Example sentences of "which [is] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively he can use his understanding of the way the metaphors and structures of significance are used to sustain the institution , and thus reveal the system to be the product of a specific mode of thought , which is only one possibility among many . |
| 2 | How many E6 leaders each year pass by the ledge of Lloydia Serotina — rarest of British plants — which is only yards from the path , and fail to bestow a second glance on its nodding , purple-veined understatedness ? |
| 3 | The movement became a tradition which is only now degenerating to a faction , and it is from that tradition Dr Runcie springs . |
| 4 | Mancunians will pay next to nothing , which is only right since they were not consulted . |
| 5 | Just imagine the abuse with which they would be showered by people who would tell them : ‘ Since it is easily possible for the economy to grow at 4 , 5 , 6 per cent or any other figure you like , the public are being cheated of the growth of public expenditure which they have a right to enjoy by this niggardly Government which is only counting on being able safely to increase public expenditure at a rate of 2 to 2and1/2 ; per cent . ’ |
| 6 | She certainly had her favourites , which is only natural , but she should n't have shown it . |
| 7 | Most of the companies in the top 10 are small and fast-growing , which is only to be expected — after all , it would be extraordinary for ICI to double its earnings . |
| 8 | I have overwintered larkspur seedlings , but always choose a dwarf variety like ‘ Dwarf Hyacinth Flowered Mixed ’ , which is only 12in high . |
| 9 | Exultation comes and goes , but here again for the while I suppose it has returned to me in preparation for that step back into the radiant arc of omnipotence which is only given on this earth to the narrator in or of a novel . |
| 10 | My first efforts to find Roztoky , which is only a few miles outside Prague , were a horror story of wrong turnings , lengthy detours and rush-hour traffic . |
| 11 | Patients receive an eye drop anaesthetic for the procedure which is only available privately at a cost of £1,300 per eye . |
| 12 | The centre of attraction is the roof garden with swimming pool , sun terrace and a poolside bar and the lovely sandy beach , which is only a three minute walk down the hill . |
| 13 | There are also various cafés and restaurants very close by as well as the buzzing nightlife , all of which is only a 10 minute walk away . |
| 14 | Some of the rooms are situated in the Minoa Sun annexe which is only about 100 metres away from the main building . |
| 15 | Situated in a busy , bustling part of town , it is surrounded by shops , bars and restaurants and overlooks the golden sandy beach which is only 40 metres across the road and where all sorts of watersports are available . |
| 16 | This was not to imply that planning is an activity which is only carried out by senior management . |
| 17 | The courts have made clear on several occasions that section 76 lays down a ‘ general principle ’ of parental choice which is only one of a number of factors to which an LEA could or should have regard when exercising their functions . |
| 18 | In Dying Happy , which is only 1500 words long , I used a man in a hospice as narrator . |
| 19 | Vesuvius , which is only about ten kilometres from the centre of Naples and in one of the most densely populated areas of Italy , has an irregular cycle of eruptions with twenty-five to thirty years of quiet being followed by a major outburst , when a great plume of dust and ash from the volcano rises over the city , reaching many kilometres into the air . |
| 20 | McClellan provided the definitive judgement many years ago , and it is one which is only partially vitiated by recent developments in local government . |
| 21 | When agreement has been reached , it is generally recorded on form COT 3 , which is only available from ACAS . |
| 22 | The gain is in the emotion of love not in the greed of wanting some other person 's love which is only a form of acquisitiveness and immediately defiles love . |
| 23 | When it came to the youth survey , an incredible 23% claimed a belief in reincarnation , which is only 2% lower than a nationwide opinion poll in America . |
| 24 | It has been paralleled by a similar increase in Langstone Harbour in Hampshire , which is only separated from Chichester Harbour by Hayling Island ; in fact , the two harbours join at the north end of Hayling . |
| 25 | American reports say that the Pershing II , which is only a stretched , possibly over-stretched , Pershing I , has only once been fired successfully after a number of failures , and that over a shorter distance than will be required . |
| 26 | This cocktail effect commonly occurs when the same enzymes are involved in detoxifying both chemicals — the two then ‘ compete ’ for the same enzyme , which is only present in limited amounts . |
| 27 | Both are versions of the three-litre unit that powers the Aristo executive saloon , which is only available in Japan . |
| 28 | Indeed it was runner-up in the European Car of the Year Award , which is only right because it looks and feels like a European car . |
| 29 | Two separate secondaries are commonly provided and these can be paralleled to supply the total 3A current required , which is only 1.5A per winding . |
| 30 | Water Hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ) A large growing surface plant which is only suited to bigger tanks , where it grows very rapidly . |