Example sentences of "[was/were] only part " in BNC.
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| 1 | And indeed it would seem that it was only at about this time , in the Europe of the late-sixteenth century , that a few thoughtful men first began to think seriously about the moral nature of mankind as a whole , as against the older , narrower concept of the moral nature of " ourselves " , God 's chosen people , ranged against " the others " , the barbarians , who were only part men , unnatural monsters , beasts . |
| 2 | Physical disruption , fear , the adrenalin events — they were only part of it . |
| 3 | The steely granite-grey eyes beneath their deeply hooded lids were only part of his dark attraction . |
| 4 | Mr Lang said that the allocations were only part of the story since authorities could also spend their capital receipts and use revenue to fund capital expenditure . |
| 5 | The bluffness of Lewis , which before he became a don was only part of his nature ( 'Heavy Lewis ' ) , was fast hardening into a persona . |
| 6 | Mr Patten said the 120-clause bill was only part of the Government 's strategy for the environment . |
| 7 | But death , in itself , was only part of the problem ; for many people , an even more terrifying part was the uncertainty when and how death would come . |
| 8 | That was only part of the story . |
| 9 | Simplicity and ceremonial seem to express the changing pattern of Nonconformist worship but that worship was only part of a wider search for dignity , a dignity which was mainly realized in the new and improved buildings Nonconformity was erecting up and down the country . |
| 10 | As a result , a number of Palestinian intellectuals and development workers began arguing that liberation from Israel was only part of a broader process and indeed unless that broader process , which implied radical economic change , took place no liberation from Israel was likely . |
| 11 | First , that it was only part of a larger scheme , yet Hope had made the point that the new Foreign Office should conform to a larger plan . |
| 12 | Looking back on it , I think it was only part of the painful process of growing up . |
| 13 | But any thought or consideration given to working men was only part of a larger strategy of appealing to the public generally . |
| 14 | But his depression at the failure of the play was only part of a pervasive depression from which he was now suffering . |
| 15 | But revenge , while it would be sweet , was only part of the government 's reason for ‘ taking on ’ the miners . |
| 16 | It was only part of the communications system anyway , nothing advanced . |
| 17 | It was only part of the truth . |
| 18 | This was only part of her character . |
| 19 | She was tearing herself away from him and spinning round to face him , a storm in her eyes that was only part fury . |
| 20 | You could n't run away if you were dreaming … at least if you did ‘ t was only part of the dream … not real … |
| 21 | The government offensive in Arakan was only part of a broader offensive launched against rebel forces in late 1991 . |
| 22 | But the idea of the variable was only part of the revolution . |
| 23 | Telephone technique was only part of it . |
| 24 | But that was only part of the reason . |
| 25 | A spokeswoman for North West Water said the incinerator was only part of the functions at the proposed sludge treatment plant . |
| 26 | This was only part of a general sort of pattern as it were , where people were beginning to impinge on their lives , there was another well-known local alcoholic there who was knocking on doors trying to get money off people , and there 's several elderly people who gave this woman money , because they were frightened that if they did n't something would happen to them . |