Example sentences of "only [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of elation felt only that it was not addressed to me . |
| 2 | At the present time , as we have described , the problem with daytime sleep is believed to be only that it is too short . |
| 3 | It matters only that it does . |
| 4 | This does not mean that the training of professionals is not considered important , only that it should be placed in proper perspective and that it should be accompanied by the training of the front line paraprofessionals who constitute the bulk of the social service work force ( CCETSW , 1975 ; 1981 ; 1987 ) . |
| 5 | The implication of the term is not only that it is a privileged group but that , as a result , its members will not desire change and so be a conservative force in society . |
| 6 | Leapor is unlikely to mean that the meat is rotten or poisoned , only that it smells of game . |
| 7 | It was a brave and beautiful place , with innumerable windows and twisting staircases and a lawn and a swing in a tree and everything you could desire in a spacious and desirable residence , only that it was all still and tiny enough to need a magnifying glass to see the intricacies of its carvings and appurtenances . |
| 8 | His investigations are accompanied by a search for an india-rubber , about which he remembers only that it contained the two letters ‘ di ’ in the middle of its trade name ( hence ‘ Oe di pe ’ ) . |
| 9 | It was a strange smell ; she did not liken it to spirits , beer and maleness , only that it was increasing her feeling of faintness . |
| 10 | If scio was not thought adequate at classical law , the reason can be only that it did not make sufficiently clear that the testator intended a trustee to be legally obliged to make property over to a beneficiary . |
| 11 | Papinian does not say that intention alone is what matters , but only that it must be considered . |
| 12 | It will not say how many subscribers it has — only that it expects to sign up no more than a couple of dozen by the autumn . |
| 13 | Although the long-term aim of the ‘ Blue Skies ’ project is to lead to new horizons and drum up major new business for BP outside its present main activities , the nature of the research was not specified — only that it should be based in universities and similar institutions at home or abroad . |
| 14 | It matters only that it is a tribute well deserved and well located . |
| 15 | The mystified motorist whose car has gone wrong may know only that it needs repair and that he should take it to a mechanic : his competence to deal with the matter may go no further . |
| 16 | We are not arguing that either is necessarily an illegitimate exercise , only that it is significant that these things are done in the name of urban regeneration . |
| 17 | The modern-day locator has everything in its favour — provided only that it is fitted with a functioning battery . |
| 18 | She could n't remember now how long he had held her imprisoned , only that it seemed an eternity of immeasurable time . |
| 19 | This is not to say that the position is wrong but only that it is arguable , or in other words , open to conceptual evaluation . |
| 20 | She did not know it well , only that it led to a clump of trees at the top called Beckwith 's Folly . |
| 21 | I think — I hope — that in a sense the relief of having a young assistant was not only that it helped his work , but that he also welcomed the presence of a younger doctor with more up-to-date medical knowledge . |
| 22 | ‘ It was n't that … only that it 's Palm Sunday … |
| 23 | I do not mean that there is not a valid distinction to be drawn between sense and sentence ; only that it is a mistake to think of the sense of an utterance as though it were something existing alongside the utterance but in the ethereal medium of the mind . |
| 24 | ‘ Only that it 's a possibility . |
| 25 | ‘ Only that it was n't your first visit since my great-aunt 's death , ’ said Neil . |
| 26 | Hajdu refused to disclose the amount of the firm 's debts , its revenues , or its current staff count , saying only that it was ‘ in the middle of a re-organisation . ’ |
| 27 | Only that it was n't the Army . |
| 28 | He suggests not only that it begins with Marx but that he himself forms part of this mutation , which means that , according to his argument , in order to dismiss him you would have to dismiss Marx also . |
| 29 | Recyclable : This does n't mean the pack will be recycled — only that it could be . |
| 30 | On the other hand , there is no alternative to understanding the world through interpretations and models and hence through what are , in the last analysis , intellectual fictions whose warrant is only that it is as if they were true . |