Example sentences of "it [is] only [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only standard practice ( you 'd get the same treatment were we to interview you ) and has nothing to do with fawning over ‘ stars ’ . |
| 2 | It 's only payable on death ? |
| 3 | She sorts out the vests trying several against the doll and saying , ‘ It 's only halfway up her ’ . |
| 4 | And that you know so er but it 's only well blackmail . |
| 5 | For example can we continue burning fossil fuel and will half of it continue to be absorbed by the ocean or is the ocean reaching saturation such that these equilibrium terms are being reached and future increases in C O two will be reflected in atmospheric build up , and it 's only atmospheric C O two that contributes to the greenhouse effect . |
| 6 | Like so many good mountains , it 's only close up that is scale becomes obvious . |
| 7 | Well now what , er it 's only bloody names that 's difference in bloody washing up powders |
| 8 | It 's only bloody luxury I 've got in life , smoking . |
| 9 | I mean it it 's only external speakers that we should er I mean they come to the University for a day , I can set that up I mean we can do exactly the same at university . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's only temporary , ’ I kept telling myself . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's only temporary , ’ he wheedled . |
| 12 | Perhaps it 's only appropriate that the ultimate colonialist rip-off should translate into the cynical money-grabbing myth making of Christopher Columbus : The Discovery . |
| 13 | It 's only specific in item two . |
| 14 | Well , it 's only polite to say whether if you |
| 15 | You 've all of you , there 's no denying it , you 've all too often taken advantage of Eleanor , and so it 's only right and proper now you should respect the fact she has a life of her own . ’ |
| 16 | We represent over four million levy paying members , the trade unions that is , and it 's only right that they should have a proper say in the election of the Lad Labour leader , not just the thirty percent as is being suggested here . |
| 17 | And it 's only right that we should say how it 's spent . |
| 18 | Yes , Mr Chairman , I , erm , I , I , I do appreciate that erm , I 've been invited through Committee er , to go through what I do represent er , the building project erm , on behalf of the economic development , because as you all know , I 'm of course on the economic development before , but er , in the past I 've found that that I have er been , shall we say , relieved of my positions on other er , position , erm , unknownst to myself , and of course I have er , actually turned up on these planning functions and been there , and to me in the past , I have always found that if one is going to be missed one must then , one 's either asked if he wishes to continue , if he 's been doing his job properly , if he does n't do his job properly then it 's only right to replace him . |
| 19 | So really it 's only right that this council should follow up on such a motion . |
| 20 | It 's only right I oblige you and address you as you prefer , Nicolo . ’ |
| 21 | They say it 's only right compensation should be paid . |
| 22 | It 's only right that Toad Of Toad Hall , together with the rest of his entourage from Wind In The Willows , should be reincarnated by the Thames in Oxfordshire : that 's where they were born , and that 's where they probably still live in the hearts and minds of all who grew up with them . |
| 23 | Suppose it 's only right . |
| 24 | Congress , I think it 's only right to draw to your attention that in item five B USDAW that at the last USDAW Conference there was a motion passed saying that there should be recognition for the independent trade union within USDAW which is ourselves , G M B Apex . |
| 25 | It 's only partial , fortunately , but that may change . |
| 26 | The , I mean it 's only anecdotal , but it feels to me as though the the increase they experienced in June has continued into er July , I know that 's not what we 're looking at but it it feels that way , erm |
| 27 | ‘ You 're forgetting , ’ she reminded him , ‘ it 's only other people 's money that I enjoy spending . ’ |
| 28 | It 's only metallic silver , grey . |
| 29 | And it 's only small helpings because you can come for more , okay ? |
| 30 | It 's only polymorphous perversity — DQ ) . |