Example sentences of "is only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salvation may begin with the individual , he argued , but is only fulfilled in a life of shared brotherhood . |
| 2 | In other words , one DOCTOR can have many PATIENTS , but a PATIENT is only assigned one DOCTOR . |
| 3 | To claim that explanation in geography can go no further is only to say that it is inadequate to its task , and ignores the fact that many geographers are going further : |
| 4 | They exist ‘ merely as a means ’ which is only to say that , lacking language and self-consciousness , they are unable to plan and debate projects of their own as do moral agents . |
| 5 | The HDS/SecureWare offering is only accredited as a single-user CMW . |
| 6 | It is always " by your leave and if you please " , and the influence in controlling , which might be very great … is only exerted through position , knowledge and willingness to help . " |
| 7 | This fine-grained limestone is only developed over a very small area , usually thought of as a lagoonal deposit behind sponge reefs , though recently interpreted as deposits in offshore sediment traps . |
| 8 | Wounds only heal , and W loss is only stopped , if magical healing is used or if a character with the Heal Wounds skill spends at least 3 rounds attending to the bleeding character . |
| 9 | does she agree that there 's something bizarre in er I certainly agree successful experiment it bringing to an end because it 's a successful experiment , er clearly the policy is only to continue with unsuccessful experiments . |
| 10 | Just as the smell of a ripe Camembert is only mouthwatering at the dinner table , the attraction of female odours is likely to depend on their context . |
| 11 | Financial settlement is only reached seven years later . |
| 12 | It produces some odd effects , however , for strict equivalence between postcranial and cranial elements is only reached when all the jaws are broken and the molars released . |
| 13 | In another company , one major activity is only related to economic factors to a small extent , while its other activities are so stable that detailed economic information analysis is considered unnecessary . |
| 14 | The UK is only beginning to realise the potential of partnerships ; education has been shy to join hands with business and vice versa , but it has to happen . |
| 15 | However , in a foreword to the report , Lady Howe , the campaign 's chairman , stresses that the initiative is a long-term one and that it is only beginning to get underway . |
| 16 | Similar damage is done by repeated emotional abuse , and I believe that the true damage done by this is only beginning to be seen . |
| 17 | The District Management Improvement ( DMI ) programme established in 1986 in Lesotho ( and 1988 in Botswana ) actually managed to revive this programme and the value of FNPs in PHC is only beginning to be realised . |
| 18 | Add to this the quantitative regulation of expression of cell adhesion molecules in response , for example , to inflammatory mediators and associated with changes in cellular differentiation , and we find a complex and highly responsive set of cellular adhesion mechanisms whose role in normal tissue formation and disease is only beginning to be understood . |
| 19 | The scale of changes in farmland bird populations is only beginning to be appreciated , the Trust says . |
| 20 | If the fish is to be saved , the abstraction will have to be cut back significantly , at a time when the state is only beginning to emerge from seven years of drought . |
| 21 | and I considered whether it would be wise to write about the early history , but as my purpose is only to demonstrate . |
| 22 | The internal organization of the company does not provide an adequate safeguard against the power of the managers being used for their own ends ; and the imposition of fiduciary duties does not ensure that the discretion of the managers is only exercised either in accordance with the wishes of the shareholders or in accordance only with the expertise of the managers , since both these concepts prove impossibly difficult to define . |
| 23 | It abandons any attempt to design market or internal controls over managers to ensure that their discretion is only exercised in the interests of shareholders . |
| 24 | In contrast , the value of the option contract can not be negative since it is only exercised if it has a positive value . |
| 25 | If we are to establish how and to what extent routine policing is affected by Northern Ireland 's divisions , it would be useless to base our research where there is only militarized political policing ( even though there are at least formal attempts to try to normalize policing in areas of high tension ) , for it is necessary to explore the extent to which policing in so-called ‘ soft ’ areas is contaminated by wider societal conflicts . |
| 26 | Most jobs can be shared , so do n't be put off if the job you want is only advertised as a full-time one . |
| 27 | Information is only appended to them in the form of agreement comments during their various states . |
| 28 | According to Sartre , history is only born from a sudden imbalance of scarcity which disrupts all levels of society and initiates conflict and therefore progression . |
| 29 | He is probably also right when he says that he is only seen as a Spanish artist because his interest lies in Spanish art , instead of in French art ‘ like everyone else' : in other words , within the accepted categories there is no room for a Mexican who is interested in Spanish art . ' |
| 30 | Jerrome ( 1982 ) has explored the significance of a confidante for older women in maintaining life satisfaction , even if that person is only seen once a year . |