Example sentences of "may be only [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That cheery , indefatigable demeanour may be only skin deep , but a firm grasp of reality bodes well for his capacity to withstand the slings and arrows . |
| 2 | This points up the possibility that the organizational differences built into the preliminary study may be only surface ones , masking ‘ deeper ’ structures of thinking about the nature of social work . |
| 3 | For it follows from this distinction that we see only the appearances of things , images of them in our minds , not the things themselves , ‘ so that , for aught we know , all we see , hear , and feel , may be only phantom and vain chimera , and not at all agree with the real things ’ . |
| 4 | But Mr Marshall says that while there may have been a 15% reduction in area , overall output may be only 10% lower . |
| 5 | Thus the processes that affect ordinary people may be only microprocesses of everyday life . |
| 6 | The differences in procedure between expert determination and arbitration may be only potential in some cases . |
| 7 | It may be only outsider skepticism that leads me to see a subtle , probably subconscious new emphasis on the word ‘ choice ’ . |