Example sentences of "be [adj] only [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1984 was notable for the extension to the rights queue caused by the British Telecom privatization so that the brief emergence of the ‘ vendor placing ’ may have been due only to exceptional circumstances . |
| 2 | The hairs are transparent only to ultraviolet light : other light in the visible range is reflected , which is why the coat appears white . |
| 3 | To claim that such functions are peculiar only to western cultural uses of words is plain ethnocentrism easily refuted by the evidence available . |
| 4 | Many are married women who are interested only In occasional work , some are retired persons and some are students , of whom many are on catering courses and seeking practical experience . |
| 5 | Suppose we are interested only in allocative efficiency . |
| 6 | The issues to consider are similar to those required in order for the Firm to comply with the ‘ know your client ’ requirements under the Conduct of Business Rules ( which are appropriate only to non-corporate finance clients ) . |
| 7 | Most diamonds are brown or yellow with little visual appeal and are fit only for industrial use . |
| 8 | The demands arise from the particular tasks that lexicographers undertake from time to time , and are predictable only in overall terms . |
| 9 | Examples do not define , they illustrate ; and they are illustrative only to those who are capable of grasping the general concept that underlies them and represents their " species-identity " . |
| 10 | Prices given in each resort area are the actual rates in the foreign currency and are applicable only to those who book in advance . |
| 11 | Analysis of evolutionary models suggests that when aposematic prey are relatively uncommon ( that is , are present only at low frequencies ) they are selected against ; but when they are relatively common ( present at high frequencies ) , aposematism is selectively favoured . |
| 12 | A fully protected fragment is found in all types of smooth muscle tissues and two partially protected fragments are present only in visceral tissues . |
| 13 | Theseus 's ship , Aeolus , and the abandoned Ariadne — these too are absent , or at least they are present only in some later wish for an imaginative reconstruction , |
| 14 | Inevitably the national selectors are able only to select from those players who have achieved at least county level . |
| 15 | Supposing , for simplicity , we are concerned only with two years , price this year should be determined by short-run marginal cost ( a view not endorsed by the 1967 White Paper — see section 4.4 ) , but investment plans for next year should be evaluated ( using net present value methods ) based upon long-run marginal costs . |
| 16 | The majority of such theories are concerned only with those economies in which money does not play an essential role . |
| 17 | Failure on such a scale can be attributable only to some major underlying cause , which has stubbornly defied discovery , or has been equally stubbornly kept hidden by those who , whilst being aware of it , are interested only in its continued existence . |
| 18 | Sub-section ( 4 ) provided that the power to re-hear should be exercisable only within 28 days of the order/sentence/finding of guilt as the case may be and only by a court constituted in the same manner as that which made the earlier decision . |
| 19 | Where social interaction of this kind is present , individual action is no longer a sure means of fulfilling individual choice : the preferred outcome may be attainable only through collective action . |
| 20 | The sub-committee reported back to the Council in July 1969 that within its Charter , or minor modifications of it , changes should be possible with a result that a college , ‘ as it reaches an appropriate state of excellence , should be subject only to that minimum of control by Council consistent with the duties imposed by its Charter ’ . |
| 21 | The intention of the Merger Regulation was to introduce a ‘ one-stop , merger control , described by Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan as a ‘ system whereby , in the case of smaller mergers , they would be subject only to national regulation … while in the case of the really large mergers which have implications for the whole Community , the European Commission would have the power to intervene , and companies would not normally need to be concerned about the national regulatory authorities ’ . |
| 22 | Such an agreement is an agreement in writing between a person providing advocacy or litigation services and the client , which is not concerned with certain matrimonial and children proceedings ; provides for that person 's fees and expenses , or part of them , to be payable only in specified circumstances ; complies with any requirements imposed by the Lord Chancellor ; and is not a contentious business agreement . |
| 23 | The wasteground of Sheffield also supports in some places a number of species believed to be native only in dry places in the south of Britain , for example , yellow vetchling ( Lathyrus aphaca ) , sickle medick ( Medicagofalcata ) and the annual grass Vulpia ambigua . |
| 24 | All these can act against only the aquatic stages , that is to say they are ‘ larvicides ’ and , as I have already emphasised , malaria control by such an attack is likely to be effective only in limited situations . |
| 25 | Such a social psychology would be intrinsically applied , in that its theories and key concepts would be applicable only to particular , historical contexts . |
| 26 | In practice , however , simple majorities were to be applicable only in six very minor and procedural areas . |
| 27 | This pathway was originally thought to be important only in those tissues lacking ADH , such as the heart , but a recent study has shown in vivo formation of FAEEs in the liver and pancreas during ethanol exposure . |
| 28 | ‘ They will be concerned only with short-term policies . |
| 29 | This may seem an attractive proposition , but in fact it is rather frightening — because it would be available only to some of us . |
| 30 | Dr John Mills and Dr Geoff James , who are consultant gynaecologists at Ninewells hospital in Dundee , have written to the 450 patients on their waiting list to say that in-vitro fertilisation treatment may in future be available only to those who can pay around £1,500 per cycle of treatment . |