Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] is only " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a member leaves the band , he or she is only responsible for the debts incurred prior to his or her leaving . |
| 2 | A judge should only find a child guilty of contributory negligence if he or she is of such an age as reasonably to be expected to take precautions for his or her own safety ; and then he or she is only to be found guilty if blame should be attached to him or her . |
| 3 | Where it is only specific individual assets of a business that are transferred , a prohibition on competition on the vendor will not usually be required to protect the purchaser and is likely to infringe Article 85(1) . |
| 4 | Lastly , an obligation of confidence , at least where it is only equitable , will come to an end when public policy will no longer be served by upholding it . |
| 5 | It is not necessary for the building society to be joined as a party to a registered land transfer where it is only receiving the benefit of a covenant to observe and perform the terms of the mortgage by the wife ( and not releasing the husband ) because it can enforce the covenant without being a party ( Chelsea and Walham Green Building Society v Armstrong [ 1951 ] Ch 853 ) . |
| 6 | But I did support Mrs Robinson because although she is only a symbol she is a powerful symbol . |
| 7 | A herd of deer on the African plains may feed undisturbed when a lioness walks among them , if they perceive that she is only out for a stroll . |
| 8 | Susan : Mrs C is prejudiced herself because , I mean , she said to Karen that she is only getting bad because she hangs around with too many black people . |
| 9 | We can speculate that there is a psychological motive for this switch , with Adele using a change of code to indicate that she is only reporting these words and does not herself " stand behind " them or vouch for their validity . |
| 10 | Although it is only in its second season , the garden looks mature , overflowing with over 50 herbs arranged in four beds , complete with a central bird bath . |
| 11 | For , among other reasons , Turks did not fit into a Zuwaya genealogy ; in theory , it is possible to find all forty shaikhs who appeared from time to time in Zuwaya stories in a genealogy ( although it is only anthropologists who are sufficiently naive to ask which men were the victims and where did they fit in lists of ancestors ) . |
| 12 | All these creatures seem very much at home in Vic 's garden , although it is only two miles from the city centre . |
| 13 | Although it is only a brief summary , it contains all the relevant information necessary to follow the ten steps — plus a measure of red-herrings . |
| 14 | She listed 56 ( see page 111 ) , although it is only fair to record that the 56th read : " Have nervous breakdown — client does n't like film . " |
| 15 | Although it is only necessary to show an element of bounty to come within these provisions now , this case is important and taxpayers should bear it in mind when they are carrying out any reorganisation of share capital . |
| 16 | Meintjies was equally impressed by John , writing in his diary that this ‘ young ballet dancer and choreographer , who is undoubtedly brilliant , dominated the guests — although he is only seventeen . ’ |
| 17 | I shall refer to the father of C. as ‘ the father ’ although he is only the stepfather of E. |
| 18 | They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do . |
| 19 | But the group is convinced that it is only a matter of time before someone discovers superconducting semiconductors that will work at the economically viable temperatures of liquid nitrogen . |
| 20 | There is growing , matter-of-fact , support for the proposition that significantly greater public investment in schools and colleges , in roads , railways and on the environment would be money productively spent , and that it is only the damaging and doctrinaire intransigence of Mrs Thatcher which obstructs such expenditure . |
| 21 | On the other hand , a pro-rights clergyman suggested that it is our traditional despotic treatment of the non-human creation which has been truly infantile , and that it is only in this century that we have begun to grow up a little . |
| 22 | The coffee came with Unicum , a bitter spirit so much beloved by Hungarians that it is only available in expensive restaurants and hard-currency shops . |
| 23 | Vickery ( 1973 ) argues that it is only the latter , based on knowledge and skills that are at an advanced level rather than merely different , that should qualify as specialization . |
| 24 | This strongly indicates that it is only males who have the status and power to provide , in the eyes of the relevant professionals , a credible challenge to the GP . |
| 25 | However , we believe that it is only right to point out that we are not a specialist tour operator in the field of holidays for the disabled . |
| 26 | However , it has also been suggested that since there is a dominance hierarchy among the females and only the subordinates do badly , it may be that it is only younger females that fare worse in big harems than they would if they were monogamous . |
| 27 | But it is important to realize that it is only relatively recently , especially during the 1980s , that the full picture has begun to emerge . |
| 28 | This suggests that it is only a possibility where the baby is so handicapped for any reasonable human existence to be impossible . |
| 29 | It is also assumed in this review that it is only officially sponsored programmes or policies that are being discussed . |
| 30 | For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice . |