The phrase "are only cheap" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is inexpensive or of low cost, often implying a lack of quality or value.
Example: "These products are only cheap, and they won't last long."
Alternatives: "are merely inexpensive" or "are just low-cost".
One of which, said John O'Brien, regional technical adviser on climate change mitigation, the United Nations Development Programme, is that "fossil fuels are only cheap if you don't factor in the true environmental cost".
Or more appropriately, it illustrates that despite being able to pursue items that resemble the global imagery of high-end fashion by engaging in transactional sex, the actual products that are available or within the economic reach of those involved are only cheap knock-offs.
But it's only cheap painted gypsum".
Ms. Moore, 34, said, "It was only cheap if you were a vegetarian willing to eat beans and tofu".
It seems that while car theft in films and TV looks lucrative and high-stakes, in suburban Australia it's only cheap.
Often the private company is only cheaper until it's the only provider – then it is suddenly radically more expensive, but there's nothing you can do about it.
E-commerce has grown up and moved on from being only cheaper stuff, generic stuff, offered to folks who would just rather buy online.
E-commerce has grown up and moved on from being only cheaper stuff, generic stuff, offered to folks who would just rather buy online.
But if the personal loan is only cheaper by a point or two, go with the business loan, as this will keep you from mixing business and personal finances.
HFCS is only cheaper than sugar because our government subsidizes the toxic, poisonous farming of corn in order to keep chemical companies (and maybe big tractor companies, too) in business.
However, it has been suggested that management with methotrexate is only cheaper than laparoscopic surgery when used for the treatment of patients with serum hCG concentrations <1500 IU/l [ 2, 5].
