Example sentences of "only [adv] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got away with being what many others could only secretly aspire to be . |
| 2 | Much of our knowledge of Beaker burials derives from excavations conducted in the last century , when the principles of good archaeological practice were only just beginning to be formulated . |
| 3 | Feminist cinema may be a ‘ global issue ’ , in Susan Hayward 's words , too large and bumpy and may be possible to argue that in theoretical and critical terms the truly global issues of a multi-racial international feminism are only just beginning to be addressed . |
| 4 | In 1786 , when the true age of man was only just beginning to be appreciated , Anglo-Saxon remains were first identified as such . |
| 5 | The ability to display airframes and artifacts within such a building is only just beginning to be capitalised upon by NAM . |
| 6 | That there were many factors to be considered is shown by the fact that in 1880 the depression was only just beginning to be felt by industry , while it had already hit agriculture badly . |
| 7 | Alas , I was only just beginning to be visually aware , but to the extent to which I have grown in such awareness over the years I believe it was Basil and Ruth who started to make me look and see . |
| 8 | If this is a correct analysis of the situation , the consequences for our disciplines may be far-reaching in unexpected ways which are only just beginning to be noticed . |
| 9 | The implications of these patterns , elucidated principally by Bill Cummins and others , are only just beginning to be appreciated . |
| 10 | These contradictions will be marked in the work produced under these conditions in ways that we are only just beginning to be able to imagine . |
| 11 | It had only just come to be important before the ‘ unnatural ’ town of the industrial revolution conjured up some of the most dramatic and ‘ romanticized ’ of contrasts . |
| 12 | Although the speed of the computer does not allow animation comparable to that which can be produced on film , there is no doubt that this facility , which has only just begun to be explored , can give real power to the teacher . |
| 13 | Ringa Hustle … was one of the last dogs to go into the traps at wimbledon on Saturday … he was drawn in three alongside his kennel mate Lassa Java … the derby is the race of the year for greyhounds … 40,000 to the winner and there was only ever going to be one winner … |
| 14 | The dangers of long exposure to fluorescent lighting and video screens are only now beginning to be appreciated , and the 50 Hz frequency of domestic electric-ring circuits may not be good news either . |
| 15 | Issues regarding the ethnic minority dimensions of ageing are only now beginning to be addressed in Britain . |
| 16 | The role of phospholipids in this process is only now beginning to be appreciated . |
| 17 | we only now seem to be getting round to recognising it . |
| 18 | Although this active altruism was said to wane in the final year at school when each pupil had a wide range of other preoccupations , the strength , the compactness and the self-reliance of student groups only occasionally had to be challenged by teachers . |
| 19 | The singers appear in a suitably concert platform balance ( not always the case , even in live recordings ) and the orchestra are set in a natural spread , only occasionally seeming to be boosted a little by the engineers . |
| 20 | The general law is somewhat ambivalent on parents and children , and indeed the rights of children have only recently begun to be recognised . |
| 21 | It results from the attempt to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses and has only recently begun to be recognised . |
| 22 | The fund of music from Imperial Spain has only recently begun to be investigated with anything approaching seriousness , and the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas by Columbus has provided an additional focus to unearthing further treasures . |
| 23 | However , two additional issues have only recently begun to be explored : first , the extent to which the work of informal care-giving also incurs extra expenditure , over and above any additional costs arising directly out of disablement ; and , secondly , the extent to which the costs of disablement are in fact borne by carers and other members of their households , because the incomes of disabled and elderly people themselves are simply too low . |