Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This points up the possibility that the organizational differences built into the preliminary study may be only surface ones , masking ‘ deeper ’ structures of thinking about the nature of social work . |
| 2 | It may also be challenged on the ground that £6,000 per annum was excessive and the rent should be only £4,000 . |
| 3 | PLO chairman Yasser Arafat said today that his mainstream Fatah faction approved a self-rule deal with Israel and mutual recognition could be only days away . |
| 4 | That cheery , indefatigable demeanour may be only skin deep , but a firm grasp of reality bodes well for his capacity to withstand the slings and arrows . |
| 5 | Andrea Vecchiotti , the managing director of Otis , a maker of lifts and escalators , which is building a $10m plant in Penang , says that direct labour costs will be only 2% of the cost of producing a lift on the island . |
| 6 | But Mr Marshall says that while there may have been a 15% reduction in area , overall output may be only 10% lower . |
| 7 | Thus the processes that affect ordinary people may be only microprocesses of everyday life . |
| 8 | By the time they woke up to the fact that many people would be only 2p a week better off , Smith had gained the headlines with the claim that eight out of 10 families gained . |
| 9 | Although there are centres of excellence to be found , their contribution to reducing endemic levels of sexually transmitted diseases can be only minute when compared with the extent of the problem . |
| 10 | The differences in procedure between expert determination and arbitration may be only potential in some cases . |
| 11 | Large bulbs should be only half-buried ; with smaller ones , the tips should be just below the compost surface . |