Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [be] only a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lack of liquid refreshment during a two hour meeting could be seen as a lack of courtesy and , if this occurs again , it is suggested that a tactful reference to the need for a drink be made during the meeting — the result may be only a glass of water , but that is better than nothing ! |
| 2 | All that has happened in tokamaks has been consistent with the 1970 view , formulated by Lev Artsimovich , that achieving the conditions required for thermonuclear ignition in tokamaks would be only a matter of time and of larger machines and the development of ways of heating the plasma . |
| 3 | However , where the charge had been well laid before the magistrate , on its face bringing itself within his jurisdiction , any error would be only an error within jurisdiction . |
| 4 | This year America 's deficit and Germany 's surplus are forecast to be less than half as big , as a percentage of GNP , as they were at their peak ; Japan 's surplus may be only a quarter of its peak level . |
| 5 | The cost of the implant should be only a fraction of the total cost of surgery and inpatient care — overall cost £3000-£5000 per joint replacement ( Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust costings , 1992 ) . |
| 6 | Memory suggested that both Byron and Shelley had a taste for the morbid ; no doubt they would enjoy meeting Edgar Allan Poe — yet Poe would be only a child still , somewhere across a very wide Atlantic . |
| 7 | However , he noted that cloning Sun 's machines will be only a part of Hyundai 's operations . |
| 8 | Suffering happens , is not chosen , is a ‘ misfortune ’ ; shall we say that , since by nature attention quickens only as a function of the organism striving towards its goals , the optimum of internal and external stimulation to awareness can be only a matter of chance ? |
| 9 | The Andean lines , like the British leys , are only rarely associated with astronomical orientations , so archaeoastronomy can be only a part of the linear mystery , not vice versa . |
| 10 | Until the time will come when that enemy in you will win and your yearning for freedom will be only a lie which you turn into dreams that start ‘ if only … |
| 11 | Chesarynth tried to swamp the thought that the box might be only a therapist 's tool . |
| 12 | And even this unobtrusive surveillance might be only a part of her fantasy . |
| 13 | The problem this creates for Christianity is that a part of the turning to faith in our generation may be only a reflection of the psychological and sociological undercurrents of our time . |
| 14 | The idea that speech coding in memory may be only a subset of motor memory processes , including sign language behaviour , opens up a new possibility for psychological research . |
| 15 | He believes that agreement may be only a month or two away , however any deal is not necessarily exclusive . |