Example sentences of "life is only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The initial change in Singer from shuddering zombie to desperate fighter for life is only the first of several metamorphoses — all caught with bravura vividness in Antony Sher 's phenomenally versatile performance . |
| 2 | Certainly ‘ death 's other kingdom ’ ( my italics ) suggests that the speakers ' inane life is only another form of death . |
| 3 | It 's sensible , Harry says , not to put them too deep inside since their shelf life is only a couple of weeks . |
| 4 | There is a relaxed welcome at the Easo and a relaxed atmosphere ; ideally located , the night life is only ten minutes away , as is the fabulous Levante beach . |
| 5 | And another thing , you really ought to be venturing further afield ; travelling or doing something more challenging now and therefore perhaps you need a gentle prod to remind you that life is only , after all , what you make it . |
| 6 | Many would also say that real life is only possible when one has accepted the finiteness of life on earth as something that God uses to draw people into a closer union with himself . |
| 7 | Similarly , although the ethnography of British rather than colonial life is only a recent development within academic sociology , the discipline having been associated with the statistical method from its earliest beginnings ( Abrams 1968 ) , there has been , for over a century , a major tradition of such work by novelists , journalists and social reformers ( Keating 1976 ) ; a tradition which culminated in the work of Orwell , perhaps the most influential British social analyst of this century . |
| 8 | First , we suggested that the occurrence of disability as a significant event in an individual 's life is only a starting-point for understanding the practical and personal consequences of living with a disability . |