Example sentences of "that [am/are] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be consistent with holism the constructivist has to say that individual ‘ beliefs ’ — mental states that are only in the running for truth — do not correspond to anything in the mind . |
| 2 | Some forms have delicate exterior skeletons that are only preserved under exceptional circumstances ( see p. 16 ) . |
| 3 | Furthermore , there is opportunity for multicellular plants to grow , firmly anchored to the rocks , but still exposed to the light ; and many animals — sessile mussels and barnacles ; anemones , which are almost sessile ; and animals that are only modest movers , such as starfish , winkles , and limpets — find a handy substrate and convenient grazing . |
| 4 | A satirical tone pervades his ‘ Parliamentary Sketch ’ ( SB 25 ) , and in an autobiographical passage in DC 43 he writes : ‘ Night after night , I record predictions that never come to pass , professions that are never fulfilled , explanations that are only meant to mystify . |
| 5 | As the foregoing sections have illustrated , population pressures , often stimulated by other factors such as economies and land ownership , are frequently the underpinning cause of environmental change , especially as agriculture has spread into areas that are only marginally productive or where injudicious land-use practices have been established . |
| 6 | Additionally the ADC-10 can perform many functions that are only currently available on expensive digital storage oscilloscope such as saving waveforms to disk , or sending them to a printer . |
| 7 | Many are ‘ blatant untruths ’ that are only revealed when potential buyers visit a house . |
| 8 | This , I have found , is mainly due to lighting chokes that are only fitted with twin core flex with no earth . |
| 9 | The time saved could be spent adding features like voice recognition that are only possible on a more advanced platform such as PowerPC . |
| 10 | In addition , there are numerous textual resources around the world that are only available in their original ( paper ) form . |
| 11 | For more than half the road up you climb between more beech forests — the beech flourishes in these parts because it likes the moisture — and in spring or autumn you get that seasonal effect , whereby the trees that are only starting to turn brown at the foot of the pass are already losing many of their leaves at the top , or alternatively are still half-wintry at the top when already fully greened lower down . |
| 12 | And beyond that , many groups seek power within the state apparatus to promote interests that are only indirectly , and in some cases very slightly , related to the spheres of production and circulation — as , for example , in the promotion of particular art forms and sports . |
| 13 | It is said that 60 per cent of the human genome codes for proteins that are only expressed in the nervous system , so the real reason that human brains are different may be because greater genetic control has allowed them to evolve more rapidly ; if that is the case , taking to the trees may have freed the smell-brain , but it was its susceptibility to rapid evolution that led to the neopallial explosion . |
| 14 | The male rate croons a post-coital song consisting of bursts of sound between one and three seconds long that are only just above human hearing . |
| 15 | This applies both for single-record positions and for buckets that are only part of a track in size . |
| 16 | Learn to be aware of all connections , even those that are only indirectly relevant ( factual details , interpretations , individuals , other historians ' views on issues ) . |
| 17 | There are pygmy varieties that can be grown in a sink , right through to vigorous kinds that are only suited to a lake or large pool in a public park . |
| 18 | With procedures that are only used occasionally it is less likely to be successful and the trained group may even forget their training . |
| 19 | There is no point in having to wait weeks for the concrete scaffolders , nor is there any point in having the site cluttered with pipes that are only to be needed later . |
| 20 | Near this left-hand end of the scale are things that are only slightly improbable , such as shaking a double six in a single throw of a pair of dice . |
| 21 | This essentially empirical question is very difficult to answer as it raises a whole host of conceptual , theoretical and practical difficulties that are only partially resolvable . |