Example sentences of "that be only [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is only if stage one of the Labour party 's proposals are implemented ; it does not take into account the effect of stage two . |
| 2 | Our opponents say we do cause such disturbance but I suspect that is only that is only because they see all canoeists as a noisy bunch of exuberant youngsters . |
| 3 | That is only because supplies of Thunderbirds did not arrive in Britain quickly enough to satisfy demand , according to toy experts . |
| 4 | If we may find this incongruous , that is only because we live in an age of collapsed hierarchies in which painters and sculptors are liable to be more highly regarded than their patrons or even their sitters . |
| 5 | Sometimes the women say she is a saint , but that is only because she has kept me here , and they do not like her . |
| 6 | Nothing can be more daunting for a beginner than to step up and smash his fist or foot through a neatly arranged stack of wood or tiles , but that is only because his mind constructs a barrier . |
| 7 | You need to make a conscious effort especially to get the tune right — at the beginning you will probably feel that you sound strange and maybe affected , but that is only because the intonation patterns are new to you . |
| 8 | Yeah er if you , what was on tonight was er on the , there was a T V programme on tonight called What the Papers Say and the editor Alistaire Campbell was on tonight , he is actually quite left-wing and this paper will , is actually quite vehement about the government , much more than the Sun would ever be , it 's quite interesting , yet that is owned by Murdoch , but I have to say that I think that is only because Murdoch is n't liked in that way since to have |
| 9 | Townsend leads a team which shows only one change from the side that beat Lithuania 1-0 in Vilnius in June and that is only because centre half Paul McGrath is suspended . |
| 10 | ‘ He is mischief-making on behalf of Tucker but that is only because King likes to hear himself talk , ’ said the champion , who is both personable and articulate . |
| 11 | I still think I am the more domineering , but that is only because she is so polite + generally does n't put up a fight ! ( or used not to ! ) |
| 12 | that that is only because I 'm a Conservative ! |
| 13 | ‘ That 's only 'cos you do n't know what you 're into . |
| 14 | Where I have a little concern and that 's only 'cos I do n't know the of all of it , is that you are picking up , yes very minor non-conformances but in practice fairly large numbers in a fairly short time scale what I would be concerned about is when you get your B S I audit that these other areas that you have n't looked at have got equally this lack of attention to detail , that you end up with not only major break down in your system , but sufficient minor breakdowns in your system , to cause them to say that they wo n't give you registration . |
| 15 | You 'll have to go into a local hostel temporarily — but that 's only so they can check on a few things . |
| 16 | That 's brilliant but that 's only when it makes an E sound . |
| 17 | That 's only if you 're good , said Father Christmas . ’ |
| 18 | But that 's only if you are actually part of the union . |
| 19 | Now , you , you could have the linear ordering that 's an alternative proposal erm , but then you 've actually got erm you 've got to come up with a kind of proper account of these structures of how they come about and of the relation and then you 've got to check it out against all the other data and all I can say is as it happens , I 've tried that and it does n't work but that 's only and we want to find out if you can see that the quite a long way . |
| 20 | I know beca that 's only cos we were going to call her Lisa Marie were n't we ? |
| 21 | Yeah , but that 's only cos I ai n't got the car out . |
| 22 | And that 's only cos last twice I 've thinked of it . |
| 23 | Well that 's only cos , why is it ? |
| 24 | Yeah I know that 's only cos its been deported down here |
| 25 | Twenty two , but that 's only cos use the keys |
| 26 | that 's only cos I use the keys |
| 27 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 28 | But that 's only because he has learned to leave the jokes in the dressing room . |
| 29 | You may feel queer for a while longer , but that 's only because you 're ill , and illness makes people feel queer . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , David , really , that 's only because he knows perfectly well he 'll sell when we say how much . |