given mental exercises through amusing riddles and puzzles which are told only in the evenings after meals , or while food is being cooked . [ … ] |
| 19 | McDonald 's world famous French Fries are produced only from the best quality potatoes — Russet Burbank and Pentland Dell — and our total annual requirement is UK grown . |
| 20 | At this time the universe would have contained mostly photons , electrons , and neutrinos ( extremely light particles that are affected only by the weak force and gravity ) and their antiparticles , together with some protons and neutrons . |
| 21 | These species are found only in the Southern Hemisphere , have a very restricted range , and occur only in small numbers . |
| 22 | The first meiotic division in the female starts during embryogenesis and the prophase stages up to diplotene are found only in the fetal ovary . |
| 23 | His lithographs of Palestinian villages and of Lebanon , of Tyre and the peninsula of Ras Naqourra , of the temples of Baalbek , are bathed only in the peace of antiquity , a nineteenth-century dream machine that would become more seductive as the decades saw the collapse of the Turkish and then of the British Empire . |
| 24 | Cell morphology is not significantly affected , and pyknotic cells and cell debris are observed only in the outermost layer of exposed mesenchyme . |
| 25 | The stack itself should be straight for its main length and offsets are allowed only above the topmost connection |
| 26 | For extra safety , temperature readings are taken only by the certificate-holding management staff , which , apart from two chefs , include three assistant managers and two managers of the smaller outlets . |
| 27 | We are left only with the memory of fleeting colours , perhaps a small note-group which appears to be half-familiar ( like something we have heard before ) , or some spectacular moment like the boom of a gong . |
| 28 | However , in contrast to the present position where audit reports are signed only with the name of the firm , in the case of a limited company acting as auditor the report could also include , as is currently the case in Sweden and Germany , the name or names of one or more individuals responsible for conducting the examination . |
| 29 | The essential problem in an extreme version of the constructed-sentence approach occurs when the resulting sentences are tested only against the linguist 's introspection . |
| 30 | Storage directories are accessed only by the LIFESPAN system . |