Example sentences of "[noun] only [vb -s] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The logarithmic technique is not normally used because it requires an extra search for every power-of-two increase in the number of records , while a higher-level index only needs to be built when an index has reached three or four tracks in size . |
| 2 | Your pond only has to be large enough to catch the returning water . |
| 3 | The ice needs to be at least 2in thick ; the hole only needs to be a couple of inches wide . |
| 4 | You may decide that a recording only needs to be viewed by the people involved in making it . |
| 5 | The Bride only pretends to be excited . |
| 6 | Reading the bar codes is more difficult , since this type of software only seems to be sold as part of a complete bar code reader and software package . |
| 7 | Except on the odd occasion when the paper tray is empty , the problem only seems to be the inability of the printer to handle data as quickly as the PC can send it . |
| 8 | Presumably , approaching a text from a linguistic point of view only ceases to be extraordinary , when one compares it both to the complex peculiarity of the other ways texts are handled , and the fact that the " naive " reader is a mythical beast . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the actual price of the shares only has to be paid upon exercising the share option . |
| 10 | Death only wants to be life . |