Example sentences of "is only [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answering machine winks cheerfully , but it is only Mrs Body excusing herself from work tomorrow because of the funeral . |
| 2 | After the frantic design years of the early 1980s board design has now settled down to a fairly stable format and it is only construction techniques that are still changing slightly . |
| 3 | Because at Q M the social marginal benefit of another unit of output is P M but the social marginal cost is only P C . |
| 4 | Currently the EEC Nine is only 64% self sufficient in lamb and mutton and around 95 — 97% in beef . |
| 5 | If I think you I mean you can go into it if you 've erm I mean the minimum qualification they say is only G C S Es |
| 6 | Membership is only £5 p.a . |
| 7 | At present it is only home helps which local authorities have a duty to provide . |
| 8 | > It is only Apolline art that seeks to replace suffering by beauty . |
| 9 | Not all commercials have music , but most do , even if it is only background music bought from a library of such material . |
| 10 | ‘ None of us can understand how he fell — the window is only 2ft square . ’ |
| 11 | The door of my fishhouse is only 2ft 9″ wide . |
| 12 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 13 | The second point which I would make is that despite having had many months indeed years , to come to a view , erm it is only Selby District Council who have stepped forward and said , basically that they would be prepared to accommodate the new settlement . |
| 14 | It is only car cases of the larger mammals that kites are interested in and help to remove . |
| 15 | Della Grice , a service controller at Hygiene Bristol recently wanted to jump out of an aeroplane , a strange idea , thought other branch members particularly as now she is only 4′ 6″ ! |
| 16 | ‘ Simon Osborn is like a choirboy , Gareth Southgate is a clean , fresh player , Bowry is only 9st 7lb , and Ndah is still a youth player . |