Example sentences of "[vb base] [that] [pron] [be] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newson and Newson ( 1.3 ) suggest that it is only in this century that questions about how to bring up children have been widely discussed ; hitherto the niceties of different child-rearing philosophies were set aside in the face of a more fundamental dilemma , whether children would survive at all beyond the first few years . |
| 2 | Consider the facts : there are about 3,000 architects in Scotland ; workloads have declined by as much as 60 per cent ; and some firms report that they are only half the size they were just two years ago . |
| 3 | Generalizing rather , it is probably true to say that Hawaiian-type eruptions are more common on the oceanic island volcanoes than elsewhere ( though the examples of Nyiragongo and Nyamlagira emphasize that it is only a generalization ) , since it is in these environments that the fluid basalt lavas are most likely to be found . |
| 4 | Finally , we realise that we are only at the beginning of what may prove to be one of the most significant developments of the twentieth century . |
| 5 | Does the Prime Minister realise that there are only two facts that one needs to know to assess the Government 's real commitment to recovery ? |
| 6 | And when you realise that there 's only one cop for every hundred people … you realise that feeling you have of safety and society order is just a f—ing whiff away from being gone . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's difficult to shake off the ‘ us and them ’ feeling and realise that there 's only ‘ us ’ . ’ |
| 8 | Of course ten billion is an enormous number of people , but it does n't seem quite so alarming a figure when you realise that it 's only twice the current population of the world . |
| 9 | Please continue to view your progress in the mirror and realise that it is only one more day before you measure and weigh yourself to enter your reduced ( I hope ! ) statistics on the Weight and Inch Loss Record Chart . |
| 10 | ‘ I hope you realise that it is only on account of the entreaty of Taheb that I see you , Huy , ’ were his words of greeting . |
| 11 | All the books say that there are only 400 left , in India , Bangladesh , Burma and Indonesia . |
| 12 | Traditionalists insist that there are only three appropriate accompaniments to Wensleydale : — apple pie , gingerbread , or fruit cake . |
| 13 | A herd of deer on the African plains may feed undisturbed when a lioness walks among them , if they perceive that she is only out for a stroll . |
| 14 | Nobody trusts the Trusts , it seems , except the Conservatives and I fear that we 're only a General Election away from a fully privatised Health Service . |
| 15 | This mean that there were only 18 enquirers in our sample ( 19% ) . |
| 16 | What is clear is that the scale of a large company 's business and the fact that the board meets only periodically , perhaps monthly or even quarterly , mean that it is only the most important decisions that are made at board level . |
| 17 | Piaget and Klein also show that it is only through the intrinsically dynamic relationship between the infant and its environment that the subject is able to become itself . |
| 18 | Quine would accept that this is so , but hold that it is only so because in this familiar case there is an agreed general scheme for French — English translation . |
| 19 | Having firmly rejected this device for the other adjective constructions discussed so far ( not excluding the postnominal attributive ) , we consider that it is only in Sections 4.5 onwards that we have encountered a construction where the adjective can reasonably be treated in this way . |
| 20 | Not bad going when you consider that there were only about 15–20 in all in 1975 ! |
| 21 | If you have naturally fair skin , accept that you are only likely to achieve a light tan on a two-week holiday . |
| 22 | and they add that it is only reasonable to do so ; for the parrot alone can give a good imitation of the human voice . |
| 23 | Ethirajulu Krishnan , director for CARE , in Somalia says : ‘ We are trying to deal with all this and still we know that we are only reaching the tip of the iceberg . |
| 24 | ‘ And you know that I am only here because I have royal authority ? ’ |
| 25 | I know that there are only two cards you can play , COOPERATE and DEFECT . |
| 26 | However they put aside their competitiveness ( the Caledonian and Balmoral in Edinburgh , for example , are fighting for exactly the same guests ) because they know that it is only by working together , as one body , that they will attract visitors to Scotland in the first place . |
| 27 | That 's right , but , but you know that it 's only the , are only one of the major supermarket chains that gives money to organization and one of the organizations in Glasgow there was an article in the Scotsman or the Herald the other day and I must n't quote names because I can be wrong , but one of them and there were major s major stores selling food as well as actual food retailers cited , but only one of them will give food that 's past its sell-by date or surplus or whatever for one of the Glasgow charities for the homeless . |
| 28 | But please remember that there are only 300 seats — so book early ! |
| 29 | Initially , we assume that there is only one basic factor , labour , with perfect competition and constant returns to scale in production . |
| 30 | But meanwhile this is the supposition on which we proceed ; we assume that there is only one price in the market at one and the same time ; it being understood that separate allowance is made , when necessary , for differences in the expense of delivering goods to dealers in different parts of the market ; including allowance for the special expenses of retailing , if it is a retail market . |