Example sentences of "be only [adj] [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be only natural to suppose that this order should apply not only to the laws , but also to the conditions at the boundary of space-time that specify the initial state of the universe . |
| 2 | We were only later to learn that these were the Spinner Dolphins , the most acrobatic of all their family . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , it is only fair to say that this marks a period of ‘ boom ’ in house prices . |
| 4 | It is only fair to add that some lawyers play exactly the opposite role , persuading clients who are itching for a zero sum fight that they would do better to reach a nonzero sum settlement out of court . |
| 5 | It is only fair to add that this kind of language finds less favour with some modern experimenters . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it is only proper to recognise that this is the ground on which the parties have chosen to engage , and to approach the arguments accordingly . |
| 7 | It was corporation booty however , and it was only reasonable to expect that this early entertainment centre might not be firing on all cylinders . |
| 8 | I was only able to come because all the men have gone off to a meeting with Romanies from other camps . |
| 9 | The serialization was begun while Pickwick Papers was only half written and later instalments overlapped with the commencement of Nicholas Nickleby . |