Example sentences of "[coord] it is only [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , the survey will have to be done at some stage and it is only going to be helpful to carry out a pilot if it tells the designer something he did not know . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ he continued , ‘ I know we all call this place the summer-house , and it is only used to keep salmon nets and baskets in nowadays , but it is really a gazebo , where the local gentry used to meet their ladies of ill repute in the old days . ’ |
| 3 | In the 1960s and 1970s , the growth in households has been concentrated largely among non-married couple households : the number of those headed by a married couple has remained relatively constant and it is only expected to grow by one million in the period 1961 to 2001 . |
| 4 | Before any committal warrant is issued , the magistrates court must hold a means inquiry , and it is only following that that a warrant can be issued . |
| 5 | And it is only found in the most unlikely places . |
| 6 | The prolonged oesophageal acid exposure seen in patients with hiatus hernia is because of reduced acid clearance but it is only seen in patients with lower oesophageal sphincter deficiency . |
| 7 | BT can afford to take a smaller profit , of course , but it is only doing that because it has been shamed into doing so by its customers . |
| 8 | Some may baulk at such a suggestion but it is only making explicit what archivists do implicitly . |