Example sentences of "[pron] are only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own belief is that while the ordinary , naive world of facts is real , so are the emotional , the transcendent and the ideal worlds which are only a newer form of perception or area of thought and have scope for limitless extension . |
| 2 | Herein you will see a series or medley of events , pictures and scenes ( not what the butler saw which was rather mundane ) which are only a part of my memory store . |
| 3 | Lesser Bayonne is bourgeois and compact , and contains the town 's two unexpectedly good museums , the Musée Bonn at and the Musée Basque , which are only a hundred yards apart . |
| 4 | Radar and some ovens make use of microwaves , which are only a few centimetres or millimetres long . |
| 5 | Erm most of which are only a year which |
| 6 | That the view of the judge 's role as declaratory is inadequate can be seen if one considers that the reason many cases come to court ( which are only a minority of the cases that are actually started ) is because there is genuine doubt as to what the law is . |
| 7 | The same applies to anyone , tall or short , who has been dieting for a lengthy period already , and generally to those who are only a few pounds overweight . |
| 8 | Having a naturally restrained appetite , which probably means that you are only a few pounds overweight and have gained this weight over a lengthy period . |
| 9 | I know you are only a tiny little girl , but there is some kind of magic in you somewhere . |
| 10 | You are only a little player in a game in which there are big players . |
| 11 | But even if you do have to pretend , just this once , that you are only an ordinary tourist , that trip will live in your memory , even if it is n't entered in your log-book . |
| 12 | By the time we meet Odd-Knut coming back to find us we are only a few hundred metres from the camp . |
| 13 | WE are only a short distance from the many interesting attractions of both Brighton and Hove and are easy to find , being close to the main road arterials and stations of the two towns . |
| 14 | We are only a small organisation and there are many conflicting demands on our time . |
| 15 | As we are only a year away from the start of the single market , will my right hon. Friend reassure the public that unnecessary bureaucratic delays will not occur at our ports and airports , to the annoyance of the public ? |
| 16 | If we could get Tony 's ma on the list , we are only a step away from having inside info and influence . |
| 17 | This year we are only a point behind that pace . |
| 18 | So I said well it depends how much there is you know , we we are only a light removal firm , we do n't have Oh no no well there 's no problem there , it 's only half a houseload . |
| 19 | We must get the situation straight that the County Council is the ruling authority , we are only a subsidiary as a county and we get our problems on our traffic and our highways as we are only agents to the County Council , and the County Council control the education of Social Services . |
| 20 | In Easton , there are only a few policewomen attached to each section . |
| 21 | There are only a few places where he can be , but it is n't until 0500 hours that he is found walking along Unter den Linden , the most famous and beautiful of Berlin 's pre-war streets , having apparently lost contact with his friends . |
| 22 | There are only a few of them and we 're unlucky to be involved . ’ |
| 23 | The existence of these different anatomical plans , without intermediates , again raises the question of whether there are only a small number of possible body plans , represented by the existing phyla , or whether we are looking at the end results of a series of historical accidents . |
| 24 | Thus anatomy may reflect the fact that there are only a few ways in which some engineering problem can be solved . |
| 25 | Serious collectors ( and there are only a handful in the world ) are looking for pre-sinking letters , postcards or photographs disembarked at the Titanic 's last port of call , Queenstown ; signals or accounts of the sinking ; or , best of all , something that was actually in the ill-fated vessel . |
| 26 | There are only a few detailed pollen diagrams from the Outer Hebrides that cover all or part of the last 10,000 years , the so-called post-glacial . |
| 27 | If the fossil is constructed in a certain way , then there are only a limited number of ‘ jobs ’ that the structure could perform . |
| 28 | Apart from the former mill owner 's house , there are only a few other remnants , such as the remains of a mill pond , sluices and the reservoir . |
| 29 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 30 | Syphilis has long been labelled ‘ the great imitator ’ and there are only a few clues to prod the examining doctor into thinking of the correct diagnosis rather than some other condition . |