Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [pers pn] is 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ( 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 . ) |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? |