Example sentences of "[is] only [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you measure the atmospheric rise in carbon dioxide due to fossil fuel burning , you 'll see that it 's only about one half of that predicted if all of the coal and oil that had been burnt since the industrial revolution had gone into the atmosphere , we would probably have er an increase in C O two double what we can actually measure . |
| 2 | There 's only about one percent of coffee i is roasted in its country of origin . |
| 3 | And I I really ca n't count your timeshare marketing that 's only for four months this year . |
| 4 | ‘ Please , Hummy , it 's only for one year . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll have the first one ; it 's only for one night , anyway . ’ |
| 6 | It 's only for three weeks till you get your skiing over with . |
| 7 | It 's only for three months mum ! |
| 8 | Well that would be up to the colleges , if they 're commercially astute they 'll say right yeah twenty-five quid for that , in fact it would be a lot less because it 's only for three months |
| 9 | Well it 's only on six millimetre needles so |
| 10 | ‘ For once in your life take some sound advice ; stay away from Callum — he 's only after one thing . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , I can actually , although I suspect he 's only after one thing . ’ |
| 12 | I mean e ne and really and , it 's only like two sleeping bags and a duvet is n't it ? |
| 13 | Even if it is only for one moment that a spasm in your face draws my attention to the intensity of your pain , a glimpse from which I flinch back into insensibility , it is during that moment that a choice between my conflicting pulls to help and to ignore will be made in fullest awareness . |
| 14 | M4 , a globular , is only about 1 degree from Antares , so that it is in the same binocular field and can be found at once ; it is on the fringe of naked-eye visibility , but is comparatively loose , so that a telescope is needed to resolve it . |
| 15 | From the base of the shaft , the main drain to Avonmouth is only about one metre away in the direction of the river . |
| 16 | The tissue samples are taken from the foetus at seven weeks old , when it is only about one inch long . |
| 17 | At present there is only about one line per 100 people in the Philippines where 40 lines per 100 people is considered acceptable in developed countries . |
| 18 | Indeed , in this latter case a casual and a short-term contract worker are in many ways indistinguishable , since , as we have seen in Chapter 1 , it is only after four weeks employment that a worker is entitled to a minimum period of notice . |
| 19 | It is only after three years of political persuasion and in-fighting that tournament officials have overcome enough local opposition from environmentalists — conveniently forgetting that the site used to be a rubbish tip — for a permanent stadium to be built . |
| 20 | We have been in Britain more than a year now , so the Home Office has extended her visa , but each time they extend it it is only by three months or six months so that she is never eligible for school . |