Example sentences of "solely [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Its first new-car launch for 10 years , and the first new shape to be badged solely as a Bentley since the Continental R-type of 1952 , was launched with a fanfare that almost out-Victored Victor Gauntlett .
2 If he is not the greatest gloveman the game has known , he is a very successful wicket-keeper-batsman ; in his first two Tests in Australia in 1981–2 he appeared solely as a batsman before taking over from David Murray , and by the end of the 1989–90 series he had played in 68 Tests , made 223 dismissals ( a miserly five stumpings tells a sad tale ) and scored almost 3,000 runs at an average of 35 with five centuries .
3 bodily injury sustained while taking part in racing by horse motor or motorcycle , motor rallies and competitions , mountaineering where ropes or guides are normally used , pot-holing , skin-diving or aviation ( except when travelling solely as a passenger ) .
4 If Auburn is a dream of an ideal countryside , that dream need not be taken solely as a retreat from history but as an image of social possibility .
5 What happened over the next few decades is not clear , but it seems likely that the fulling mills were dismantled and by 1801 , Stratford Mills were advertised for sale , solely as a corn mill .
6 Between 1875 and 1915 Belvedere was run solely as a corn mill , by Clark Brothers Ltd .
7 Fulling finally ceased , and the mill was rebuilt during the 18th century , solely as a corn mill .
8 To this Johansson 's team added another 40 TWh per year that Sweden could produce from energy plantations — fast-growing trees planted solely as fuel .
9 In an attempt to counteract despondency , to reclaim the green world for itself , not solely as a balm for my despair , I arranged with Barry 's help an interview with David Ricalde .
10 ‘ Citizenship as a study area is particularly vulnerable either to being presented as theory without practice , as in civic courses , or to being offered solely as an experience , as practice without theory . '
11 Even after the success of Far From the Madding Crowd Hardy was reluctant to be regarded solely as a writer of rural stories .
12 Deirdre Bair sees her project not simply as a rewriting of events , nor solely as a rereading of de Beauvoir 's writings , but as a mixture of ‘ literary biography ’ , ‘ intellectual history ’ , ‘ feminist theory ’ , and ‘ oral history ’ .
13 Indeed , this influence of aroma on the psyche has led some aromatherapists to practise what is now called ‘ psycho-aromatherapy ’ , whereby oils are used solely as mood altering substances .
14 Public investment is defined solely as LDDC grant , thus excluding equally important Enterprise Zone allowances and Department of Transport funding for roads and new railways .
15 Before this YWAM had seen themselves solely as a youth evangelistic organisation that was an outreach arm of existing churches .
16 Similarly , if I treat someone 's urgent need of money solely as an opportunity to buy cheap from him , you may well doubt whether I am aware of more than the fact that he is in trouble , and try to rouse me from my callousness : ‘ How would you feel if I did that to you ? ’
17 The Revenue has also indicated that past years will not be re-examined solely as a result of the decision .
18 The major points of difference between the proposed Statement of Auditing Standards and the existing standard are that : auditors ' reports would contain brief descriptions of the respective responsibilities of directors and auditors , and would indicate the basis of the opinion expressed and include a description of the key features of the audit process ; auditors would no longer issue qualified reports solely as a result of uncertainties which can not be resolved at the date the financial statements are approved ( ‘ inherent uncertainties ’ ) .
19 I had fewer than a hundred rounds for the gun which I kept solely as a deterrent for those remote places where cruising yachtsmen are seen as plump victims , ripe for pillaging , and the Webley offered me good protection for , though the gun was over seventy years old , it was massively built and frighteningly powerful .
20 Some people perceive moving together solely as a method for guides and their parties , and ignore it completely .
21 ‘ … [ I ] t can not be argued that violence exists solely as a cultural phenomenon … violence is almost certainly embedded in the natural world ’ ( 1982 : 54 ) .
22 With up to 8Mb on the motherboard there probably is n't any need for expansion if the machine is used solely as a network station , but it would 've been nice to find a PCMCIA slot for something like a modem .
23 They ceased to act solely as intermediators between savers and investors .
24 The result is to reify popular music , treating songs solely as objects , neglecting their role in cultural practice or ‘ way of life ’ .
25 For the previous five years I 'd worked solely as a sports photographer , and had really enjoyed it , but my work on the Hoggar Marathon was different , because I was just as interested in the scenery that surrounded me as I was in the race itself .
26 These figures suggest that about 20 Alzheimer patients remained solely as neurology outpatients throughout Scotland during 1974–88 .
27 Thus , alcohol and other mood altering substances come to be seen in reality as mood-altering chemicals rather than solely as a perceived solution to problems .
28 Another problem facing NAB is that it does not wish to be seen solely as a negative force , acting on behalf of the DES in closing courses , but more constructively to encourage new , worthwhile initiatives .
29 It captures the idea that humanity should be respected for its own sake , so that people should not be treated in organizations solely as the means in an economizing process .
30 Instead , it was described solely as " the basis for elaborating a new constitution for the RSFSR and for the conclusion of a new Union treaty " [ see also below ] .
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