Example sentences of "only [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only be the brightness of what you are ’ . |
| 2 | The ‘ party ’ of the future could only be the mass of the labouring population , for as he wrote in 1950 , in his self- proclaimed masterpiece : ‘ State Capitalism and World Revolution . ’ |
| 3 | To walkers and climbers the price of continued access to the hills need only be the cost of MCofS membership . |
| 4 | And the chip will still only be the size of a centimetre or two . |
| 5 | If it 's inherited from an estate that of itself er attracts no tax , so there tax position would only be the income that they received from it would be subject to income tax and it would be added to their own assets so that when they die in due course then they 've inheritance payable there . |
| 6 | But the irregular payments for which Stan Flashman 's club were punished may only be the tip of the iceberg . |
| 7 | These figures can only be the tip of the iceberg when we see the low rates of eligibility for maternity benefits and full time participation in the paid labour market for mothers with young children ( S. McRae , Maternity Rights in Britain , 1991 PSI ) . |
| 8 | Greenpeace say that this can only be the tip of the iceberg , as far more arrives clandestinely . |
| 9 | He was right , she thought , gazing into the distance , there were lights everywhere , some from passing ships and others which could only be the shoreline . |
| 10 | my Lord that , that must be right because that would only be the way in which they could give negative clearance , because the clause or the membership rules were inappreciable |
| 11 | Thus , while they should be drafted , so far as possible , to withstand judicial scrutiny , they will only be the subject of litigation in exceptional cases . |
| 12 | It should be remembered that a company can only be the firm 's appointed representative if the firm accepts responsibility for the whole of the investment business it carries on on the firm 's behalf . |
| 13 | This would only be the case if the latter entitled the individual to look to the government for the provision of certain welfare benefits . |
| 14 | Clearly this would only be the case if the company was perceived as an entity distinct from its shareholders so that it followed that the company and not the shareholders would be liable for any debts . |
| 15 | But this will only be the case if the debt continues to be remembered as an unrequited obligation by both parties to the transaction . |
| 16 | It would appear that an obligation of confidence may arise in relation to information which is overheard but it seems that this will only be the case where the recipient has used surreptitious means to put himself in a position to overhear the information . |
| 17 | In the county court , apart from the judge 's own note , there will only be the lawyer 's notes of the decision , and there will also be a written decision from the first instance tribunal . |
| 18 | Rounding the mysteriously named ‘ Kitchen Corner ’ , all thoughts of worms and dragons were blown away , not only be the wind but more by magnificent sweep of Rhosili Bay . |
| 19 | Given the pluralistic nature of society , they can only be the product of hysteria and demagogic manipulation . |
| 20 | It could only be the doctor — and the breakthrough came . |
| 21 | This might be a glitch in the translation , but when Casaubon observes , ‘ Life is n't simple , the way it is in detective stories ’ , the gobsmacking banality can only be the author 's . |
| 22 | Often this will only be the recovery of an insurance excess where the accident was caused by the third party . |
| 23 | By Gascon custom , observed in 1254 by Henry III and in 1306 by Edward I , this could only be the king-duke 's eldest son . |
| 24 | Lastly , the United Kingdom argued that , if any national of a member state could establish himself in another member state and , without more , exercise the same right to fish as that enjoyed by the nationals of that latter member state , it would not only be the quota system which would be undermined . |
| 25 | What looks like a dead end may only be the result of personal weakness . |
| 26 | During the lexicographic stage this can only be the result of the creation of a new entry . |
| 27 | It states that , apart from stochastic disturbances emanating from u , , deviations of output from its full employment , natural value can only be the result of errors in predicting the price level . |
| 28 | It will try to leave as much of the restriction as is reasonable in force , but that will only be the result if what remains after deletion of the void provisions can stand alone as a coherent , meaningful agreement : all too often the several restraints are jumbled and effectively unseverable , so that the whole fails . |
| 29 | Churchyards should not only be the resting places for our bodies , but could , with very little effort , be transformed into glorious meadows buzzing with bees and butterflies — wildlife service stations in arable and urban deserts . |
| 30 | It could only be the hand of a man , and for a moment she stood quite still , hesitating to pick it up , filled with a gloomy presentiment . |