Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [modal v] be only " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In the Palaeozoic , corals looking generally similar to living reef corals may be only distantly related , if at all , to our present day fauna . |
| 3 | And , as all desktop publishers will be only too well aware , small is beautiful . |
| 4 | Then , when I remarked it was strange that when a person was in trouble , one forgot at once any little grudge one had against them , so that bearing grudges must be only skin-deep , my friend disagreed : she thought the change of heart was because one was willing to be magnanimous when at advantage , having the upper hand . |
| 5 | Family cases should be only referred to a solicitor where detailed advice and negotiation about the arrangements to be made for financial provision and for the children were needed ; other civil cases should only be referred once it was clear that court proceedings should be initiated . |