Example sentences of "be only [vb pp] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are men who toil because work is a pleasure to them and there are others who toil because work is a duty ; but the great majority of men are only stimulated to labour that in amount or character is distasteful to them , by the hope that they may be able , in the first place , to maintain themselves , and secondly to marry and maintain a family … |
| 2 | " I 'm only authorized to say that the aircraft has been prepared for friday . " |
| 3 | Whereupon , the Crown Prince hastily intervened to say that ‘ we were only bound to attack if leaders and troops were fully confident of success ’ . |
| 4 | Whenever a child is created , it is only added to OPEN if it is not already in OPEN or CLOSED . |
| 5 | He was only allowed to work provided he did so during reasonable daylight hours . |