Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] it [is] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been the case with many traditional British companies and it is only now that they are really being exposed to greater change . |
| 2 | These older boards still sail perfectly well in lighter winds and it is only when you start improving to stronger wind conditions that the difference becomes apparent . |
| 3 | ‘ In future there will be no access through these gardens but it is only two swims and the rest of the canal can be accessed via other routes . |
| 4 | If you can manage a visit of two to three days ( or even just one day ) it is well worth it — the modern boat takes 1½ hours and it is only a matter of minutes in the small jet aircraft . |
| 5 | No it 's really good , you can have them for like two days and it 's only a pound , it 's really good . |
| 6 | I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards . |
| 7 | However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise . |
| 8 | Literature on the use of traditional Chinese medicine has existed in China for over 4000 years but it is only in recent times that western scientists have been alerted to its hidden potential . |
| 9 | mm yes get us at a much more er er effective role in reducing tariffs on manufactured goods than it has on agricultural goods and it 's only in this last round of G A T T talks , the Uruguay round that agriculture has been brought into the frame alright . |
| 10 | Some additional information has emerged but , unfortunately , mouse chromosomes have not responded well to the high resolution techniques developed for human chromosomes and it is only recently that a higher resolution idiogram has been published ( 14 ) . |
| 11 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
| 12 | Would n't mind if it were both bloody sides but it 's only one . |
| 13 | Residents had to wait a year before they could put in claims and it 's only now that they 're getting their offers through , based on the district valuer 's assessment of the value of their homes . |
| 14 | Terraces , walls , lawns and borders all play their parts but it is only by judicious planting that we can ensure as much joy in January as in June . |