Example sentences of "be [verb] only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of devices recovered after the second tip-off had been hidden only a short distance from Shell offices at Hill of Rubislaw , sealed off after the morning bomb scare . |
| 2 | Once more , we are given only a masculine point of view . |
| 3 | The latter had been given only a month previously to John lord Dudley , and its transfer suggests that Gloucester 's role in Wales was still evolving . |
| 4 | The latter had been given only a month previously to John lord Dudley , and its transfer suggests that Gloucester 's role in Wales was still evolving . |
| 5 | ‘ It is difficult for me to find the limits of the car yet because I am given only a limited number of laps and I do n't know the circuit . ’ |
| 6 | They are spaced only a few metres apart , each wearing the garish colours of their clan , two on the kiteline , others as reel carriers , coaches or vociferous fans . |
| 7 | Thomas had been granted only a weekend pass . |
| 8 | Robert Hooke urges in his Micrographia that ‘ the science of nature has already too long been made only a work of the brain and fancy : It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of observations on material and obvious things . ’ |
| 9 | But after the Salzburg concert I had been offered only a kind of ‘ trial ’ , just one performance of someone else 's production . |
| 10 | From the far edge of the terrace I could see down to where I had been lying only an hour or two before . |
| 11 | The first raider had been downed only a short while earlier by Archie McKellar , who saw the attacker crash into the Lothians . |
| 12 | Choosing the right hotel for your holiday is a most important decision and it needs careful consideration even if you are staying only a few days . |
| 13 | He had been speaking only a day or two ago to a miners ' meeting attended by what he called the ‘ Scargill Mafia ’ . |
| 14 | Minimum rates also vary , so if you are buying only a small amount it may be worth shopping around . |
| 15 | These BSL interpreters appeared to be using only a single register , and this corresponded to a signed version closely tied to the English of the original message . |
| 16 | Does he agree that neighbourhood watches can be deemed only an aid to proper policing , in terms of numbers and police efficiency ? |
| 17 | Doors normally open half an hour before a concert or performance of a play but , when there are two evening performances , spectators may be admitted only a few minutes before the second performance . |
| 18 | A particular exercise should be repeated only a certain number of times during any one session , otherwise , the dog will become bored . |
| 19 | He said , ‘ Do have a look at the price of some of the things in here , there 's even a knitting machine ’ and there for all to see was an Erka Twinbed Knitting Machine with carrying case and stand for 45 guineas , the very thing Grace Worrell had been asking about in the letter I had been reading only a few seconds before . |
| 20 | As the south coast had been raided only a few years earlier , this action is understandable , and it also indicates a measure of political awareness among the peasant class . |
| 21 | It had been announced only a month ago that she was expecting her first child and would probably be leaving after the spring term . |
| 22 | And , where Lear 's plates are accurately acknowledged , they are awarded only a cursory ‘ E. Lear del. et lith . ’ |
| 23 | Is a house being erected only a building when its roof is on ? |
| 24 | Each month lots were drawn for the names of the next families to leave , and the fortunate ones were given only a short time to make their final preparations . |
| 25 | Fourthly , the field workers were given only a few packets of ORS for distribution among the villagers . |
| 26 | Government proposals to solve the unrelieved surplus advance corporation tax problem suffered by companies with overseas operations were given only a guarded welcome . |
| 27 | This tough process , it was realised , did not accord with their own equal-opportunities policy , in that candidates for paid advice workers ' posts were given only an oral interview , even though their job description may have been identical to that of a voluntary advice worker . |
| 28 | The students were freed only a few months before the end of their sentences , but the move is clearly intended to polish up China 's image abroad . |
| 29 | The pilots in the airliner above were unaware of the drama being enacted only a hundred feet below them . |
| 30 | These were solid leather and weighed so much that , not surprisingly , we were allowed only a further 9lb each to include all essentials for the next six days and five nights . |