Example sentences of "only [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In publicising one 's own methods it becomes only a short step to maintaining that this personal success is general success and can be achieved only through this personal approach . |
| 2 | The most impressive contemporary tribute to the idea of enlightened despotism , therefore , is the number of idealists who accepted that only through this form of government had their ideals any chance of realization . |
| 3 | This is grievous news , grievous not only for this and other universities but for the nation ; for it is a grave national misfortune to be governed by those who do not know what a university is and what distinguishes it from other institutions of learning and study , not to mention training . |
| 4 | He was also , if only for this minute , hers . |
| 5 | Extensive grassland based systems are especially sparing of energy use ( 14 ) and could well assume an increasing importance not only for this reason but also because the rate of expansion of production has now declined to around 2% per annum in lowland agriculture and may not increase ( 15 ) . |
| 6 | Accordingly I am invoicing you for £75 ( and CNRS separately for £75 ) on the understanding that the tapes will be used only for this joint research and that you will be separably and jointly bound by the conditions of the contract . |
| 7 | Accordingly , I am invoicing you for £75 ( and Vassar separately for £75 ) on the understanding that the tapes will be used only for this joint research and that you will be separately and jointly bound by the conditions of the contract , a copy of which is attached . |
| 8 | For example in the inter-war period the real/nominal money stock grew much more quickly than real/nominal national income , only for this trend to be reversed after the war . |
| 9 | He has a son who is a booby and who was loafing around his father 's yards waiting only for this young lady to come of age so that he could marry her . |
| 10 | The Immigration Officer refused , saying : ‘ I am not satisfied that you are genuinely seeking entry only for this limited period . ’ |
| 11 | Not only for this moment |
| 12 | If only for this reason , it was inevitable , as the nineteenth century wore on , that the sense of purpose once associated with German Hellenism must be lost . |
| 13 | If only for this one night . |
| 14 | If they can not be brought together the organization must be changed so that they report — possibly only for this one task — to the same person . |
| 15 | If they can not be brought together the organization must be changed so that they report — possibly only for this one task — to the same person . |
| 16 | many times , not only for this group but for another one . |
| 17 | Only for this one year here . |
| 18 | It is only during this century that statutory services have been developed and they came in a very piecemeal fashion . |
| 19 | Furthermore , it was only during this period that scientific advance identified the main links between insanitary conditions and disease . |
| 20 | And she knew she did , but it was only during this moment that it had happened , in this moment of revelation . |
| 21 | To that extent he does n't think about problems , but only about this week 's potential successes . |
| 22 | , it 's only about this erm , I have to do the practice . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll sing you a song , mates , ’ yelled back Bobby hoarsely , ‘ I 'll sing it from the roof-tops when we see an end not only of this strike but of every useless , time-wasting ; pointless strike we 've ever seen in this country in the last half-dozen years . |
| 24 | Hambros Jersey has denied this claim , but it admits , for the purposes only of this appeal , that ( subject to the jurisdiction point ) the administrators have an arguable case against the bank under section 238 . |
| 25 | They are discussing important matters which affect the future defence not only of this country but of the western world . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , as was earlier on , central government has led the attacks , it 's led the attacks through Sheehey right the way through , and we were supportive of our police then , I think not only of this county , but of all counties , and all county police forces said the same , and we will support our police force , and certainly this budget recommends itself to that . |
| 27 | Students tend to leave towards the end of the season in order to take a vacation before returning to college ; but it is not only amongst this group that turnover levels are high . |
| 28 | It is only against this background that one can begin now to understand the behaviour of Hollywood and Broadway , of the star names who confessed so eagerly and abjectly to their previous sins and were meat and drink to the H.U.A.C. Like reformed alcoholics , they could not wait to let the world know how misguided they had been and who had led them astray . |
| 29 | Before turning to a detailed discussion of the lives of the Muftis , it will be useful to examine in some detail the development of the learned hierarchy in the Ottoman state , since it is only against this background that the development of the institution of the Muftilik can be properly appreciated . |
| 30 | She was only like this in response to Lear 's perverted claim : the rest of the play shows that there is no one more loving . |