Example sentences of "[noun sg] be only [adv] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This aspect of his practice is only just beginning to change , but he intends to persevere with it , spurred on by the personal satisfaction he has derived from ‘ seeing them do their maths ’ . |
| 2 | They have weathered every kind of financial storm over the centuries and have skills which the public sector is only just beginning to learn . |
| 3 | The steady gaze was only just beginning to show a hint of scorn . |
| 4 | Data for gall stone recurrence after extra corporeal shock wave dissolution are only now starting to emerge but the initial results showing 11–15% gall stone recurrencerates one to two years after lithotripsy certainly confirm this prediction . |
| 5 | Statistically , half of them are women , and that third of the world 's population is only now beginning to feel that they have a say in the running of their lives . |
| 6 | Coulommiers is a small Brie , eaten very young when the surface mould is only just starting to appear , and Fongeru is similar but ripened in fronds of bracken and very difficult to obtain . |
| 7 | The retreat movement is only just beginning to establish itself north of the Border and I feel strongly that a quiet space can be of real benefit in today 's hectic and stressful lifestyle . ’ ‘ |
| 8 | Even though Plato wrote these words over two thousand years ago , we in the modern western world are only just beginning to resonate in harmony with his tune of truth . |
| 9 | They seem to creep up on us gradually for reasons that medical science is only now beginning to understand . |
| 10 | FA Cup Final fever may be dissipating but excitement is only just beginning to mount over plans for a croquet centre of excellence . |
| 11 | This aspect of evaluation is only just beginning to receive the attention it deserves . |
| 12 | At this time West German rearmament was only just beginning to gather momentum . |
| 13 | Under her left breast , whose pale skin was only just beginning to give up its bloom to death , was a tiny , dark-red blob , no bigger than a sand flea . |
| 14 | Trowark style is large , enveloping and extremely cosy with an almost indestructible quality — one five-year-old jumper seen by The Independent is only just beginning to look ‘ broken in ’ after years of frequent machine washing and hard wear . |