Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] that it [is] only " in BNC.

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1 More recent research has shown that it is only some carbohydrate foods which cause this problem , not all of them .
2 I would like to add that it is only the first of many Platinum Hotels I intend to open throughout the world . ’
3 We biologists have assimilated the idea of genetic evolution so deeply that we tend to forget that it is only one of many possible kinds of evolution .
4 We tend to believe that it is only in Iran that people who commit adultery are stoned , whereas in Europe it 's the other way round .
5 The acquirer will want to ensure that it is only obliged to take reasonable acts to mitigate and not ones which would harm the target or the business .
6 Equally , many people , including owners , developers and even some planners , continue to believe that it is only the exterior of the building , or at least a grade II building , that is protected by listing .
7 One is , nevertheless , bound to suppose that it is only in extreme conditions that people can be expected to volunteer the suppression of individuality to the extent that the more extreme forms of co-operative require : only , that is in short , where a life of one 's own would not be supportable .
8 The Chinese have insisted that it is only a matter between sovereign powers but British officials insist that local legislators have the final word on any Sino-British deal .
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