Example sentences of "are only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At the moment , they are only integrated into corporate networks in a haphazard fashion ’ , Mr Drake says . |
| 2 | ‘ To reduce the problems of air pollution , the company has adopted the practice of layering the coal bunkers on the locomotives so that the limited supplies of dry steam coal are burnt at Llanberis and on the lower reaches of the line , and the Warwickshire coals are only fired above Hebron Station . |
| 3 | Other advances for fixed periods are only repaid at the end of that period . |
| 4 | The variations are virtually endless and are only limited by the imagination of the individual . |
| 5 | Felt boards are very versatile , and they are only limited by the imagination of the teacher . |
| 6 | However , these advantages are unlikely to be important if scale economies are only limited in extent , and cost-based pricing is certainly easier to adopt . |
| 7 | In terms of regulations as to permitted forms of investment , investment trusts are only limited by the listing requirements of the Stock Exchange : |
| 8 | which are only jumped once |
| 9 | which are only jumped once |
| 10 | Right number ten , name the two fences which are only jumped once in the Grand National . |
| 11 | They are only sprayed when numbers become a problem . |
| 12 | Gardens are only apportioned individually where there is a clear self-contained entity , such as a walled garden or , say , a rose garden laid out formally in front of a wing . |
| 13 | Many infections are clinically inapparent , and the characteristic nodules are only discovered incidentally at necropsy . |
| 14 | They look wild and witty but are only worn at shows for shock value by Gruppa Iren , her small company . |
| 15 | ( Not , however , a Panama hat , since those are only worn in Ecuador . ) |
| 16 | You know , the sort that make thick calves look even thicker and are only worn by women with thick calves . |
| 17 | Cost accounts are only prepared at the discretion of the directors of the company and are not a legal requirement . |
| 18 | The company is not required by law or accountants and auditors to provide management accounts and they are only prepared at the discretion of the company . |
| 19 | Applications for examination are only received from accredited BIE tutors , not the candidate . |
| 20 | As a rule they are only killed for food ( and then only cocks or old hens ) when an important visitor comes to the homestead , perhaps a prince 's son or perhaps a father-in-law . |
| 21 | In tonight 's ’ Tuesday Special ’ on Central Gloucestershire Chief Constable Albert Pacey says too many juveniles are only cautioned , when they should be dealt with by the courts . |
| 22 | Many of them are only followed for the first pitch , either because they finish up easier slabs ( which might well suit some people ) or become much harder . |
| 23 | These things , not surprisingly , are only hinted at in their publication , for that document is mostly concerned with presenting the reader with the team 's own rationale . |
| 24 | The councils are established in accordance with schemes drawn up by the district or island authorities and are partly funded by them , but the procedures are only operated where there is a clear local demand . |
| 25 | Thus it is the balance of political forces which shapes and determines state intervention in any society ; economic movements are only represented indirectly in state interventions . |
| 26 | The meanings expressed by specific words are only appre-hended as a result of the effects which are achieved when they are used . |
| 27 | The Main and Copy Databases are only accessed by batch processes and are not available directly to the lexicographers . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Although gender is also a grammatical category in French , gender distinctions are only expressed in nouns , articles , and adjectives , and in third-person pronouns ; they do not affect the form of the verb . |
| 30 | The belief underlying such proposals is that many older people are only referred for treatment at a late stage of dependency when treatment is less effective and more expensive . |