Example sentences of "and [to-vb] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new guidelines will tell the police to give no more than two cautions , except in rare circumstances , and to caution only for minor offences . |
| 2 | You can decide to be imperfect , to do things in your own time , to please yourself , not to be strong and to try only as much as you like . |
| 3 | It is the first time crews outside London have decided to cut themselves off from controllers and to accept only those calls put through by the police , the fire service , GPs , hospitals and the public . |
| 4 | And to accept only the minimum of information necessary for you to complete the task ’ . |
| 5 | Members of the British Agrochemicals Association ( BAA ) are required to supply only pesticides cleared under the scheme and to sell only to distributors who have agreed to supply those cleared products . |
| 6 | Group members were advised not to overstock their kitchen with food , to throw away leftovers , and to buy only small amounts of ‘ binge ’ foods . |
| 7 | Each side was determined to hold onto what it had and to negotiate only from a ‘ position of strength ’ . |
| 8 | Two ‘ women servants ’ ( ministrae ) were found to confess to nothing vicious and to hold only ‘ squalid superstition ’ . |
| 9 | Later on in their career , musicians may decide to form their own publishing company and to seek only the administration services of a large corporate publisher . |
| 10 | The best approach would have been to do the more straightforward bits first and to spend only the allocated time — 36 minutes — and no longer . |
| 11 | The doctor told him he must not walk or move his arm , and to speak only when it was necessary . |
| 12 | It can lead to a perpetual and escalating attempt by women to please , trying to retain their outward beauty at all costs , and to show only the lovely , pleasing side of their nature for fear that they will otherwise be dethroned . |