Example sentences of "is [noun sg] only [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Alderson B. , in the same case , says , ‘ It is undoubtedly true that payment of a portion of a liquidated demand , in the same manner as the whole liquidated demand which ought to be paid , is payment only in part , because it is not one bargain , but two : viz. , payment of part , and an agreement without consideration to give up the residue . |
| 2 | When you consider that there are 120 dealers in the are you can appreciate why Bath is second only to London for the serious hunter . |
| 3 | The Thinker ( 1.45 ) , we know , is near his peak and he looks a banker bet for trainer Arthur Stephenson , who , with 58 winners to date , is second only to Martin Pipe in the trainers ' table . |
| 4 | The Thinker ( 1.45 ) , we know , is near his peak and he looks a banker bet for trainer Arthur Stephenson , who , with 58 winners to date , is second only to Martin Pipe in the trainers ' table . |
| 5 | Charkham enjoyed his job , coining the phrase that ‘ patronage is second only to the act of love in conferring pleasure on all parties concerned . ’ |
| 6 | In this category the Port of Larne is second only to Dover within the United Kingdom . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , for a country which is second only to Russia for the scale of its distances ( and second to no country but Norway on a per capita energy consumption basis ) motor fuels make up the largest element of oil consumption . |
| 8 | Kuwait , with its huge oil reserves is second only to Saudi Arabia 's and because of its limited domestic needs has moved significantly into ‘ the downstream ’ part of the business through the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation ( KPC ) . |
| 9 | The half day per month allocated to every worker for reading is second only to interviewing . |
| 10 | In America it is the most common fatal form of cancer , in Britain it is second only to cancer of the lung . |
| 11 | I would think that his knowledge of the inner workings of FI is second only to that of Bernard Ecclestone , and even that is doubtful . |
| 12 | The UK 's stock of overseas direct investments is second only to that of the United States , considerably ahead of West Germany 's and Japan 's , although those countries ' enterprises abroad have grown considerably since the 1960s . |
| 13 | The spreadsheet application is second only to word processing in terms of popularity . |
| 14 | That is illustrated by Rolls-Royce , which has quadrupled its share of the jet engine market since 1987 and , even today , by the news of the British Aerospace section , which has a £13 billion per annum order book and in size is second only to that in the United States . |
| 15 | From record pancake tossers and bubblegum blowers to an Ulster woman who was still working at 107 — they all get a mention in the book that is second only to the Bible in the best sellers list . |
| 16 | With the Stonesfield mosaic , which in terms of sophistication is second only to the design from Woodchester , this region , however , still boasts five remarkable , concentric circular designs . |
| 17 | Oxford is second only to London in the extent of its rented accommodation … and the price tenants have to pay for it . |
| 18 | Its best known lager ( Heineken ) is second only in the take-home sector to Guinness , and it has 41 per cent of the take-home brown ale market . |
| 19 | He has 13 goals this season , with two hat-tricks , and is second only in the scoring list to Alan Shearer . |
| 20 | The City State of Middenheim is second only in power and influence to Altdorf . |
| 21 | The Japanese market for Claris is second only in size to the US . |
| 22 | Back beyond the Oligocene there is evidence only of archaeocetes , the rather large ancestral toothed whales that apparently gave rise to both the Odontoceti and Mysticeti . |
| 23 | 3.4 Our signature , given on any delivery note , or other documentation , presented for signature in connection with delivery of the goods , is evidence only of the number of packages received . |
| 24 | Of course , Anisminic is authority only in relation to the precise wording of the provision in issue in that case , and so courts are able to interpret different wording more favourably to the government . |
| 25 | The objective here is to take a turn on a transaction that is subject only to a low rate of taxation . |
| 26 | However , when the technology has been developed , the R&D may be transferred to an IOFC location so that the income is subject only to a low rate of tax . |
| 27 | The Rules only apply to solicitors practising as such overseas ; practice purely as a local lawyer is subject only to the local professional rules . |
| 28 | The manager is master only of his actions , not the outcomes of those actions . |