Example sentences of "it [modal v] only [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not have to be a long passage , it may only be a verse . |
| 2 | It may only be a matter of time before MaliVai Washington , for one , sees the family name being represented in the wider context of majority black participation in the sport which has , for so long , been predominantly whites only territory . |
| 3 | It should only be a matter of time before they return to common sense and reason . |
| 4 | ‘ Nothing yet , but I 've got a team working around the clock so it should only be a matter of time before they come up with the answers . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The authorities in Northern Ireland were quite satisfied that a substantial amount of explosives was in the area , and it might only be a matter of time until this sort of activity was renewed . ’ |
| 6 | They also realised that it might only be a matter of time before Poland 's enemies used the same tactic as part of a concerted effort to wipe the country from the maps again . |
| 7 | Given Jacqui 's simple character , it could only be a man . |
| 8 | ‘ It could only be a madman , could n't it ? |
| 9 | It could only be a body of free , indigenous men . |
| 10 | Jerusalem , the very heart of Christendom , had been captured and it could only be a matter of time before the remaining Christian forces , still holding on at Tyre , Tripoli and Antioch , were overcome or expelled . |
| 11 | As for de Gaulle , his views were already well-known , and it could only be a matter of time before he attacked Hallstein and his Commission . |
| 12 | The Dwarfs sent word to the Dwarf capital of Karaz a Karak high in the Worlds Edge Mountains , explaining that the Night Goblins were virtually holding them prisoners within their own citadel and that without reinforcements it could only be a matter of time before the Dwarfs were defeated . |
| 13 | It could only be a matter of time before Wainfleet was using the information for his own purposes . |
| 14 | It could only be a matter of time , though , before we got together . |
| 15 | I remember coming home and discussing with my wife that another friend that it 'd only be a couple of weeks and we 'd be back to work . |
| 16 | ‘ I assume it 'd only be a matter of months before the divorce procedure was set in motion ? ’ |
| 17 | And with a team of assassins awaiting Jamel Mobuto 's arrival in America , it would only be a question of days before Tito Ngune was inaugurated as the new President of Zimbala . |
| 18 | It 's no use my telling you what it is — she might not agree , and then it would only be a waste of time . ’ |
| 19 | It would only be a matter of ti me before the pubs , the little grocer and the dry-cleaner 's were replaced by some establishment selling something on which an enormous mark-up could be obtained . |
| 20 | It would only be a matter of time , analysts warned , before a conservative backlash would begin with the usual repressive measures against bourgeois liberalism . |
| 21 | It would only be a matter of time before the strong-willed de Gaulle would seek to reshape the EEC according to his own conceptions . |
| 22 | It was what she saw as the excessive time and attention given to the ‘ South Bank ’ theologians which she objected to most strongly , feeling that it would only be a matter of time before the Governors took action to alter the position . |
| 23 | It would only be a matter of time before it was discovered but it was the best she could do in such a short time . |
| 24 | And it would only be a matter of time before they came to investigate . |
| 25 | If a complete unified theory was discovered , it would only be a matter of time before it was digested and simplified in the same way and taught in schools , at least in outline . |
| 26 | If not for the operation it would only be a matter of months before she had to go on Dialysis . |
| 27 | Sir John knew it would only be a matter of time before his masters at the Guildhall or , worse still , the Regent at the Savoy Palace , asked for an account of his stewardship . |
| 28 | I should have tried to comfort her , saying it would only be a month or two before spring came . |
| 29 | ‘ It will only be a village school . |
| 30 | But it knows it will only be a matter of time before unions have to become involved . |