Example sentences of "[is] that only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |
| 3 | What this means is that only a relatively small proportion of the population is earning and has the burden of supporting a large number of old and young . |
| 4 | The exception to this is that only a parent may receive the results of the pupil 's assessment . |
| 5 | Deep in the shade of the forest , few flowers are formed and pods are even rarer , for another peculiarity of cocoa is that only a tiny proportion of flowers — less than one per cent — are successfully pollinated . |
| 6 | The best medical advice is that only a qualified medical person should make the check . |
| 7 | One of the advantages of using stripes for a garment is that only a small amount of each yarn is needed and the width of the stripes can also be varied , depending on the amount of each yarn which is available . |
| 8 | The first feature to note is that only a small minority of the listed inhabitants — five persons out of forty-seven — owned any land at all . |
| 9 | It is clear from the above that under the new provisions the general principle is that only a private investor has a right of action for a contravention to which s.62 applies . |
| 10 | ‘ So the problem then is that only a little sliver of the tip of my cock was going to make it in range of the footprint of a normal eight and a half by eleven copy . |
| 11 | One problem , however , is that only a subset of all texts do in fact have what might loosely be called a story structure . |
| 12 | But what makes me angry is that only a couple of these companies have bothered to alter their ads accordingly . |
| 13 | The good news is that only a tiny percentage of these viruses are found in the ‘ wild ’ , perhaps as few as 50 . |
| 14 | What emerges from our discussion of these different aspects of sentence and discourse comprehension is that only a very complex model will suffice to explain the inter-relation of all the different factors which appear to form a part of language comprehension . |
| 15 | The essence of the public choice problem is that only a single decision can be made and the conflicting preferences have to be reconciled . |
| 16 | The trouble is that only a few are privileged to see that side . |
| 17 | An important point to remember , however , is that only a drink that is alcohol-free should be consumed if you wish to avoid alcohol altogether . |