Example sentences of "[is] only so [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's only so much you can cling to — your credibility , your belief in small cottage industries — whatever . |
| 2 | If you study a lot of subjects , they come to an end , there 's only so much you can learn about them . |
| 3 | There 's only so much you can do with a Super B , ’ he shrugged . |
| 4 | I mean on something like interruptions there 's only so much you can say . |
| 5 | There 's only so much you can do to jazz up articles on the efficacy of heart tapping in achieving full blood drainage . |
| 6 | There 's only so much that anybody 's brain can handle at any one time so let's just do a little experiment because there was a chap called George Miller an American psychologist who worked on this idea of what is the capacity of the brain , how many bits of information can the brain hold on to at any given time . |
| 7 | There 's only so many love songs you can write . |
| 8 | But ’ , ( said completely non-defensively ) ‘ there 's only so many hours in the day and some of them I need to listen to music and to be with my family . |
| 9 | But I had had quite er if you want funding erm there 's only so many people out there , you better make a success of what you 're doing . |
| 10 | Claiming there is only so much hedonism you can take , Koch started Oxbow Industries to make a second fortune on his own account . |
| 11 | The truth is there is only so much preparation you can do . |
| 12 | However , there is only so much you can do to protect yourself against the whims of the Almighty . |
| 13 | We are hopeful that there will be no surcharges levied whatsoever on the cost of your holiday — but obviously fuel costs , currency movements and governmental action are outside our control , and there is only so much that we are able to absorb . |
| 14 | This practice dictates that there is only so much money available and so meeting needs , and therefore needs themselves , must fit within financial constraints . |
| 15 | But there is only so much you can ask of another person . |
| 16 | ‘ There is only so much you can do in Dublin . |