Sentence examples for for was only from inspiring English sources

The most serious of the incidents — the one that prompted Springsteen's song — was the case of Amadou Diallo, a Guinean immigrant who last year was shot dead on his doorstep; the gun that four plainclothesmen thought he was going for was only a wallet.

An agreement on the number of permits that TNK-BP was eligible for was only agreed last Thursday, and now about 50 of its foreign, permanent employees must apply for the visas themselves.

Despite the substantial number of EGVs, the amount of variance that the eco-geographical variables could account for was only moderate (32%).

"For us, there was only one answer".

It was only for fun.

But it was only for a moment.

"For me, is only service," he said.

Global demand for protein is only growing.

The move, for now, is only symbolic.

For now it is only patchy progress.

For Cisco it's only just beginning.