Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [is] only [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss chalk and that is terrible of you implying that Miss is only doing it to get her voice on the recorder . |
| 2 | This plan 's only going to be successful if they do n't suspect anything , and if they see her around they 'll suspect lots . |
| 3 | I must emphasise that this paper is only attempting to deal with one aspect of Irigaray 's thought and will inevitably touch on issues that I wo n't have space to develop . |
| 4 | Integration in such circumstances is only enabling if communication is based on a classroom experience which is truly shared between all students and teachers , regardless of the source of that experience . |
| 5 | The indication is serious because , with leaves not able to work properly , the carbohydrate energy food supply is not being elaborated and the entire plant is only firing on one cylinder . |
| 6 | But it 's essentially , therefore , that natural selection is only going to produce adaptations if it can do so gradually , that 's basically the guts of Darwin 's position . |
| 7 | The information already held on computer for regular operations is only yielding a fraction of its true potential — potential to contribute directly to the bottom line , if analysed with a marketing strategy in mind . |
| 8 | Has he any idea , she was wondering , that that woman is only marrying him for his money ? |
| 9 | I suspect any successful teaching is only improving on a natural bent . |
| 10 | And so , you know , on the business desk you might have three teams and the first team is only doing the first page and the opinion and the second team is doing a large amount of financial news and the third team is doing the company news , and then the erm there 's a graphics person who 's working on charts and stuff . |
| 11 | Just as the smell of a ripe Camembert is only mouthwatering at the dinner table , the attraction of female odours is likely to depend on their context . |
| 12 | Buying this week what you bought last week is only going to end in failure . |