Example sentences of "but [det] is only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In another location I would probably have a full dining room every night , but that is only a part of what is important to me . |
| 2 | But that is only part of the explanation for the magnitude of their swing to the Conservatives . |
| 3 | This can be seen throughout Formen in his struggles with the word ‘ property ’ , but that is only a beginning . |
| 4 | But that is only the beginning . |
| 5 | But that is only the beginning . |
| 6 | Obviously , television has heightened awareness of the sport , but that is only half the story . |
| 7 | But that is only an expression of how the lioness is feeling within herself . |
| 8 | But that is only half the picture , for sensory perception is always linked to motor response , to outward behaviour . |
| 9 | But that is only how we perceive it , how it registers itself to our physical senses , and not how it really is . |
| 10 | The poems are of course cleverly written but that is only to be expected of a writer of John Bitumen 's calibre . |
| 11 | But that is only one option . |
| 12 | But that is only the first stage , the negative side of the matter . |
| 13 | But that is only a reason for saying that the value is not really there in the world if we presuppose a scientistic view of reality for which it is of itself necessarily ‘ motivationally inert ’ and cognizable in a manner which has nothing essentially to do with being attracted or repelled by it . |
| 14 | But that is only the size of a mouse . |
| 15 | Sometimes the women say she is a saint , but that is only because she has kept me here , and they do not like her . |
| 16 | Nothing can be more daunting for a beginner than to step up and smash his fist or foot through a neatly arranged stack of wood or tiles , but that is only because his mind constructs a barrier . |
| 17 | The heads of the different divisions might feel that it should be so but that is only a claim of ego and emotion . |
| 18 | You need to make a conscious effort especially to get the tune right — at the beginning you will probably feel that you sound strange and maybe affected , but that is only because the intonation patterns are new to you . |
| 19 | We have already noted that the net effect of these daily flows will be to cause a change in the volume of public deposits ; but that is only one-half of the picture . |
| 20 | The number of states into which a term splits in a particular field is determined by group theory , but that is only the start of the problem ; determining the relative energies is difficult . |
| 21 | But that is only a small part of the single currency argument . |
| 22 | But that is only one of the factors in North Yorkshire that is influencing the vacancy rate . |
| 23 | But that is only a relatively short term thing again , and that period will consist |
| 24 | ‘ He is mischief-making on behalf of Tucker but that is only because King likes to hear himself talk , ’ said the champion , who is both personable and articulate . |
| 25 | I still think I am the more domineering , but that is only because she is so polite + generally does n't put up a fight ! ( or used not to ! ) |
| 26 | There is one sort of Chinese perspective , seen as in the West from a level viewpoint , but this is only one of three treatments of space representation . |
| 27 | But this is only one aspect of the bifurcation he describes . |
| 28 | A minimum safe speed for most gliders is the minimum cruising speed , but this is only safe at height , where there is time for recovery if a stall occurs . |
| 29 | But this is only available where the council or inspector has either misinterpreted the law or not followed the proper procedures . |
| 30 | Information has to be taken in to the brain — often through the eyes but this is only because humans rely so much upon this sense . |