Example sentences of "[pers pn] is only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She is only encouraging them to use an instinctive faculty they already possess , to develop the already existent , mental and physical muscles . |
| 4 | The Bride strips herself , glowing with pleasure at seeing herself seen , but it is a poor solitary exercise , for she is only impregnated by her imagination . |
| 5 | The young woman feels curiously as though she is only playing at house once more when she goes into the first flat or home that she can truly call her own . |
| 6 | When an addition is made to the system of state-provided services , it is only made because there is a general opinion that the time is ripe for it and that such provision is ‘ only right ’ . |
| 7 | In contrast , the value of the option contract can not be negative since it is only exercised if it has a positive value . |
| 8 | ‘ You can not define Christian communication because it is only expressed in the practice , ’ Fr Naidu said . |
| 9 | It is only looking at capturing the record of what training people have . |
| 10 | However , in a foreword to the report , Lady Howe , the campaign 's chairman , stresses that the initiative is a long-term one and that it is only beginning to get underway . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | In England , lavender was grown commercially until the last war in Surrey and in Kent ; now it is only grown in Norfolk , near Norwich . |
| 13 | It is only to see the dentist and escape the heat . |
| 14 | It is only done after tests on animals show that ‘ the product will be safe under normal conditions , ’ a Ciba spokesman , Anita Friedland , told New Scientist . |
| 15 | It is only employed for the word tokens from the input text which have not been found in the lexicon . |
| 16 | ‘ If we suffer in life , it is only to earn our way into His Celestial Mansion when we die . ’ |
| 17 | ( Ends sufficient in themselves , it will be remembered , include for us anything chosen however briefly for its own sake , even if it is only lazing in a deckchair in the sun . ) |
| 18 | But he stresses that the progress in contemplative experience , reformation in feeling developing from reformation in faith , is part of an organic process of growth to a peace and fulfilment the longing for which is innate in man who may mistakenly and unnaturally think it resides in material circumstances : Scale 2 is pervaded by a sense of the reality of a dimension to human experience beyond the confines of time and sin , though it is only accessed through them . |
| 19 | It is only created if a QAO log entry is actioned by a process model for that module . |
| 20 | One of the great bonuses of The Third Age is time — time to spare for other people , even if it is only to listen to what they have to say . |
| 21 | Because , because it is only patched up , it 's |
| 22 | The prolonged oesophageal acid exposure seen in patients with hiatus hernia is because of reduced acid clearance but it is only seen in patients with lower oesophageal sphincter deficiency . |
| 23 | It is only saved from universal condemnation by the partial political acceptance of the argument that this nuclear readiness does not in practice involve a real threat and that nuclear weapons will in fact never be used . |
| 24 | It is only viewed in retrospect that such dual loyalties seem strange : in the context of Edward IV 's reign they made very good sense . |
| 25 | It is only viewed in retrospect that such dual loyalties seem strange : in the context of Edward IV 's reign they made very good sense . |
| 26 | It is only intended as an example and does not necessarily indicate the best way to call the routines . |
| 27 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 28 | This information can be used in equation ( 3 ) to calculate the cost of equity finance : Assuming a corporation tax rate of 40 per cent , we now have all the information to use equation ( 1 ) to calculate the firm 's cost of capital : This is the appropriate cost of capital for this firm providing that it is only considering further investments that have the same risk characteristics as those previously evaluated , and that its gearing ( that is , the ratio of debt to equity ) is not expected to change in the foreseeable future . |
| 29 | Role ‘ It is only fitting that the standard of his office should reflect his role . |
| 30 | After all in an age where everyone is becoming more environmentally aware , perhaps it is only fitting that even artists are getting into recycling . |