Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] only [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of devices recovered after the second tip-off had been hidden only a short distance from Shell offices at Hill of Rubislaw , sealed off after the morning bomb scare . |
| 2 | Once more , we are given only a masculine point of view . |
| 3 | The latter had been given only a month previously to John lord Dudley , and its transfer suggests that Gloucester 's role in Wales was still evolving . |
| 4 | The latter had been given only a month previously to John lord Dudley , and its transfer suggests that Gloucester 's role in Wales was still evolving . |
| 5 | The group seems to have been given only the most broad and general of aims . |
| 6 | But out of earshot of the boss , one of the workers told me that two campers had been mauled only the previous week . |
| 7 | ‘ It is difficult for me to find the limits of the car yet because I am given only a limited number of laps and I do n't know the circuit . ’ |
| 8 | They are spaced only a few metres apart , each wearing the garish colours of their clan , two on the kiteline , others as reel carriers , coaches or vociferous fans . |
| 9 | Thomas had been granted only a weekend pass . |
| 10 | Robert Hooke urges in his Micrographia that ‘ the science of nature has already too long been made only a work of the brain and fancy : It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of observations on material and obvious things . ’ |
| 11 | But after the Salzburg concert I had been offered only a kind of ‘ trial ’ , just one performance of someone else 's production . |
| 12 | She has been offered only the statutory minimum of £4,715 in redundancy pay . |
| 13 | The first raider had been downed only a short while earlier by Archie McKellar , who saw the attacker crash into the Lothians . |
| 14 | Turning to the final point of the 1952 directive , it is noteworthy that ministers are to be given only the information MI5 decides they need . |
| 15 | The sheer volume of insignia required for public services means that insignia can be given only the appearance of precious metals . |
| 16 | Does he agree that neighbourhood watches can be deemed only an aid to proper policing , in terms of numbers and police efficiency ? |
| 17 | The foresters attached the forest dwellers every year if their dogs were not lawed , although the Charter of the Forest had promised that this should be done only every three years . |
| 18 | He was fortunate to be shown only the yellow card . |
| 19 | Rate of charge on capital distribution Where the property was held on discretionary trust before 26th March , capital distributions of the settled property to individuals who became beneficially entitled to it will be charged only the following fractions of the tax that would otherwise be charged on capital distributions of the settled property : These reliefs will also apply where an interest in possession comes into existence in property previously held on discretionary trust . |
| 20 | Doors normally open half an hour before a concert or performance of a play but , when there are two evening performances , spectators may be admitted only a few minutes before the second performance . |
| 21 | A particular exercise should be repeated only a certain number of times during any one session , otherwise , the dog will become bored . |
| 22 | In Zambia aircraft accident investigation was the responsibility of the Director of Civil Aviation and the official who occupied that position had been appointed only the day before the accident occurred . |
| 23 | As the south coast had been raided only a few years earlier , this action is understandable , and it also indicates a measure of political awareness among the peasant class . |
| 24 | It had been announced only a month ago that she was expecting her first child and would probably be leaving after the spring term . |
| 25 | And , where Lear 's plates are accurately acknowledged , they are awarded only a cursory ‘ E. Lear del. et lith . ’ |
| 26 | Is a house being erected only a building when its roof is on ? |
| 27 | Each month lots were drawn for the names of the next families to leave , and the fortunate ones were given only a short time to make their final preparations . |
| 28 | Fourthly , the field workers were given only a few packets of ORS for distribution among the villagers . |
| 29 | Government proposals to solve the unrelieved surplus advance corporation tax problem suffered by companies with overseas operations were given only a guarded welcome . |
| 30 | This tough process , it was realised , did not accord with their own equal-opportunities policy , in that candidates for paid advice workers ' posts were given only an oral interview , even though their job description may have been identical to that of a voluntary advice worker . |