Example sentences of "be only [adj] [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These complications are only likely to set in if the infection has been present for some time , and this is only likely to happen if the infection is an asymptomatic one . |
| 2 | However , we believe that it is only right to point out that we are not a specialist tour operator in the field of holidays for the disabled . |
| 3 | It is only right to point out that there is nothing particularly ‘ wrong ’ in using a sans serif face for the text and a serif one for the headings , just that it needs a bit more care . |
| 4 | At the same time , it is only fair to point out that my task in this instance had been of an unusually difficult order . |
| 5 | However , it is only fair to point out that the population distribution is uneven , and any swamping will take place in urban areas . |
| 6 | In the years 1815–27 , when he was hated by the young Romantic poets for his apostasy , it is only fair to point out that many quite reasonable people were at panic stations because of incipient popular unrest . |
| 7 | I think it is only fair to point out that this is not the first major development on the Ringdufferin Road . |
| 8 | Today 's training exercise was only able to go ahead because of an emergency packing operation which has been set up at the base . |
| 9 | One girl said that she had been unable to breathe , and was only able to do so when she covered her face with a pillow . |