Example sentences of "[conj] [be] only [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the East these restrictions were either almost unknown , as in the Ottoman Empire , or were only slowly winning acceptance , as in Russia . |
| 2 | There was a red car waiting outside the farmhouse when she reached it ; the car 's wheels had cut deep tracks through the long grass , tracks that were only just beginning to fade as the plains wind breathed across them . |
| 3 | Operating in a bleeding French market , Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has a rapidly vanishing mainframe base , personal computer problems that only seem to have been exacerbated by the acquisition of Zenith Data Systems , which looks like a source of profitless volume , and a Unix strategy that is only just getting off the ground . |
| 4 | The number of buzzards , whose primary food has always been rabbits , dropped significantly and is only now showing signs of recovery . |
| 5 | The Manchester United star was diagnosed as having meningitis and is only now starting to battle back to full fitness after having the fright of his young life . |
| 6 | ‘ He was the best horse I 've trained and was only just getting going again after being off the track for nearly a year . ’ |
| 7 | The UK produces more sulphur dioxide , the main cause of acid rain , than any other EC member , but is only now beginning to install pollution-control devices to power stations . |