Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is only a patch ! |
| 2 | However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise . |
| 3 | If you can manage a visit of two to three days ( or even just one day ) it is well worth it — the modern boat takes 1½ hours and it is only a matter of minutes in the small jet aircraft . |
| 4 | And it is only a question of time before cholera , raging in northern Brazil , reaches Rio . |
| 5 | However , the policy of equal treatment is now firmly on the agenda and it is only a matter of time before men and women will be entitled to their State pension at the same age . |
| 6 | It is only in the past few years that a good understanding of these types of collision has emerged , and it is only a year since Tiesinga et al . |
| 7 | Anyway we 're going to go for trap two , Smoky Amber here , now she 's a bitch that is really , I think 's going to be something special over a longer trip , erm you know a longer distance , but she is only a March eighty nine so she 's not two yet . |
| 8 | But it is only a tiny minority that is likely to move . |
| 9 | There ! ’ but it is only a puff of igniting methane … not even ghosts in the lowest vaults . |
| 10 | Ah , but it is only a story , you might say . |
| 11 | One of the nice things about them is that they are situated in one of the quieter areas between Palma Nova and Magalluf , but it is only a short walk to the beaches and nightlife of both resorts . |
| 12 | Its most naked forms are such comfortably remote places at Tokyo , Houston and Los Angeles , but it is only a spattering of Victoriana and Wren that obscures London 's conformity to the model . |
| 13 | The Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 has made some simplification by abolishing one head of liability but it is only a piecemeal attempt to deal with certain deficiencies in the common law and is in no way a code governing interference with goods . |
| 14 | But it is only a short-term change , so although it may be necessary if long-term memory is to occur , it can not be the biochemical representation of that memory . |
| 15 | There is truth in this , but it is only a half truth . |
| 16 | Like the formal approach to organisations , such charts give us a picture of how an organisation works but it is only a partial picture and misses out on the crucial aspect of how people behave within organisations . |
| 17 | Now , I remember , and I put sensation to the memory , but it is only a fantasy . |
| 18 | It is true that when they use words like " aggression " and - " altruism " ( which they do a great deal ) they make a pretence that they have somehow dissociated these terms from their human behavioural origins — but it is only a pretence . |
| 19 | The Bill makes a good start , but it is only a start . |
| 20 | ‘ But it is only a recommended date we ca n't dictate to the counties . |
| 21 | ‘ Travels through time , ’ came the reply as the silvery mess was crushed in his hand , ‘ but it is only a dream . ’ |