Example sentences of "only [noun sg] that i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only point that I would make is that if you are giving an opiate it will have many of the same effects and if I had to choose , I would probably prefer the opiate to diazepam . |
| 2 | The only drawback that I can find is that if the participation is not 100pc across the population then you still need hard cash . |
| 3 | I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl , and , as I promised to assist you at starting , I am happy to tell you that I will pay to you one hundred and fifty pounds yearly during my life , and until your annual income derived from your profession of a Chancery barrister shall amount to six hundred guineas , of which your own admission will be the only evidence that I shall receive or require . |
| 4 | The only guarantee that I can give is that there will not be a Tory Government after the 1992 election . |
| 5 | And that 's where these certificates are the only guarantee that I can provide which will actually say well if we get fifteen percent inflation in nineteen ninety seven , they will pay fifteen p percent inflation , plus the three and a half percent three and a quarter percent bonus . |
| 6 | Er , Chairman the , the only advice that I can give Dr on that point is to say that the county council is not letting them down er the funding for major road schemes is provided by central government and we make a contribution towards it but if central government do not give us permission to go ahead with the race road scheme in terms of a grant , then in fact it will not go ahead and in that situation they may be let down , that is their judgement and that should be reflected in the way they vote at parliamentary elections . |
| 7 | Erm the only example that I can think of where that went wrong was where there was a delay in the post but er we certainly do endeavour , it was er it was something which we 've introduced in the last erm eighteen months and it 's been welcomed by members and er it is certainly our intention to give everyone as much notice as possible . |
| 8 | The only suggestion that I can offer is that this system enables mains transformers of various ratings to be put together form a limited number of standard sub-assemblies . |
| 9 | The only thing that I might need a medical for is my thirty thousand pound life insurance . |
| 10 | So the only thing that I would suggest is |
| 11 | The only thing that I would ask everybody in Oxfordshire is to write to our M P's here because er yes it 's true that I do n't know what the returns are from last night 's voting , but I do know that er the only local MP that I can see on the voting on the last occasion was John Patten , here in Abingdon , and he voted no . |
| 12 | The , the only thing that I would say Chairman is that erm planning and er er the role of planning is related amongst other things to development and every single solitary er element in development has an effect , maybe only small and it may be distant , but does have an effect on er water falling as rain and thereby on run-off . |
| 13 | I think I think the only thing that I would disagree with there is that I strongly suspect that a lot of tutors in the university , not just women tutors but across the board , really have little idea of the level of sexual harassment that students that female students have identified as being problem in the questionnaire . |
| 14 | The only thing that I will do , that he might do , he might keep , cos once gets away mate that 's he might keep him behind . |
| 15 | So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it . |
| 16 | ‘ You are being very naughty , ’ McAllister whispered back , pretending to be severe , ‘ and the only thing that I can say in your favour is that I am in nearly as bad a way as you are , and know exactly how you feel — but be patient , it can not be long now , ’ for she knew that once the bazaar was over , and she was at last able to tell him the truth , they could go ahead with their marriage plans , the only delaying thing being the time it would take Mama and Papa to cross the Atlantic . |
| 17 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 18 | The only problem that I can see is that fact that many books can not be taken home and that many sources can not be photocopied . |
| 19 | It wo n't do any good but it is the only way that I can reply to your last love letter or apologize for that cruel punch at your face . |
| 20 | the only way that I can retaliate , towards him , to show him my cracking up there . |
| 21 | Mm , well I can quite see that this maybe the only way that I can help Neil . |
| 22 | This was the only time that I can remember such a fatality occurring locally during my lifetime . |
| 23 | I took the only option that I could see was open to me , and I ran away into the desert . |