Example sentences of "[noun pl] and be only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The MU only recruits and is only interested in professional , session and orchestral musicians . |
| 2 | I knew Derek really enjoyed our trips and was only kidding , but I was thinking of ways in which I could raise more money to pay my share . |
| 3 | The computer industry has only recently realised that , on the whole , ordinary people do not like computers and are only comfortable using them when they do not know they are doing so . |
| 4 | The fourth boy , however , slipped and fell to his knees and was only beginning to scramble upright again when the fender caught his chest with a thud that shook the vehicle . |
| 5 | They are very useful " shorthand " descriptions and are only troublesome if you read or use them unthinkingly or as precise rather than generalised descriptions of the past ; this they are not . |
| 6 | We have been programmed from an early age to rush our activities and are only interested in the end product . |
| 7 | The poison preys upon the vitals and is only extinguished by death or , by as fatal a cure , the accomplishment of its own desires . |
| 8 | The Hebrew text of Ben Sira , which accompanied the sectarians of Qumran and the defenders of Masada , was lost in the early Middle Ages and was only partially recovered in the Cairo Geniza at the end of the last century . |
| 9 | They clearly require very large labour or capital inputs and are only suitable where either very high value crops can be grown , and/or in areas of high population density . |
| 10 | Solubility : The alkanes are non-polar molecules and are only soluble in non-polar solvents . |
| 11 | Charlie found that he enjoyed the responsibility of having to organise the section for seven days and was only sorry when his week was up and the task was handed on to someone else . |
| 12 | A son who accepted his responsibilities and was only concerned to do good was an honourable son . |
| 13 | They tend to rely on their parents to put up with the drudgery of queues and are only interested in capitalism and the rewards it can bring . |
| 14 | She heard his footsteps on the stairs and was only aware of the thrill that coursed through her . |
| 15 | The worst expensive flop Peter Barnes , Allan Clarke says he needed to buy eight players and was only allowed four , one of which cost a lot , well Allan , you bought the WRONG ONE ! 30,000 |
| 16 | Cairns , convinced an earlier declaration could have given Notts a chance of victory , at one stage squatted in mid-pitch with his head in his hands and was only directed back to the middle after setting off for the pavilion . |
| 17 | This beautiful priory of St. Leonard 's , originally belonging to the Holy Isle of Lindisfarne , was later destroyed by marauding Danes and was only rebuilt in 1082 with the co-operation of William the Conqueror . |
| 18 | Back foot is the last into the footstraps and is only used there in a strong wind ( Force 4 & plus ) |
| 19 | The Justice Police had sealed off the streets and were only allowing in members of parliament who agreed to be body-searched . |
| 20 | The key to this task is to recognise that buyers purchase benefits and are only interested in product features in as much as they provide the benefits that the customer is looking for . |
| 21 | He was sacked by Andreas Papandreou from two Socialist cabinets and was only elected Mayor of Athens last year with the support of the Right-wing New Democracy party . |