Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] only [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It i my Lord Mayor , it is indeed colossal cheek and pure hypocrisy on the part of the Tory Group , and particularly on the part of Councillor , to be putting forward the resolution congratulating schools on their success in responding to the introduction of Local Management , when they and the Government , between them impose such conditions that could only lead to chaos and disorder . |
| 2 | After that they had decided to get across the other side and ‘ maybe give the girls a fright ’ , an entirely mad idea that could only end in tears , and all the better for it . |
| 3 | What with some villains that will only go to houses with something like that , because they think , they see that you 've got something worth having . |
| 4 | In many ways , the issue of knowledge acquisition has been one that has separated the practicable representations of natural language semantics from those that can only remain as theories in textbooks . |
| 5 | No one can afford to keep open beds that are not being used , not just losing savings but soaking up resources that can only come from cuts in other vital social services . |
| 6 | But suddenly she was doubly shaken , and could only stare in astonishment at the tall , lean , aristocratic-looking man who had rounded that same corner in time to see all that had happened . |
| 7 | The Padre was very weak now , and could only move from place to place if someone helped him . |
| 8 | She thought it was limited to securing £60,000 and would only continue in force for a few weeks . |
| 9 | At first Shamdev cowered from people and would only play with dogs . |
| 10 | Why should the fact that D was engaged on causing damage to property at the time ( even damage to D's own property ) make his conduct into an offence punishable with life imprisonment when , if D were engaged on some other activity , it would not be punishable as such and would only amount to manslaughter if a death happened to be caused ? |
| 11 | Naturally a lot of people are scared witless of getting on Microsoft 's blacklist and will only cooperate under subpoena rather than appear to be volunteering information . |
| 12 | The San Jose , California-based outfit Axil is taking a leaf out of Compaq Computer Corp 's book and will only sell through resellers under the direction of sales and marketing vice president Dan Shaver who recently left a job with Sun as director of its channels strategy . |
| 13 | He is confined to a wheelchair , can not speak , and can only move x number of fingers ( where x seems to vary from one to three , according to which inaccurate article the reviewer read about me ) . |
| 14 | If it is true that meaning reduces to use , then surely all mention of " identity " is inappropriate and can only lead to confusion . |
| 15 | I can see his point in a way ; he likes a full social life … and he does n't want to sit at home with a wife who is depressed and can only talk about babies . ’ |
| 16 | The work in progress is complex , and can only proceed through use of method and skill , not by the eye alone . |
| 17 | The real value of a key deposited with a neighbour comes when you are ill or incapacitated and can only call for help or reach the phone , but not reach the front door . |
| 18 | He also holds an engagement at Sandown on Friday but will only travel to Esher in the event of Chepstow — where it continues to rain heavily — being abandoned . |