Example sentences of "[be] only [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the arguments of the sceptics , such failures are only to be expected of course ; aiming to replace anxious intellectual despair with a calm peace of mind , the traditional Pyrrhonian response would have been to advocate suspension of judgement . |
| 2 | Private schools , however , are only to be found in the urban areas , which further lessens the chances of secondary schooling for rural children . |
| 3 | Some species , usually the larger , more aggressive ones , are only to be found in very small numbers . |
| 4 | In daylight they are only to be seen from ships at sea , when the two smaller petrels appear all dark birds with white rumps as they flutter and dance across the waves . |
| 5 | … they meant well — they felt kindly towards him , and acknowledged his provocations ; but they fell into the too common error of supposing that the finer feelings , which induce a man to prefer death to dishonour , are only to be recognised among the higher classes ; and that , because circumstances may have placed a man before the mast , he will undergo punishment , however severe , however degrading … in preference to death . |
| 6 | On the other hand , a concept such as ‘ bureaucracy ’ is a particular one , for bureaucracies are only to be found in particular sons of societies . |
| 7 | The concept of social representations is also used in a particular way , in order to suggest that social representations are only to be found in certain societies . |
| 8 | It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose . |
| 9 | There is no point in having to wait weeks for the concrete scaffolders , nor is there any point in having the site cluttered with pipes that are only to be needed later . |
| 10 | Looked at against the background of the difficulties in the way of achieving a representative sample , the close result of 1932 was a fantastic stroke of luck ; and errors of 4 per cent or so , as produced in 1936 , are only to be expected . |
| 11 | What , you mean they 're only to be young leaders there . |
| 12 | How sad it is to behold how little importance life has for nature , these myriads of creatures called into being only to be immediately destroyed . " |
| 13 | Subsistence pensions , at 40s 0d for a married couple or 24s 0d for a single person , were only to be attained after twenty years of slowly rising rates . |
| 14 | But they were only to be offered upon condition that this created no precedent . |
| 15 | Funding and subsidy schemes were only to be allowed provided they were open to all artists in the Community . |
| 16 | A priori then , it would seem that Ho Chi Minh and his government were only to be regarded as an extension of Soviet power ; an assumption that was to be reinforced by the second constraint which originated in the Department of State . |
| 17 | But Kokoschka and Kraus were to be more comfortable in Berlin , and Loos 's principles were only to be realized on a major scale by the Bauhaus architects . |
| 18 | Then , great kindness and great love were only to be expected and accepted . |
| 19 | Under the Bretton Woods system , exchange rates were only to be changed in the face of fundamental disequilibrium , and GATT was designed to restrict the temptation to raise tariffs . |
| 20 | These funds were only to be disbursed when the compact agreement had been signed . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course you 'll have to , ’ Father Devlin boomed cheerfully , ‘ it 's only to be expected . ’ |
| 22 | Overall sound quality is good , without the dulling and squashing side effects that some products can produce ; pumping can be provoked in the hard ratio mode by extreme settings , but that 's only to be expected . |
| 23 | " And Martha 's the same , it 's only to be expected at her age . " |
| 24 | ‘ Well , that 's only to be expected . |
| 25 | it 's completely anonymous number you know it 's only to be on that , said I 'll wipe it off then , you bloody well wo n't , I think he wants to tell people before he can say very wrong , could say something personal , if it was personal , no longer it , no you were n't personal to you , but I 'm quite happy to arrange it if you wish , no , no , no , no , no , , I should n't have to tell you not to take my points in full , there we go it 's driving me doing that in the factory having without people 's permission , I want to know , I ask permission if I 'd er wanted to as a without being asked to do it , I would of gone and seen personnel and asked , I would not of dreamed of doing it in a work 's situation unless I was asked , say anything personal I 'd turned it off not that it , apart from me and Stuart |
| 26 | If the instrument is only to be an indicator of magnetic activity then calibration is not really necessary . |
| 27 | High-speed , hood-down progress is only to be undertaken with all windows up as otherwise the wind whips round the side and into the cabin . |
| 28 | Most of the companies in the top 10 are small and fast-growing , which is only to be expected — after all , it would be extraordinary for ICI to double its earnings . |
| 29 | So a certain weariness is only to be expected . |
| 30 | ‘ A little nervousness is only to be expected when you 're starting a new job ’ |