Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] only [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No further progress was made on Jan. 31 , 1990 , and the North indicated that it would only attend a meeting set for March 7 if the Team Spirit exercises were called off . |
| 2 | If hunting were banned on all of that it would only have a small marginal effect but we can as Mr said only ban hunting on land we both own and control , land in hand , that actually totals a hundred and fifty eight acres , slightly smaller than Victoria Park but that includes road , bridleways , land with no access , S S S Is , Sites of Special Scientific Interest , land awaiting disposal the land capable of being hunted and in hand totals fifty two acres about as much of Victoria Park as I can see from my front window . |
| 3 | The opposition again spurned an invitation to participate in a coalition government when round table talks resumed on Feb. 6 , and on the following day the leadership of the Bulgarian Agrarian People 's Union ( BAPU — the junior coalition partner in every government since the 1947 imposition of communist rule ) said that it would only join a new government of " national consensus " . |
| 4 | It was this sort of in-between authority that he could not tolerate as he felt that it would only increase the existing element of confusion . |
| 5 | In this case the motherboard replacement is n't as clear cut a winner and it would only take a slight change , such as not being able to use the RAM , to make it look even worse . |
| 6 | There is nothing to fear from this motion Congress , and it can only benefit the trade union movement . |
| 7 | NERC is in a situation in which it can not please every department , and it can only achieve a limited degree of acceptability by adopting the negative posture of being seen not to be unfair to particular departments ( hence spreading small numbers of grants as widely as possible ) . |
| 8 | But it 'll only take a couple of days . ’ |
| 9 | They would be protected by a new right known as the Unfair Extraction Right , but it would only protect the data for ten years . |
| 10 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 11 | For the interest rate yeah , but it would only buy the same sort of mortgage that Tina 's got on it already . |
| 12 | Rounding up long-lost varsity chums for a rollicking angst-fest has always been a reliable dramatic wheeze , but it can only grab an audience by the short and curlies if you 're prepared to shed gallons of blood on the tracks . |
| 13 | It is entitled to see ( and debate , if necessary ) the annual accounts and report of each industry but it can only question the minister on those aspects of the industry 's activities for which the minister is responsible . |
| 14 | Buddhists call such anxiety an ‘ unskilful state ’ because it can only embed a person in the ego he is seeking to transcend . |
| 15 | The cricket periodically tests the size of its acoustic horn and adjusts it until it resonates at the frequency produced by its wings — a remarkable feat since it can only gauge the efficiency of its amplifier by detecting the changes in pressure waves within the chamber . |
| 16 | And despite all its promise it is not yet clear whether it will pull capitalism out of its recession or whether it will only serve the interests of affluent minorities . |
| 17 | ( Inexplicably , Labour supported this amendment , even though it could only benefit the Tories . ) |
| 18 | The players have a noisy control over their actions , this means B t is unable to monitor A's actions precisely as it can only observe the realization . |
| 19 | This is a particularly ill-chosen moment to start ringing population alarm bells , as it can only threaten the UNCED process . |