Example sentences of "[be] only in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour government 's priority from 1964 onwards was the servicing of the economy in response to demands made on them by capital ; in so far as working-class girls could have contributed to this , it would have been only in those unskilled jobs for which greater or better education was not required . |
| 2 | It is also working on 60Mb and 80Mb 1.8 ’ drives , but those are only in early development stages . |
| 3 | Firstly , any plans for the chapel complex are only in embryonic form . |
| 4 | The work on show , of course , let's say was done in the seventies , I mean we 're only in nineteen eighty one now . |
| 5 | I 'm only in this business to make people laugh . |
| 6 | I 'm only in this business for my own enjoyment , yet because we 've been successful and made a lot of money people automatically assume I 'm a raving Conservative and resent.my criticisms . |
| 7 | Even though we were only in one room , me and the kids , and one of the boys was thirteen then . |
| 8 | Although we were only in Standard One , on the day prior to the holiday , Mr. Russ took the trouble to come to our class and explain how the election worked — how a vote was cast , placed in a sealed box , taken to the Council Chamber for counting and how the result was declared . |
| 9 | they were only in dozen boxes were n't they ? |
| 10 | He thinks this is an question but in small societies may be a much higher level of democratic erm intervention at all levels would be possible , but it 's only in modern societies that participation on a very extensive scale becomes absolutely impossible . |
| 11 | It 's only in recent years that I 've learned to use the weather forecast before contemplating a hill-walk . |
| 12 | That 's always been the case , it 's only in recent years that young people have been allowed to go out and enjoy themselves . |
| 13 | If it 's only in seven what we get is confusion . |
| 14 | No , she 's only in top twenties , early thirties |
| 15 | mm yes get us at a much more er er effective role in reducing tariffs on manufactured goods than it has on agricultural goods and it 's only in this last round of G A T T talks , the Uruguay round that agriculture has been brought into the frame alright . |
| 16 | I , I need it to help me to get to Hanley or something like that and , and he does this all the time , and I look at him and I think well you know fancy being like that , surely we 're in a welfare state , there 's no need for that , I do n't know what his circumstances are , he may be homeless , I do n't know where he comes from and he just appears there and he carries on as if he loves the job , and that 's only in this country , but if you go abroad , many of you have been abroad have n't you ? |
| 17 | ‘ It 's only in American movies where they catch fire . |
| 18 | Each source of energy or technology has its own economic , social and ecological niche , and it is only in that niche that it can prosper . |
| 19 | It is only in the last thirty-five years that animals had been allowed to have ‘ mental ’ processes other than learning and so it is only in that time that psychologists have developed the behavioural tests to investigate them . |
| 20 | It is only in that context that this appeal may afford guidance to the doctors and hospitals . |
| 21 | The roads leading to these houses are guarded to prevent the general species of mankind from entering ; and I felt a slight twinge of sorrow for these rich people who have isolated themselves in these strange colonies and deprived themselves of the society of humble and unpretentious men who add the savour to human society ; for it is only in such men that the real spirit of joy , and freedom resides . |
| 22 | It is only in such circumstances that I would feel assured that the matter had received consideration at the highest level and that there was no risk that the criminal law would be impeded . |
| 23 | Indeed , it is only in such cases that reference to Hansard is likely to be of any assistance to the courts . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , it is only in such an environment that the young person will be able to move forward in his/ her search for meaning , value and purpose in life . |
| 25 | The business of turning ‘ hot ’ money into legitimate tender is as old as crime itself , but it is only in recent years , largely because of the explosion of the drugs trade , that money laundering has become such a huge business . |
| 26 | And , of course , the American army did liberate this south-western corner of Bohemia , though it is only in recent weeks that the new government has permitted the fact to be acknowledged . |
| 27 | It is only in recent centuries that surnames have achieved the status of stabilised family names and have tended to become hereditary . |
| 28 | Building contractors and employers soon became aware that the contracts into which they had entered no longer made provision for those situations which were beginning to arise : but new standard forms were slow to emerge , and it is only in recent years that these have proliferated . |
| 29 | It is only in recent historical times that statutory provision has been made to cover the event of the infancy or incapacity of the monarch . |
| 30 | It is only in recent years that our indigenous antiquities have come to be worth enough on the market for systematic looting to be profitable in a financial sense . |