Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] only [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	This may only cease on withdrawal of the drug .
2	Very often the vagina and part of the uterus can be separated into two parts by a fibrous partition and this may only come to light after difficulty when intercourse first takes place , or sometimes at the onset of pregnancy .
3	The intention was that the College should benefit the economy , but this could only happen as science replaced practice , and as those with a real knowledge and love of chemistry began to apply it .
4	Speaker 1 could then accommodate by using that variant back to speaker 2 : though this would only appear as convergence where speaker 1 would " normally " use that variant less than speaker 2 .
5	Obviously this would only apply to programmes which would be used by many language learners .
6	Ride along with it as philosophically as you can , and try not to take your own hurt feelings or sense of irritation out on your mother-in-law , as this will only lead to unhappiness for you all .
7	So this will only come into operation as soon as , erm , it 's completely stopped .
8	The ideal end state is reached when the student can accurately assess her own performance , but this will only occur after periods of meeting externally set requirements .
9	This can only lead to children growing up without knowing the difference between right and wrong — and ending up in court themselves .
10	Virtually every create is able to detect the sun 's light , although some can only distinguish between light and darkness .
11	These could only amount to obiter because , of course , the courts found that there was no tax charge .
12	Rather , Poulantzas says , ‘ What makes them function concretely as a distinct class , as a social force , is in fact the historical phenomenon of Bonapartism ’ , thus seeming to imply that the two are interconnected in such a way that each can only exist in conjunction with the other .

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