Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it [be] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are an apprentice historian and therefore should know that it is only in this century that this attempt to sanitise death has stricken our race . |
| 2 | and I think we must recognise that it is only that many of the questions and questionnaire had they been displayed of what they wanted to propose . |
| 3 | I still ca n't buy cos it 's only my first time bloody round ! |
| 4 | An excellent new book that 's come out and you can easily buy because it 's only six nine nine , and is book , erm kind of bedtime reading . |
| 5 | I do n't know whether it 's only a English . |
| 6 | Even when you have decided a broad direction , and I should emphasize that it is only possible to set ambitions in a broad sense and only helpful so to do , there will inevitably come times when external events show that one has made a false assessment of one 's starting point or the ability of one 's competitors , known or unsuspected , to seize the initiative . |
| 7 | When he rang Eleanor he would explain that it was only to be a simple snack . |
| 8 | For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice . |
| 9 | It did not matter that it was only the fourth time they had met ; she knew this moment was exceptional in her life and that , while their physical passion might be impulsive and unplanned , it was inescapable . |
| 10 | ‘ Any analysis of big clubs who have tried to buy success would show that it is only a tiny minority who succeed in doing so . ’ |
| 11 | As Branch Manager Ian Davies said ‘ the excitement must have been terrific because only at this point did anyone realise that Stella could n't swim and it was only Freddy and the wet suit that were keeping her afloat ! ’ |
| 12 | I always was attacked on the grounds that the world I wrote about did n't exist and it 's only in the last five to ten years here in Ireland , that my work is seen to be actually true . |
| 13 | I ca n't believe that it is only seven months since Lynn told me she had a four-year-old who was ‘ a really nice sort . ’ |
| 14 | If you measure the atmospheric rise in carbon dioxide due to fossil fuel burning , you 'll see that it 's only about one half of that predicted if all of the coal and oil that had been burnt since the industrial revolution had gone into the atmosphere , we would probably have er an increase in C O two double what we can actually measure . |
| 15 | The in fact looking at Hambleton 's figures , one can see that it 's only really it 's only really the top North West , I 'm sorry the top North East . |
| 16 | Via her bluelight , though , Jezrael could see that it was only a minor game of tit-for-tat . |
| 17 | ( By the way , do n't forget that it is only types of eruption , that are being discussed , and that any individual volcano may erupt in any of these ways — or in none . ) |
| 18 | And indeed it would seem that it was only at about this time , in the Europe of the late-sixteenth century , that a few thoughtful men first began to think seriously about the moral nature of mankind as a whole , as against the older , narrower concept of the moral nature of " ourselves " , God 's chosen people , ranged against " the others " , the barbarians , who were only part men , unnatural monsters , beasts . |
| 19 | Let us pretend that it is only that Grainne is too far above me , and let us continue the pretence , for I do not think I can bear it any other way . |
| 20 | Erm , can I say that it 's only last year that we organised that video for secured car parks , and employed a blooming outside presenter to do it , and that cost us twelve thousand quid , and that were at Derby and they made an excellent bloody video of it did n't they ? |
| 21 | One can then say that it is only things of the second sort which count as things his action prevented , when one is calculating its good and bad effects , and thus distinguish Bentham 's criterion of rightness and wrongness from a rigorist one . |
| 22 | However , I shall argue that it is only when they do point in the same direction that conditions are suitable for the development of intelligent beings who can ask the question : why does disorder increase in the same direction of time as that in which the universe expands ? |
| 23 | But to this day I have nightmares in which I have to go back to school , and I 'm so relieved to wake up and find that it was only a dream . |