Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | the Compensation Fund is a ‘ solid plank ’ of the professions ' reputation ; it is absurd that only solicitors offer the public unlimited indemnity ; |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This is possible because only half of the tape 's width travels past the heads on each run . |
| 4 | Recurrent and continuing education is unplanned and only spasmodically available . |
| 5 | This is acceptable when only the family are around , but when we have guests , embarrassing situations can arise . |
| 6 | It is clear that a waiver is of no effect unless it is unequivocal and only where the representee acts on it to his detriment . |
| 7 | This is not to say that the position is wrong but only that it is arguable , or in other words , open to conceptual evaluation . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Some analysts argue that the result is deceptive because only successful beaches applied this year , while others claim that the number of winners has fallen because beaches had to meet a much stricter test on bacteria in the water . |
| 10 | It is crucial that only pure , unadulterated essential oils are used in therapy . |
| 11 | When applying glottochronological analyses it is crucial that only cognate words are compared , and not words which are coincidentally similar , or which may have been borrowed from one language into another : to include these would give a false high rating of similarity . |
| 12 | It is noticeable that only two of the available 11 sentences were selected as viable openings to the story . |
| 13 | The bedroom lock is insecure and only one hot tap on a swivel trickles into both bath and basin . |
| 14 | The film is uneven and only partially successful , but as an attempt to explore cultural , racial and , above all , sexual difference , it is ambitious and challenging . |
| 15 | It is sad that only this one little gallery remains at Hawkshead , for in the days of its eminence in the wool trade there were many pentices and galleries projecting from the houses , and the market square would have been busy with purchasers walking about and selecting goods . |
| 16 | The status of Top Traveller is one that is self-appointed and only has currency among the knots of those tacking their way through the continent with varying degrees of frustration and ill luck . |
| 17 | It 's not a thrilling task but is easy and only takes minutes . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ It is unfortunate that only two teams will now be able to take part in the Inter Counties match because everyone seemed to enjoy taking part . ’ |
| 20 | TOPR is fine but only for those who can afford to be effectively unemployed for several months . |
| 21 | Of the twenty original members it is likely that only two ( Sir Keith Joseph and Airey Neave ) voted for her on the first ballot for the leadershiP election in 1975 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In vivo , however , it is likely that only posterior mesenchyme is exposed . |
| 24 | Besides governments , it is likely that only the largest companies will engage in any kind of record retention and archive management . |
| 25 | Therefore for highly repetitive genomes it is likely that only maps containing clones from libraries of different types , such as cosmids and YACs , can be constructed and an optimal strategy of mapping of different resolutions , based on previously established probe-tagged sites , must be elaborated . |
| 26 | It is false that only a person in authority is an authority . |
| 27 | In organizations with scarce resources political activity is inevitable and only the naive decry it . |
| 28 | Well a little more , in future ask travels for the earliest make changes and deal with the future and again this is remarkable that only sixty five per cent absolutely endorse that but our potentials in the , if you look at the next examples , forty four we are told here were in favour of the strategy and thirty six per cent opposed . |
| 29 | It is obvious that only personal documentation at the time could make it possible for these three politicians to write anything with accuracy from 20 years after the events had taken place . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |