Example sentences of "be only [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am only suggesting that you take a little time off , shall we say , until you are quite well again ? " |
| 2 | I am only guessing because we do not talk about things like that . |
| 3 | I think I am only saying that anyone who has followed the history of this controversy over the last twenty years will already see reason to think that the friction produced by quarrelling among good causes is enormous and it is a luxury that we simply can not afford . |
| 4 | They are only sprayed when numbers become a problem . |
| 5 | These figures are only estimates because people have different metabolic rates . |
| 6 | The councils are established in accordance with schemes drawn up by the district or island authorities and are partly funded by them , but the procedures are only operated where there is a clear local demand . |
| 7 | But Mr Fallon claimed most war disability pensions were tax free : ‘ They are only taxed if pensioners ’ income exceeds £4,000 a year . ’ |
| 8 | Many are ‘ blatant untruths ’ that are only revealed when potential buyers visit a house . |
| 9 | For shares , capital gains and losses are only recognized when the share is sold , and this is directly under the owner 's control . |
| 10 | There are no balance sheets because there are no assets or liabilities in the books : sales are only recognized when cash is received ( so there are no debtors ) ; purchases are only recognized when cash is paid ( so there are no creditors ) ; there are no stock adjustments because the accounts are not concerned with recording usage , only with the fact that cash has been paid for purchases ( so there is no closing stock figure ) ; there are no fixed assets , for the same reason . |
| 11 | There are no balance sheets because there are no assets or liabilities in the books : sales are only recognized when cash is received ( so there are no debtors ) ; purchases are only recognized when cash is paid ( so there are no creditors ) ; there are no stock adjustments because the accounts are not concerned with recording usage , only with the fact that cash has been paid for purchases ( so there is no closing stock figure ) ; there are no fixed assets , for the same reason . |
| 12 | To avoid such unnecessary storage , compounds are only stored if the frequency of the least frequent word in the compound is above a threshold . |
| 13 | Those calves which are only coughing and/or tachypnoeic are usually in the prepatent stage of the disease or have a small adult worm burden and treatment of these animals should result in rapid recovery . |
| 14 | In addition , increases are only made when the firm is confident that the new level can be maintained for the forseeable future |
| 15 | These checks are only justified if the person is likely to be handling large sums of money or to be exposed to the possibility of bribery . |
| 16 | ACET is a church-based organisation whose primary concern is practical care rather than counselling , and so these areas are only covered if they are raised by our clients . |
| 17 | A good rule of thumb is that a model may be considered a potential hit if at least half its base area lies under the template , while models whose bases are only touched or grazed can be ignored . |
| 18 | As the " beneficial owner " covenants are only implied where there is valuable consideration ( see LPA 1925 , s76(1) ( a ) ) Clause 2 set out in Precedent 1 below should be expressly incorporated in the conveyance if there is no cash payment . |
| 19 | As the beneficial owner covenants are only implied where there is valuable consideration , the covenants ( in the absence of such consideration ) should be expressly incorporated by reference thereto in the conveyance or transfer . |
| 20 | As beneficial owner covenants are only implied where there is valuable consideration , the covenants ( in the absence of such consideration ) should be expressly incorporated by reference thereto in the conveyance or transfer . |
| 21 | Those are only acquired as the baby grows up and travels through life . |
| 22 | The adventurers are only attacked if they try to vandalise the structure of the room , the piles of bones , or the seated figure , or if they try to take the wand from its skeletal hands . |
| 23 | One solution is to state that any financial benefits are only paid when the move has taken place . |
| 24 | Ex-registered dockers are a particularly useful force of labour as they know the work and do not require training or close supervision — and they are only paid when work is available . |
| 25 | Articular ends broken at the epiphyses are only counted if they exceed the number of ends lacking articular surfaces . |
| 26 | The special deposits are only released when the Bank of England feels that the time is right to allow credit to expand again . |
| 27 | Different pronunciations of the same word are only added if they cover different portions of the input and therefore provide different word boundary segmentations . |
| 28 | A large supply voltage and phase resistance are only required when the motor is operating at high speeds . |
| 29 | In particular , the benefits are only guaranteed if the rate of tax on policyholders funds applicable to Life Insurance Companies remains at 25% . |
| 30 | Lower level rules are only used if the standard grammar is unable to cope with the input . |