Example sentences of "is only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GEC 's HC depreciation has been only about 40% of reported HC profit after tax : and with a shorter average plant life , the CPP amount is only 50% higher . |
| 2 | The third chest has a slightly decayed , but permanent , Magic Lock on it , such that an attempt at mechanical lock-picking is only 50% likely to be successful even if the lock-picker makes his Dex test to pick the lock . |
| 3 | Much else in the city centre has been cleaned and restored : the neo-Romanesque Central Station of 1905 , in whose gilded ticket hall contemporary music is played ; the Gothic cathedral , the largest and most impressive in the Low Countries ; and the Grote Markt , an irregular triangle of 16th-century guild houses ( Antwerp is a town of asymmetry : one of the cathedral 's twin towers is only half-built ) . |
| 4 | If a surcharge of 8 per cent made to a sum of money adds 50p to that sum , then the initial amount is only £6.25 ie £6.25 plus 8pc equals £6.75 . |
| 5 | Answering machine winks cheerfully , but it is only Mrs Body excusing herself from work tomorrow because of the funeral . |
| 6 | It may well As far as I know it 's it is only Mrs er who has said , I I 'm sorry to er to say this Mrs , you are the only person who has said that you wish to produce additional representations . |
| 7 | The entry fee is only £6 per team and entry is restricted to 32 teams who will then be split into eight groups of four in the round robin stages . |
| 8 | Near the burning oil fields its effects are marked : the temperature has fallen by 10–20 degreesC ( 18–36 degreesF ) , the light is only 1% of normal . |
| 9 | This is because the stamp duty on property transfers is 6% but the duty on share transfers is only 1% . |
| 10 | It is only tradition that has persuaded people otherwise . |
| 11 | Cover charge for each show is only 50p . |
| 12 | When you think about it , the beauty of even the smartest kitchen is only skin deep . |
| 13 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
| 14 | But , as we all know , beauty is only skin deep — it is more likely that the new breeds were favoured because they grew faster and to almost twice the size of bronze strains . |
| 15 | But beauty is n't , the say beauty is only skin deep , but what about the million people who live in this country who are dealing with siriasis , for whom , that they 'll , they 'll live their life with no cure , no prospect of cure and er those are people who we only wish , I 'm one of them , er , I also run a self help group in Ayrshire and there are a great many of us who would like to , I think extend a more , more of an understanding to the general public , because its not how we regard ourselves |
| 16 | There is no evil , there is only dragon . ’ |
| 17 | For hospital services the Medicare benefit is only 75% of the schedule fee , but patients can insure privately to cover the gap between benefit and fee . |
| 18 | Maximum vasoconstriction following sumatriptan is only 21% of that seen with 5HT ( serotonin ) . |
| 19 | Now , after 9,500 miles , I wish I had gone for something else as there is only 3mm of tread left on each tyre all the way round . |
| 20 | Indeed , it is only matters of contingent fact which ensure that the phrase royal hatmaker cited in ( 7 ) will not be seen as ambiguous in this way . |
| 21 | It is only reference to the gates being closed in the evening . |
| 22 | " This is only water . " |
| 23 | I am in the front of the boat , where there is only water , sky , water , sky , and Garrett 's booming commands , ‘ Go ! |
| 24 | It is only 10in deep when folded , making for easy storage . |
| 25 | Without meaning there is only suffering , and I was not going to leave it at that . |
| 26 | But there is only injustice when preventable suffering is allowed to persist to the point where a person would rather be dead . |
| 27 | Adult in summer is only gull with grey hood , extending over nape . |
| 28 | Its depth below the continents averages around 35 km , but below the ocean basins it is only 5–1Okm . |
| 29 | In the end it is only trial and error that one settles on a suitable selection . |
| 30 | These barriers do not even conform to the existing standard , since the gap at pedal height on the upper barrier is only 392mm. , while the gap at the bottom of the lower barrier is only 395mm . |