Example sentences of "be [conj] it only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be that it only affected the absorption and emission processes of black bodies and did not represent an abiding individuality — like drips from a tap which merge into the mass of fluid lying in the basin . |
| 2 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
| 3 | The point about measurement is that it only occurs spasmodically . |
| 4 | The drawback of multi-threading is that it only allows whole processes to run on individual CPUs and is unsuited for particularly large applications . |
| 5 | THE MOST remarkable thing about Graham Watkins 's Macbeth is that it only has two women . |
| 6 | The problem is that it only works if your PC has a fax card and is set up as a fax machine . |
| 7 | THE trouble with the newly published list of the richest women in Britain is that it only confirms men 's worst prejudices . |
| 8 | The key point here is that it only attempts to link the islands into a loosely coupled way , and avoids the expensive development work needed to synchronise the two systems together exactly . |
| 9 | Their verdict was that it only went to show . |