Example sentences of "only [that] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That we do not have such an answer , it can be argued , is the fact that what follows , from the occurrence of the effect , is only that that circumstance or another occurred . |
| 2 | He declines to comment on the chances of the rest of the team , saying only that all have lacked the intensive training , with a sojourn in Japan , which they really needed . |
| 3 | Perhaps it will come as no surprise to my readers to hear not only that all knowledge of selling me a coffin was denied but even that they were now , or ever had been , coffin-manufacturers . |
| 4 | On the other hand , those who abandoned the hierarchical position and held , not only that all men were equal but that all people were so , lost interest in sex differences for the opposite reason . |
| 5 | When Norwich and Arsenal appeared at Lancaster Gate the FA was concerned not only that neither club had condemned the incident immediately but that Norwich had not given any indication that they were going to punish some of their players , apart from fining them for making comments to newspapers . |
| 6 | The quotation on page 53 from the Bhagavad Gita appears to support the idea not only that many gods exist but that many gods can be followed and worshipped . |
| 7 | and I think we must recognise that it is only that many of the questions and questionnaire had they been displayed of what they wanted to propose . |
| 8 | The qualification ‘ at least in part ’ , is necessary because , as I have already noted , the evidence available on the role of interference at retrieval can show only that this process contributes to the effects observed , not that it is the sole source of these effects . |
| 9 | Say only that this of which I speak is pleasing to you . ’ |
| 10 | Only that this little one all but drowned . |
| 11 | Lillee , Hall , Lindwall , Miller and Allen are greater names for the past ) ; and not only that this is the longest sentence I 've ever put together . |
| 12 | Only that this was a Sacred Place once . |
| 13 | Then he kissed me , and for a moment I remembered a play we were in together , when we 'd done the same sort of kiss , starting with his hand under my chin and just our lips lightly together , and then developing into a full clinch ; but by the time we were deeply embraced I had forgotten the play and could think only that this was like coming home . |
| 14 | There was confirmation from Cathery , not only that this was true , but that , in the absence of Wilson in America , everything possible had been done to meet the complaints of the Southampton Branch . |
| 15 | Only that this one will never hurt you … |
| 16 | I meant only that this is a matter of your will , and ought to be seen by men to be carried out in your name and at your direction . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's only that this is such a vast place , ’ said Snodgrass , firmly . |
| 18 | The point is only that this is as a direct result of the accounting method adopted rather than any policy decision . |
| 19 | It seems to me , not only that this does not appear , but that the contrary appears ; for the plaintiff before the letter had already bound himself to marry , by placing himself not only under a moral , but under a legal , obligation to marry , and the testator knew it . |
| 20 | Only that this would be on a farm : a sort of gastronomic theme park . |
| 21 | Forgetting his earlier disgust at the food that had been set for him , he thought only that this girl would appreciate it , whatever its quality . |
| 22 | It is not only that those extreme means of attempting to extort confessions , for example the rack and thumbscrew , which have sometimes disfigured the system of criminal justice in this country , are abhorrent to any civilised society , but that they and other less awful , though not necessarily less potent , means of applying pressure to an accused person to speak do not necessarily produce speech or the truth . |
| 23 | However , this does not necessarily imply that virtually all use of heroin leads to a daily habit , but only that those who contact these agencies have established daily use of the drug . |
| 24 | In saying goodbye to both , and in applauding the sorts of uncertainties and reassessments that the ICA seems set to provide , one regrets only that those other structural mechanisms — the market and the museums particularly — seem unlikely to be following suit . |
| 25 | This means not only that those procedures are seen and felt to be fair . |
| 26 | The Bill does not propose that : it proposes only that those who cause injury or damage shall be liable to imprisonment for up to two years — or , if it is proved that an accident caused death , of up to five years . |
| 27 | When ‘ man ’ , ‘ stone ’ , or ‘ living creature ’ is said to be ‘ universal ’ , we are not to understand that ‘ man , stone ’ , etc. ever was or can be universal , but only that these words , ‘ living creature ’ , ‘ stone ’ , etc. , are universal names , that is , names common to many things . |
| 28 | In this book I will argue not only that these are indeed constraints on the form of knowledge but also that they are constraints on all knowledge which should be seen as ideological in the sense in which Marx uses it . |
| 29 | The reason for this is not only that these organisations are inherently unlikely to broadcast such material , but also that they are subject to different controls as to the content of what they broadcast . |
| 30 | Of course where we fail to reject it does not follow that speculative efficiency is true , only that these weak tests have failed to reject it . |