Example sentences of "[adj] [is] only a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have noted , the South Pole lies about midway between Achernar and the Southern Cross , but this is only a rough guide , and the nearest brightish star to the polar point , Beta Hydri , is some distance away . |
| 2 | I got to the printers with my Boy George piece and it was finally time to say , ‘ Look , this is only a thousand words long and I still have n't got to the interview . |
| 3 | While the Carrion 's behaviour may appear to be significant — and the players will try hard to convince themselves that this is the case — this is only a spoiling attack to draw the adventurers ' attention to the Castle . |
| 4 | This is only a general rule . |
| 5 | Obviously this is only a general rule : in particular , where the goods are complicated , or where the normal course of dealing would so indicate , it may be relatively easy to establish that the parties did not intend their agreement to become binding until other details were finalised ; this issue is examined further in Chapter 4 , 6 below . |
| 6 | whether this is only a temporary down-turn which may in the end not necessitate redundancies on the scale now envisaged ; |
| 7 | In either case the patient should be reassured that this is only a temporary measure . |
| 8 | This is only a temporary solution and there have been many attempts to organise more humane working systems . |
| 9 | Mr Costain explained : ‘ We have told the council this is only a temporary measure until we get an extension built at the club and strengthen the roofing . |
| 10 | In other words , although social scientists certainly want to make sure that the information that they are gathering is accurate , this is only a necessary — not a sufficient — goal . |
| 11 | We do n't have any choice about that because this is only a single-engined job , so we 're not allowed to fly over built-up areas . |
| 12 | This is only a restricted definition of lefthandedness . |
| 13 | There is every reason for more unmarried mothers receiving maintenance from the fathers of their children ; but this is only a small part of the problem . |
| 14 | We know that this is only a small proportion of the people who are unemployed in this area but we hope we have made their Christmas a little bit more enjoyable . |
| 15 | This is only a small point , the Fun School 4 products have enough going for them to be recommended and are certainly good value for money — BUT to continue to compete with other quality software that is now appearing , this lack of consistency will need to be addressed . |
| 16 | I 'm surprised they sent it by courier , he said he was going to drop them in , mind , there 's another one , a big one to come , this is only a small one . |
| 17 | Perhaps this is only a witty pleasantry ; it may also be the delight this woman takes in her young friend 's success . |
| 18 | This is only a two dimensional one though . |
| 19 | But this is only a first step to scientific study , and two questions naturally follow : having found D what use is it ? |
| 20 | It should be emphasised that this is only a tentative illustration . |
| 21 | There is a suggestion that the growth-controlling auxin gravitates to the bottom of the bough and this produces more wood on the compression face , but to me , this is only a partial answer . |
| 22 | Lower capacity utilization was also important for explaining the fall in the profit rate in the United States , though this is only a partial explanation . |
| 23 | Then , as long as this is only a mental exercise , try moving the concocted cliff atop an apartment building . |
| 24 | They 're only pigs , this is only a British abattoir , and they 're only on their way to the supermarket . |
| 25 | It seems a pity that the gun does not come with a reflector nozzle ( to work near window panes without cracking the glass , for example ) , but this is only a minor point . |
| 26 | This is only a minor reservation . |
| 27 | Normally this is only a minor irritation ( unless the controller suffers from migraine ) , and a few seconds later another transmission sorts the whole thing out . |
| 28 | Drill will , at best , produce learning and as we have seen , this is only a short term cure . |
| 29 | 5 million children in lone-parent households but this is only a single snapshot count and the number of children currently estimated to be in step-families ( between 1 and 1 . |
| 30 | He achieves this by taking a central pillar in this tradition , Kant 's concept of the aesthetic as distanced contemplation which transcends the immediacy of experience , and demonstrating that this is only a single perspective , that of the dominant class . |