Example sentences of "[be] only [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am only sorry that my requests for the Public Accounts Committee to investigate royal travel costs as well as the cost of the royal palaces was not agreed to . ’ |
| 2 | I had four good , rewarding years with the company , and I am only sorry that we were unable to reach an agreement . ’ |
| 3 | I am glad that the hon. Gentleman and I agree that there should be a discount for single people — I am only sorry that the Labour party continues to insist that we should return to a rating system in which single people would have to pay through the nose , as they did before . |
| 4 | I apologise on behalf of Council to the members of the press who are here , and to the Council officers who have to endure this and I am only grateful that there are not members of the public here to witness this total farce . |
| 5 | John will get what certificates he wants if and when he wants to I expect : I am only glad that there are so many more opportunities for adults who want to study later in life . |
| 6 | I am only surprised that , suddenly , it 's so many . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I am only surprised that you know of it . ’ |
| 8 | Looking at the intervals from which the scale is built , there are only two that differ from the major scale : the 3rd and the 7th . |
| 9 | No one is clear where the situation can now lead ; they are only aware that the blanket of fear is suddenly not so suffocating any more . |
| 10 | Having doubted so deeply , such Christians are only surprised that other people , whether pagan or Christian , have believed so easily . |
| 11 | So long as the Americans are only afraid that we might land on this island , and do n't know we 're already here , they will pay no attention to our activities . |
| 12 | Cos you 're only two that usually goes up with me . |
| 13 | I 'm only anxious that the hospital might wonder what 's happened to me . ’ |
| 14 | And we 've had , had instances of why that policy did n't work , and I 'm only sorry that those people who supported it before are finding it impossible to support it now . |
| 15 | Ya , I I , I 'm only sorry that you felt you |
| 16 | I do n't think I 'm the only volunteer who 's ashamed of their early attitude to AIDS and I 'm only glad that we had the sense , collectively , to listen to reason before the calls began . |
| 17 | For my part , I 'm only glad that that 's the last we 've seen of him — ( And he glances offstage and turns front , his face betraying the fact that HAMLET is there . ) |
| 18 | I mean we we have n't heard anything directly , I 'm only glad that the police are actually telling you something . |
| 19 | I 'm only glad that we 've been able to sort it all out so quickly . |
| 20 | I 'm only glad that we 'd made up , otherwise it could have been very awkward for me if Fran had refused to back up my story ! ’ |
| 21 | In the five steps above there were only two that were dramatic — where one partner had to speak in role and the class improvised . |
| 22 | Perhaps it 's only appropriate that the ultimate colonialist rip-off should translate into the cynical money-grabbing myth making of Christopher Columbus : The Discovery . |
| 23 | We represent over four million levy paying members , the trade unions that is , and it 's only right that they should have a proper say in the election of the Lad Labour leader , not just the thirty percent as is being suggested here . |
| 24 | And it 's only right that we should say how it 's spent . |
| 25 | So really it 's only right that this council should follow up on such a motion . |
| 26 | He has no complaint : ‘ I 've been five years and I think it 's only fair that someone else should have a chance . ’ |
| 27 | Being over-logical e.g. it 's only fair that you go on holiday without me , as you work and I do n't worry anyway ! |
| 28 | It 's only fair that you should know that the sow very often has to be slaughtered . " |
| 29 | ‘ Well , as you had a hand in it it 's only fair that you should enjoy it . ’ |
| 30 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |