Example sentences of "[pron] is only [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | which is only about a fortnight is n't it ? |
| 2 | A few miles outside Moscow on a ridge of hills sloping steeply down to the river Moskva below is the Church of the Decapitation of S. John the Baptist at Dyakovo ( 245 ) , which is only about a mile away across the trees and woods from the unusual Church of the Ascension at Kolomenskoe ( Chapter 5 , Fig. 560 ) . |
| 3 | The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen . |
| 4 | It is only through a process of dynamic interaction that consciousness is achieved as a sense of self and other . |
| 5 | Although some fertility clinics have offered counselling in recent years , it is only as a result of the new legislation that all clinics have to employ counsellors in order to be licensed . |
| 6 | It is only as a result of sensitive and skilful policing in towns and cities that the problem will be kept under control . |
| 7 | Furthermore , you are entitled to assume that any flat roof will need replacing before long , even if it is only on a garage , porch or dormer window . |
| 8 | I would rather see people that are going to start work , even if it is only for a year , at the same time where they are working that year that somebody take an interest in what 's going to happen to them at the end of that year . |
| 9 | ‘ It is only with a ceasefire that it will be possible to save the traumatised population of Angola , and the United Nations are ready to help once the hostilities cease , ’ said Joao Lins de Albuquerque , spokesman for the UN representative , Margaret Anstee . |
| 10 | The gentle ascending traverse belies the true nature of the clough , and it is only beyond a stile on the western bank of the steam bed that the deeply-cut nature of the ravine is revealed . |
| 11 | Furthermore , since ethics is an empirical and historical discipline and since it is only in a democracy that all citizens participate equally , Dewey argued that the realization of each individual 's ethical potential can only occur within a democracy . |
| 12 | He argues , for instance , that the evolutionary emergence of ‘ our self transcendence by means of selection and rational criticism ’ depends upon developments that have taken place in academic language : ‘ It is only within a language thus enriched that critical argument and knowledge in the objective sense become possible . ’ |