Example sentences of "only [be] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jerzy Milewski , head of the National Security Office at the Presidential Chancellery , said that the plans had only been discussion documents , but on April 13 Walesa admitted that plans existed . |
| 2 | Where once upon a time there had only been fishing boats , now bobbed the magnificent yachts of international millionaires . |
| 3 | Not only are guillotine motions being introduced with phenomenal frequency ; they are being introduced at a very early stage . |
| 4 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 5 | Not only are frontier youth workers part of an enterprise which is global in extent . |
| 6 | Not only are science teachers in short supply , however , but also industry is facing a shortage of skilled scientists and engineers . |
| 7 | In this upgraded version — 1.2 — not only are Typographica fonts not supplied , but they have been replaced by Adobe Type Manager 2. x and ATM fonts of the same style of the originals . |
| 8 | There are many reasons for this ; not only are leather corals very attractive , but they are also relatively hardy , much more so than most other coral types , such as stony corals , gorgonians or such beautiful soft corals as cauliflower corals ( Dendronephtya spp ) . |
| 9 | Not only are beer taxes still with us , but they have just gone through their biggest shake-up for many years . |
| 10 | It could only be Maria Luisa asking when Steve would be leaving . |
| 11 | While I am away please note that there will only be weekday Masses on Monday and Friday . |
| 12 | These attacks might only be cattle raids — that 's bad enough-but sometimes they might be more hostile . |
| 13 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 14 | This grade is designed for those who have gained a well recognised qualification but who , previously , could only be student members of the HCIMA . |
| 15 | Me feeling is that there should only be team promotions and that the money should be split . |
| 16 | This could only be Charlotte Feaver ; Charlotte the Scarlet , as Oscar called her . |
| 17 | It might only be breast tissue , I do n't know that . |
| 18 | At least no if I do it will only be Friday morning . |
| 19 | Oh I know , it 'll only be fish fingers and chips or fish steaks and chips |
| 20 | ‘ The result can only be health care services which have virtually no real accountability or contact with the local community , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Not only were CCK levels increased two to threefold at the relevant time ( one to three weeks postoperatively ) , but the specific antagonist CR-1409 completely abolished the increase in pancreatic mass and cell proliferation . |
| 22 | Not only were West Germany , Japan , the United States and Sweden recording much better economic results than the United Kingdom , but European countries such as Italy , France and Spain experienced ‘ economic miracles ’ which passed Britain by . |
| 23 | In between excessive laughter I noticed that not only were SCUM CRAP at the back but they got completely pissed on by the Turkish Delights : - ) ) ) ) ) |
| 24 | Jennie was heard to remark that the will was a cruel one ; by this she meant that not only were family recriminations made public but that when outlining a request for a company to be formed , her husband certainly showed his doubts about her competence . |
| 25 | Not only is West Belfast discriminated against by the IDB , but the IDB discriminates in favour of other areas . |
| 26 | Not only is Hardwick House the the environment for Kenneth Graham 's imagination , Toad himself may well have been based on one of the old inhabitants . |
| 27 | Since the revolution in 1989 , it has been revealed that not only was Romania passing on some of the Western secrets obtained in the long honeymoon with the West to Moscow , but that Ceauşescu 's brother , Ilie , the Deputy Defence Minister , was passing Soviet military secrets and technology to the Americans . |
| 28 | Not only was Mrs Funnell startled , but Victoria was too , and even Peggy herself as she rounded on the old woman , crying at the top of her voice now , ‘ Like all men of his ilk , with a bloody big moaning mouth , yelling off , I , I , I , all the time , his wants . |
| 29 | Not only was US advice on war plans to be sought and heeded but ‘ we should give our views on organization and training of army and advancement of senior Viet officers ’ and there should also be some Franco-American rather than Vietnamese control over the ‘ dilatory fiscal collections ’ of Vietnam . |
| 30 | Not only was Sarah Titford 's wedding celebrated in a ‘ socially unregenerate ’ part of London — it also featured a bride who gave her place of abode on the marriage certificate , ominously enough , as ‘ Millbank Prison ’ . |